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Mud-man (Dungeons
Mudman or Mud-man may refer to: * Golem, a folkloric being that is often made from mud Characters * Mud-man (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a monster in the role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Mudman, a character in the ''World Heroes'' series of games * Mudman, a character in the ''My Hero Academia'' series * Mudman, a character in the ''Atomic Puppet'' series of games * Mudman, the titular character in a comic by Paul Grist Other uses * Kim Jones (artist) (born 1944), an American performance artist also known as Mudman * Casio G-Shock Mudman, a watch See also *Creation of man from clay The creation of life from clay is a miraculous birth theme that appears throughout world religions and mythologies. Religion and folklore * According to Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into ... * Mudmen (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golem
A golem ( ; he, , gōlem) is an animated, Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is entirely created from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud). The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century rabbi of Prague. According to ''Moment (magazine), Moment'' magazine, "the golem is a highly mutable metaphor with seemingly limitless symbolism. It can be a victim or villain, Jew or non-Jew, man or woman—or sometimes both. Over the centuries, it has been used to connote war, community, isolation, hope, and despair."Cooper, MarilynJewish Word , Golem" ''Moment (magazine), Moment''. 17 July 2017. 24 August 2017. Etymology The word ''golem'' occurs Hapax legomenon, once in the Bible in Psalm 139:16, which uses the word (; my golem), that means "my light form", "raw" material, connoting the unfinished human being before God's eyes. The Mishnah uses the term for an uncultivated person: "Seven characteristics are in an un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mud-man (Dungeons & Dragons)
This is the list of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game. This list only includes monsters from official ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third-party products such as video games or unlicensed ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd Edition manuals. __TOC__ Monsters in the 2nd edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' The second edition of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' game featured both a higher number of books of monsters and more extensive monster descriptions than both earlier and later editions, with usually one page in length. Next to a description, monster entries in this edition contained standardized sections covering combat, their habit and society, and their role in the eco-system. While later editions gave the various creatures all the attributes which player characters had, 2nd edition only listed intel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Heroes
is a series of four fighting games created originally by ADK with assistance from SNK for the Neo Geo family of arcade and home consoles. Over the years, the games have been ported to various non-SNK platforms as well including the Super NES and Sega Saturn. A fifth title ''World Heroes Pocket'' was announced for release on the Neo Geo Pocket around 1999 but later canceled. Gameplay The series plays similar to many other fighting games, but instead of a 6-button layout, the original '' World Heroes'' uses only 3 of the standard 4 Neo-Geo buttons: one for punching, another for kicking, and the last for throwing. The former two buttons can be held down longer in order to deliver stronger attacks, similar to the first ''Street Fighter'' control scheme, with only two levels of strength and using standard buttons instead of pneumatic buttons. In the SNES version (and later games, starting with '' World Heroes 2 Jet''), it is possible to assign the 4 basic attacks to different bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of My Hero Academia Characters
The ''My Hero Academia'' manga and anime series features a vast world with an extensive cast of characters created by Kōhei Horikoshi. The series takes place in a fictional world where more than 80% of the global population possesses some form of superpower, commonly referred to as a "Quirk". The advent of these abilities has given rise to not only pro heroes, but also the threat of villains. U.A. High School students is a top ranking hero academy and considered as a prestigious high school for hero training in Japan. It is located at the top of forested hill in Musutafu, Japan. There are four courses that the students can study in core subjects, which includes: Hero, General, Support and Management Course. Students who didn't make the cut in the Hero Course are included in the General Course. However, they can still be transferred by scoring a possible passing grade through hero instructors, after an opportunity to gain attention during the Sports Festival. As stated by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Puppet
