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Troglodyte (Dungeons
A troglodyte is a human cave dweller, from the Greek 'hole, mouse-hole' and 'go in, dive in'. Troglodyte and derived forms may also refer to: Historiography * ''Troglodytae'' or ''Troglodyti'', an ancient group of people from the African Red Sea coast Science * ''Homo troglodytes'', an invalid taxon coined by Carl Linnaeus to refer to a legendary creature * ''Pan troglodytes'', the common chimpanzee * ''Troglodytes'' (bird), a genus of small bird * ''Troglodytes gorilla'', an archaic synonym of the western gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla'') Arts and fiction Music * Troglodyte (band), a metal band from Kansas City * " Troglodyte (Cave Man)", a funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch on their 1972 album ''It's Just Begun'' * The Troglodytes, a British band who became known as The Troggs *"The Troglodyte Wins", a song by American rapper and producer Busdriver on his 2007 studio album '' RoadKillOvercoat'' * "Troglodyte", a song by Swedish post-punk band Viagra Boys on their 2022 album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cave Dweller
A cave dweller, or troglodyte, is a human who inhabits a cave or the area beneath the overhanging rocks of a cliff. Prehistory Some Prehistory, prehistoric humans were cave dwellers, but most were not (''see'' ''Homo'' and Human evolution). Such early cave dwellers, and other prehistoric peoples, are also called ''cave men'' (the term also refers to the stereotypical "caveman" stock character type from fiction and popular culture). Despite the name, only a small portion of humanity has ever dwelt in caves: caves are rare across most of the world; most caves are dark, cold, and damp; and other cave inhabitants, such as bears and cave bears, Panthera leo spelaea, cave lions, and cave hyenas, often made caves inhospitable for people. The Grotte du Vallonnet, a cave in the French Riviera, was used by people approximately one million years ago. Although stone tools and the remains of eaten animals have been found in the cave, there is no indication that people dwelt in it. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Beast
''Sea Beast'', also known as ''Troglodyte'', is a 2008 American television monster movie starring Miriam McDonald, Daniel Wisler, Brandon Jay McLaren and Corin Nemec. It is the sixteenth film in the ''Maneater'' film series and it was released on DVD on June 30, 2009. Plot Will is fishing with his crew in a thunderstorm. As they try to pull the fishing net in, a wave hits the ship, and one crew member, Joey, is suddenly spat in the face, attacked, dragged into the sea, and killed by an invisible creature. The mysterious creature attaches itself to the bottom of the boat. Back at the village, a funeral is held for Joey. Will finds slime on his boat where Joey was taken. Two of Will's crew, Danny and Drew, secretly plan to go to a nearby island with their girlfriends Carly (Will's daughter) and Erin. Because of work, Drew plans to join the others the next day but is devoured at the dock by the hideous beast attached to the boat. The next day, Will and Arden look for Drew b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trog (other)
''Trog'' is a 1970 film. Trog may also refer to: * Shortened form of "troglodyte", see Cave dweller * A type of frog-like enemy in the game '' Drakan: The Ancients' Gates'' * A race of fictional cave-dwellers in the '' Edge Chronicles'' * A deity in the video game '' Linley's Dungeon Crawl'' * ''Trog'' (video game) * Wally Fawkes (1924–2023), jazz clarinettist and cartoonist who wrote under the name, "Trog" See also * The Troggs The Troggs (originally called the Troglodytes) are an English beat music band formed in Andover, Hampshire, in May 1964. Their most famous songs include the US chart-topper " Wild Thing", " With a Girl Like You" and " Love Is All Around", al ..., a British band originally called The Troglodytes * Troglodyte (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morlocks
Morlocks are one of the two fictional species of post-humans created by H. G. Wells for his 1895 novel ''The Time Machine'' (the other being the Eloi). The origin of the names is not established (with regard to Wells' inspiration or inspirations). In the Wells' story, the Morlocks are the novel's main antagonists. Since their creation by Wells, Morlock characters have appeared in many other works, including sequels, films, television shows, as well as in works by other authors (many of which deviate from the original description). Name origin With regard to the choice of the name, one writer has made a specific association between Wells' "Morlocks" and the Morlachs, a rural people of Venetian Dalmatia, frequently demonized by Westerners in the 16th–18th centuries. Alternatively, the name may have been inspired by Moloch, the Canaanite god of child sacrifice, which positions Eloi as analogous to children. In ''The Time Machine'' The Morlocks are at first a mysterious presence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bone Tomahawk
''Bone Tomahawk'' is a 2015 American Western horror film written and directed by S. Craig Zahler in his directorial debut, and starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons, Evan Jonigkeit, David Arquette, Zahn McClarnon and Sid Haig. It was produced by Jack Heller and Dallas Sonnier. The film is about a small-town sheriff who leads a posse into a desolate region to rescue three people who were abducted by a cannibalistic clan of troglodytes. Development of the film started when Zahler's friend and manager Sonnier recommended creating a film adaptation of Zahler's Western novel ''Wraiths of the Broken Land''. Realizing that such a project could not be adapted on a low budget, Zahler opted to write a rescue Western instead. Casting began in October 2014, with Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Olyphant, and Jennifer Carpenter signed on to play before being replaced by Wilson, Fox, and Simmons respectively due to scheduling conflicts. Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Lynskey
