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Gnoll (Dungeons
Gnoll may refer to: *Gnoll Country Park, a park in Wales *The Gnoll, a sports ground in Wales *Gnoll (fictional creature), a fictional species of human-hyena hybrids See also * Gnole, a fictional entity in ''The Book of Wonder'' anthology * Knoll (other) * Knol (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnoll Country Park
The Gnoll Country Park (or Gnoll Estate) is a park in Wales. It is an early-18th-century landscaped garden covering over in the Vale of Neath, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in south Wales. The park is designated Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. History The estate was the property of the Mackworth family during the 18th and 19th centuries. There are few traces remaining of the house, once considered "one of the finest residences in the principality". Historically, the estate was part of the Norman-owned territory of Neath and Afan, which also comprised Neath Abbey and Neath Castle. The first recorded individual owner was Evan ap David during the 16th century. The last of Evan's descendants to own it was Sir Herbert Evans, who died in the late 17th century. Sir Herbert's daughter and sole surviving heir, Mary, married Humphrey Mackworth (later Sir Humphrey) in 1686 and on her death ten years later, Mackworth be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gnoll
The Gnoll () in Neath, Wales is a sports ground, with a capacity of 6,000 (formerly 15,000). It is used primarily for rugby union, rugby league, and cricket, in addition to having previously been used for association football. Description In July 2009, Neath RFC presented plans for the redevelopment of the Gnoll, including building a community centre on the site, which were criticised by Neath town councillors as being "too woolly". Rugby union The Gnoll is the traditional home of Neath RFC, one of the leading Wales, Welsh clubs in the pre-regional era of rugby. It has hosted Neath since the club was founded in 1871. The ground has a capacity of 6,000. The Gnoll has been used as the home ground for the Wales women's national rugby union team, including during the 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship where it was the site of a victory over France women's national rugby union team, France following a try by Megan York which qualified the team for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnoll (fictional Creature)
The following is a list of hybrid entities from the folklore record grouped morphologically. Hybrids not found in classical mythology but developed in the context of modern popular culture are listed in . Mythology Head of one animal, body of another Mammalian bipeds * Anubis – The jackal-headed Egyptian God. * Bastet – The cat-headed Egyptian Goddess. * Cynocephalus – A dog-headed creature. * Daksha – His head was replaced by a goat's head after a beheading. * Ganesha – An elephant-headed God. * Hayagriva – A horse-headed avatar. * Horse-Face – A horse-headed guardian or type of guardian of the Underworld in Chinese mythology. * Ipotane – A race of half-horse half-humans, usually depicted as the reverse of centaurs. * Keibu Keioiba (alias Kabui Keioiba) – A Meitei folkloric mythical creature having the head of a tiger and the remaining body of a human. * Khnum – The ram-headed Egyptian God. * Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, and Tefnut – Each of these Egyptian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnole
''The Book of Wonder'' is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. A 1918 edition from the Modern Library was actually a combined edition with ''Time and the Gods''. Contents The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author. Lord Dunsany employed the talents of Sidney Sime to illustrate his fantasy short story collections, but ''The Book of Wonder'' is unique in that Sime drew the illustrations first, and Lord Dunsany wrote the tales to incorporate them: 'I found Mr Sime one day, in his strange house at Worplesdon, complaining that editors did not offer him very suitable subjects for illustration; so I said: "Why not do any pictures you like, and I will write stories explaining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knoll (other)
In geography, knoll is another term for a knowe or hillock, a small, low, round natural hill or mound. Knoll may also refer to: Places * Knoll Camp, site of an Iron Age hill fort Hampshire, England, United Kingdom * Knoll Lake, Leonard Canyon, Arizona, United States * The Knoll, a knoll on Ross Island, near Antarctica * The Knoll, an estate in Hove, England, United Kingdom, (see Hangleton) * Lambs Knoll, Utah, USA Brands and enterprises * Knoll (company), an industrial design and office furniture manufacturing company * Knoll Pharmaceuticals, a German drug development company taken over by Abbott Laboratories in 2002 Other uses * Knoll (oceanography), an underwater geological feature * Knoll (surname) * Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, a US government research and development facility * Knoll, a part of a ski jumping hill slope between the take-off and the landing zone See also * Grassy Knoll (other) * Green Knowe * Greenknowe Tower * Gnoll (other) * Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