''Atomic Puppet'' is a Canadian-French animated television series created by Jerry Leibowitz and Mark Drop and produced by Mercury Filmworks, Technicolor Animation Productions and Gaumont Animation. The series aired on Teletoon in Canada, on France 4 in France and on Disney XD worldwide. The series revolves around the adventures of 7th grader Joey Felt and his partner AP, a world-renowned superhero who's been reduced to life as a powerless sock puppet, until he's placed on Joey's hand. Together, they transform into Mega City's newest superhero duo, Atomic Puppet and Nuclear Boy. Plot Mega City's superhero Captain Atomic suffers a setback when, as he is shaking hands with 12-year-old fanboy Joey Felt, his disgruntled sidekick Mookie (or Sergeant Subatomic) transforms him into a living sock puppet. The suddenly powerless superhero quickly realizes that the only way he can regain his former powers is to team up with the boy—a dream come true for Joey, but not so much for Capta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Grist (comics)
Paul Grist (born 9 September 1960) is a British comic book creator, noted for his hard-boiled police series '' Kane'' and his unorthodox superhero series ''Jack Staff''. Biography Grist was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. His first work was published in the 1980s by DC Thomson and Fleetway. His early work also includes '' St. Swithin's Day'' (written by Grant Morrison and published by Trident Comics), ''Grendel: Devil in Our Midst'' (written by Steven T. Seagle and published by Dark Horse Comics), and a Judge Dredd adventure, ''Kinky Boots'' authored by Robbie Morrison. He later founded his own publishing company, Dancing Elephant Press, under which ''Kane'' and ''Jack Staff'' were first published, but both titles later moved to Image Comics. He also published '' Burglar Bill'' under the Dancing Elephant umbrella (though it had partly appeared in an earlier form published by Trident Comics). Grist's art is notable for its spare - sometimes stiff - style, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jones (artist)
Kim Jones (born 1944) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New York City. Kim Jones began his career in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s as a performance artist, and became primarily known for his alter ego, Mudman—a shaman-like itinerant caked in mud and other organic substances who appeared on city streets, subways, galleries, and museums wearing a cumbersome lattice structure of sticks on his back. In the 1980s Jones moved to New York, where his work (including performance, sculpture, drawings, and writing) has continued to address the themes of war, healing, and destruction. Early life Jones was born in San Bernardino, California. As a child he was diagnosed with Perthes, a Polio-like illness that confined him to a wheelchair and leg braces from ages seven to ten. Thirteen years later he served for a year as a Marine in the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1968. Jones received his BFA from the California Institute of Arts (1971) and MFA from the Otis Art Institute (1973) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casio G-Shock Mudman
The G-Shock is a line of watches manufactured by the Japanese electronics company Casio, designed to resist mechanical stress, shock and vibration. G-Shock is an abbreviation for ''Gravitational Shock''. The watches in the G-Shock line are designed primarily for sports, military and outdoors-oriented activities; all G-Shocks have a chronograph feature, 200 metre water resistance and an alarm, with either a digital display, analogue display or a combination of analogue and digital displays. Other features such as a countdown timer, world clock, and a backlight are included in most models. Newer high-end models in the line also feature GPS, directional, pressure and temperature sensors, radio-controlled time adjustment (known as WaveCeptor or Multi-Band) and Bluetooth time adjustment achieved via connecting to a smartphone via a dedicated application. History The G-Shock was conceptualised in 1981 by Casio engineer Kikuo Ibe when he accidentally dropped and broke a pocket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creation Of Man From Clay
The creation of life from clay is a miraculous birth theme that appears throughout world religions and mythologies. Religion and folklore * According to Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul". * According to Islamic mythology ( Qur'an 23:12), God created man from clay. * In Jewish folklore, a golem (Hebrew: גולם) is an animated anthropomorphic being that is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. * In Sumerian mythology, the gods Enki or Enlil create a servant of the gods, humankind, out of clay and blood (see Enki and the Making of Man). In another Sumerian story, both Enki and Ninmah create humans from the clay of the Abzu, the fresh water of the underground. They take turns in creating and decreeing the fate of the humans. * According to Egyptian mythology, the god, Khnum, creates human children from clay before placing them into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
