and at one time they had been handmaids to Demeter's gallant Daughter [Persephone], before she was married, and sung to her in chorus. But now, half human and half bird in form, they spent their time watching for ships from a height that overlooked...
Echidna is a half-woman, half-snake from Greek mythology, where she was known as the mate of the fearsome snake-man Typhon and mother of many of the most horrible monsters of all time. The first reference to Echidna is in the Greek mythology of Hesiod calledTheogony, written probably aroun...
The human and the toy thus form a seamless, hybrid, which moves together around an imaginary path or by overcoming real obstacles. The rider’s legs act as the horse’s forelegs, while the upper body...
The idea of a universal human language goes back at least to the Bible, in which humanity spoke a common tongue but was punished with mutual unintelligibility after trying to build the Tower of Babel all the way to heaven. Some researchers think they have found a universal language t...