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Lycan (other)
Lycan may refer to: * Lycan, Colorado * An abbreviation for lycanthrope (werewolf) popularized by the ''Underworld'' film series People with the surname * William Lycan (born 1945), American philosopher See also * Lykan HyperSport, a Lebanese car * Lycanthrope (other) * Lycaon (other) Lycaon may refer to: Mythology * Lycaon (Greek myth), name of mythological characters named Lycaon ** Lycaon (son of Priam), son of king Priam of Troy by Laothoe ** Lycaon (king of Arcadia), son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, the mythical first king of ... * Lichen (other) {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycan, Colorado
Lycan is an unincorporated community in Baca County, Colorado, United States. It is located approximately 37 driving miles east-northeast of Springfield. History The U.S. Post Office The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the executive branch of the Federal government of the Uni ... at Two Buttes ( ZIP Code 81084) now serves Lycan postal addresses. The town is also referred to as Buckeye Crossroads. Geography Lycan is located at (37.55765,-102.128605) at the junction of Colorado highways 89 and 116. The community is just over 5 miles from the state border with Kansas. References {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Baca County, Colorado Unincorporated communities in Colorado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or the occasional scratch from another werewolf) with the transformations occurring on the night of a full moon. Early sources for belief in this ability or affliction, called lycanthropy (), are Petronius (27–66) and Gervase of Tilbury (1150–1228). The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore, existing in many variants, which are related by a common development of a Christian interpretation of underlying European folklore developed during the Christendom, medieval period. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs also spread to the New World with colonialism. Belief in werewolves developed in parallel to the belief in European witchcraft, witches, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underworld (film Series)
''Underworld'' is a series of dark fantasy action horror films created by Len Wiseman, Kevin Grevioux, and Danny McBride, that follows characters who are caught up in a war between vampires and werewolves (called "lycans" within the films). Most of the movies star Kate Beckinsale as the protagonist, Selene, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The first film, ''Underworld'', was released in 2003; it introduces Selene, an elite vampire-warrior who defies her orders, and Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), a human who gets caught up in the war. The second film, '' Underworld: Evolution'' (released in 2006) follows Selene and Michael as they are hunted by their enemies. The third film, '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' (2009), is the prequel to the series, chronicling the origins of the vampire-lycan war. The fourth film, '' Underworld: Awakening'' (2012) is the sequel to ''Underworld: Evolution''. In this film, humans have discovered the existence of vampires and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lycan
William G. Lycan (; born September 26, 1945) is an American philosopher and professor emeritus at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was formerly the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor. Since 2011, Lycan is also distinguished visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, where he continues to research, teach, and advise graduate students. Education and career William Lycan received his B.A. from Amherst College in 1966, where he also worked as a teaching assistant in the Music department. His honors thesis was on "Noam Chomsky's Investigation of Syntax." He went on to attend graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he received an M.A. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970. His doctoral dissertation was on "Persons, Criteria, and Materialism." Lycan taught for twelve years at Ohio State University, before joining the faculty at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1982, where he is now emeritus. He won the Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lykan HyperSport
The Lykan HyperSport is a Lebanese limited-production sports car manufactured by W Motors, a United Arab Emirates-based company, founded in 2012 in Lebanon with the collaboration of Lebanese and Italian engineers. It is the first sports car to be designed indigenously in the Middle East; however, the bodywork, chassis and engine were all produced in Germany and assembled in Italy. The production of the car was limited to a total of seven units. The first pre-production Lykan HyperSport was unveiled to the public at the Qatar Motor Show in February 2013. Pricing and sales At 3.4 million, the Lykan HyperSport was the third most expensive production car at the time of its production. The HyperSport is the first car to have headlights with embedded jewels; they contain titanium LED blades with 440 platinum diamonds (15cts); although buyers had a selection of rubies, diamonds, yellow diamonds, and sapphires to be integrated into the vehicle's headlights at purchase based on the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycanthrope (other) '', a 1996 Spanish horror film
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A lycanthrope or werewolf is a mythological creature. Lycanthrope may also refer to: * "Lycanthrope" (song), a song by +44 from ''When Your Heart Stops Beating'' * ''Lycanthropes'', a role-playing accessory book by Geoff Pass for ''Chill'' See also *Lycanthropy (other) * Lycan (other) * '' Lycanthropus'', a 1962 Italian horror film * ''Licántropo ''Licántropo'', also known as ''Licantropo: The Moonlight Murders'' or ''Lycanthrope: The Full Moon Killer'', is a 1996 Spanish horror film that is the 11th in the "Hombre Lobo" series about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaon (other)
Lycaon may refer to: Mythology * Lycaon (Greek myth), name of mythological characters named Lycaon ** Lycaon (son of Priam), son of king Priam of Troy by Laothoe ** Lycaon (king of Arcadia), son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, the mythical first king of Arcadia ** Lycaon, brother or son of Eurypylus of Cyrene Biology * ''Lycaon'' (genus), a genus containing one extant species, the African wild dog * ''Canis lupus lycaon'', the eastern wolf * ''Hyponephele lycaon'', the dusky meadow brown butterfly Other uses * Lycaon (band), a Japanese visual kei rock band * 4792 Lykaon 4792 Lykaon is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 10 September 1988, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. The possibly elongated Jovian astero ..., an asteroid See also * Lycurgus (other) * Lycan (other) {{Disambiguation, hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
