Romulus and Remus Definition by Brittany Garcia published on 18 April 2018 9Save Available in other languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Turkish Romulus & Remus Mark Cartwright (CC BY-NC-SA) In Roman mythology, Romulus and his twin brother Remus were the founders of the city of Rome. They were the children of Rhea Silvia and Mars (or in some variations the demi-god hero Hercules) and their story is recorded by many authors including Virgil ...
Welcome back to the scariest, and at times goriest, column here at Film Inquiry: Horrific Inquiry. Twice a month, I will be tackling all things horror, bringing two films back into the spotlight to terrify and frighten once more. And occasionally looking at those that could have pushed the envelope further. Join us as we dive deep into the heart of horror, but warning, there will be spoilers.It’s that time of the year again – the beloved month of horror. While the leaves may have begun to cha...
In 1958, as part of a research project on wolves, David Mech, a graduate student in wildlife ecology at Purdue, was flying over Isle Royale National Park, on Lake Superior. From above, he saw a wolf pack capture and kill a moose. This was rare. More than nine times out of ten, he had witnessed the wolves’ prey escape. "I wanted to see how old this moose was, and to see if it was ill," Mech told me recently. He had the pilot drop him off some distance away, and snowshoed in. "I remember arrivi...
Symbols in Wagner's "Ring" Symbols in Richard Wagner's The Ring of the NibelungThe compilation of symbols below relies predominantly on information contained within William O. Cord's several volume set of phenomenally researched and concisely written books entitled The Teutonic Mythology of Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung. Apple In Wagner's adaptation of Teutonic myths, the apple remains a symbol of youth, fertility and immortality. An "integral element" in Das Rheingold, the ...
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Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Three Little Wolves (thing) See all of Three Little Wolves, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by sid Wed Jul 17 2002 at 6:11:15 Disney animated short made in 1936. Part of the Silly Symphony series, it continued with the Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Pigs characters that had already been used twice before (1933 and 1934). It also continued the trademark Disney Technicolor animation (from 1929 to 1932 the shorts were only blac...
Creative and illustrator Olivia Stephens’s astonishing debut graphic novel Artie and the Wolf Moon breaks the barriers of supernatural stories and intersectionality. It’s a gorgeously told narrative about forgiveness and reconciliation. The graphic novel is available from Graphic Universe (Lerner Books).I received a free eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.I spotlighted Olivia back in June and reviewed her webcomic Alone. Her skillful storytelling and art style neve...
Fenrir is the great wolf in Norse Mythology who breaks free from his chains at Ragnarök, the twilight of the gods, kills Odin, and is then killed by Odin’s son Vidarr. Fenrir is the son of the trickster god Loki and brother of the World Serpent Jormungandr and the jotunn Hel. He is also known as the Fenris Wolf (also given as Fenris-wolf) and Vanargand ("monster of van") usually understood to mean "creature of expectation" because he was prophesied to participate in the destruction of t...
Cry of the Werewolf (review) See all of Cry of the Werewolf, no other writeups in this node. Universal ruled the horror genre during Hollywood's Golden Age, but other film companies crept onto Gothic grounds. In 1935, MGM borrowed Bela Lugosi and made Mark of the Vampire. Columbia put out this low-budget lycanthropic offering in ’44. We're in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the old Latour Mansion has been transformed into a museum of the supernatural. It also apparently has drawn unw...