Ed Lynskey is a prolific American poet, critic, and novelist, mostly of hardboiled crime fiction and noir fiction. He was born in 1956 in Washington, D.C., where he still lives and works. Lynskey attended Virginia Tech received his B.A., History (1979) and M.A., English/Nonfiction Writing (1984) from George Mason University as well as postgraduate literature study at The George Washington University. He writes five mystery series, including the P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery Series, the Isabel & Alma Trumbo Cozy Mystery Series, the Piper & Bill Robin Cozy Mystery Series, the Hope Jones (Nozy Cat) Cozy Mystery Series, the Ginny Dove Cozy Mystery Series, and the Juno Patchen Cozy Mystery Series. His creative work has been reviewed in ''Publishers Weekly'', ''Booklist'', ''Library Journal'', ''Kirkus Reviews'', ''Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine'', ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', '' London Free Press'', ''Halifax Chronicle-Herald'', ''Lansing State Journal'', ''The Virginian-Pilot'', ''Tucson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sealab 2021
''Sealab 2021'' is an American adult animated television series created by Adam Reed and Matt Thompson for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. Cartoon Network aired the show's first three episodes in December 2000 before the official inception of the Adult Swim block on September 2, 2001, with the final episode airing on April 24, 2005. ''Sealab 2021'' is one of the only four original Williams Street series that premiered in 2000 before Adult Swim officially launched, with the others being ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''The Brak Show'', and '' Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''. Much like Adult Swim's ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', the animation used stock footage from Hanna-Barbera's short-lived, environmentally themed animated series '' Sealab 2020'', along with original animation; Hanna-Barbera was not involved in the production. The show was a satirical parody of both the original ''Sealab'' series and the general conventions of the 1970s animated ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Letters
''Persian Letters'' () is a literary work, published in 1721, by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, recounting the experiences of two fictional Persian noblemen, Usbek and Rica, who spend several years in France under Louis XIV and the Regency.; Plot summary In 1711, Usbek leaves his seraglio in Isfahan to make the long journey to France, accompanied by his young friend Rica. He leaves behind five wives (Zashi, Zéphis, Fatmé, Zélis, and Roxane) in the care of a number of black eunuchs, one of whom is the head or first eunuch. During the trip and their long stay in Paris (1712–1720), they comment, in letters exchanged with friends and mullahs, on numerous aspects of Western, Christian society, particularly French politics and manners, including a biting satire of the System of John Law. Over time, various disorders surface back in the seraglio, and, beginning in 1717 (Letter 139 47, that situation rapidly unravels. Usbek orders his head eunuch to crack down, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delicatessen (1991 Film)
''Delicatessen'' is a 1991 French post-apocalyptic black comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, and Jean-Claude Dreyfus. It was released in North America as "presented by Terry Gilliam." Plot In a dilapidated apartment building in post-apocalyptic France, food is in short supply and grain is used as currency. On the ground floor is a butcher's shop, run by the landlord, Clapet, who posts job opportunities in the newspaper to lure victims to the building, whom he murders and butchers as a cheap source of meat to sell to his tenants. Following the murder of the last worker, unemployed circus clown Louison applies for the vacant position. Louison proves to be a superb worker with a spectacular trick knife, and the butcher is reluctant to kill him too quickly. During Louison's routine maintenance, he acquires a package dropped by a mailman. Louison delivers the package to Clapet's daughter, Julie, who says the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troglodyte (Dungeons & Dragons)
This is a 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 – "many tied to their growing stable of campaign worlds" – 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caveman
The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as " simian" or " ape-like" by Marcellin Boule and Arthur Keith. The term "caveman" has its taxonomic equivalent in the now-obsolete binomial classification of '' Homo troglodytes'' (Linnaeus, 1758). Characteristics Cavemen are typically portrayed as wearing shaggy animal hides, and capable of cave painting like behaviorally modern humans of the last glacial period. They are often shown armed with rocks, cattle bone clubs, spears, or sticks with rocks tied to them, and are portrayed as unintelligent, easily frightened, and aggressive. Typically, they have a low pitched rough voice and make vocalizations such as "ooga-booga" and grunts or speak using simple phrases. Popular culture also frequently represents cavemen as living with, or alongside of, dinosaurs, even though n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troglodytae
The Troglodytae (, ''Trōglodytai''), or Troglodyti (literally "cave goers"), were people mentioned in various locations by many ancient Greek and Roman geographers and historians, including Herodotus (5th century BCE), Agatharchides (2nd century BCE), Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE), Strabo (64/63 BCE – c. 24 CE), Pliny (1st century CE), Josephus (37 – c. 100 CE), Tacitus (c. 56 – after 117 CE), Claudius Aelianus (c. 175 CE – c. 235 CE), Porphyry (c. 234 CE – c. 305 CE). Greco-Roman period The earlier references allude to Trogodytes (without the l), evidently derived from Greek ''trōglē'', cave and ''dytes'', divers. In Herodotus Herodotus referred to the Troglodytae in his ''Histories'' as being a people hunted by the Garamantes in Libya. He said that the Troglodytae were the swiftest runners of all humans known and that they ate snakes, lizards, and other reptiles. He also stated that their language was unlike any known to him, and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
