unreferenced date June 2010 In Greek mythology , Dolos sometimes pronounced Dolus is the spirit of trickery and guile. He is also a master at cunning deception, craftiness, and treachery. He is apprentice of the titan Prometheus, and Pseudologi. His female counterpart is Apate who is the goddess spirit of fraud and deception. He was parented by the titans Gaia and Ather Hyginus Preface or Erebos and Nyx Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.17 . He became a master at his skill when he attempted to make a statue of Veritas again, in order to trick people into thinking they were seeing the real statue. But he ran out of clay, which he was using to create the statue, and had to leave the feat unfinished as he quaked in fear while his skill master over viewed his attempt at deceitfulness. But to his surprise, Prometheus was rather included and amazed at the similarity between the statues, then Dolos became the master at his crafty and tricky ways. There are even some stories of Dolos tricking gods into lies. Category Greek mythology ... more details
Ao Bing Chinese character Chinese Pinyin o B ng is a character featured within the famed ancient Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods more commonly known as Fengshen Yanyi . Prince Ao Bing is the third son of the East Sea Chinese mythology East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang of the Crystal Palace. At one point in time, Ao Bing had been renowned as a rain god who provided his rain to any individual in need. Such times would fade away after his father became corrupted and the people soon were put in fear of Ao Guang and his three sons. After Nezha deity Nezha is seen creating rifts that quaked the Crystal Palace and yaksha Li Gen yaksha Li Gen already met his death, Ao Bing would set out by father consent atop a large green beast and varied soldiers. When Ao Bing presented himself before Nezha and experienced his rudeness, he would shout in rage, What a self righteous cur you are The yaksha was sent to us by the Jade Emperor of Heaven. You killed him and still think you have no blame Thus following this point, Ao Bing would duel it out with Nezha while wielding his silver spear. After the passage of some time, Ao Bing would be killed after Nezha unleashes a large fire ball from his magic scarf and stomps on his head. Thus, Ao Bing s true form as a dragon would be revealed, and he would die in a state of inner hatred. References Investiture of the Gods Chapter 12 pages 141 143 Category Fengshen Yanyi characters ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Lake Palakpakin image lake caption lake image bathymetry caption bathymetry location San Pablo City, Laguna San Pablo City , Laguna province Laguna , Philippines coords coord 14.111 N 121.338 E region PH type waterbody display inline,title type crater lake inflow outflow catchment basin countries Philippines length width area 43 ha depth 7.5 m max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands sections cities San Pablo City frozen group Seven Lakes of San Pablo Lake Palakpakin is part of the Seven Lakes of San Pablo system in Laguna province Laguna , Philippines . Palakpakin is located in San Buenaventura, San Pablo City Brgy. San Buenaventura , San Pablo City, Laguna San Pablo City is similar to Sampalok Lake. With an area of 43 hectares, it has a maximum depth of 7.5 meters. Residents around the lake rely on income from fishpens and fishcages that grow cultured tilapia and silver carps. Legend A few kilometers north of the city proper was a village which had become known then for its ancient tree which had a hollow trunk. It was called Palakpak. Some villagers said that on moonlit nights they could see a beautiful, red haired lady washing her long hair with the hollow trunk serving as her wash basin. There is also river nearby where a big fish appeared each night that the beautiful lady was around. The villagers would not catch it, believing that it must be her pet. One day a stranger came to the village and tried to solve the mystery about the red haired lady and the fish. And so one moonlit night, he waited for her. Seeing the lady in her pristine glory, the stranger approached her. All of a sudden there was thunder and lightning. The earth quaked with terrible intensity, while the river swelled alarmingly into a lake. From that time onwards, that lake produces a large quantity of shrimps which when cooked, turned red. People since then had affectionately called their village Palakpakin , after that ancient tree and the shrimps in the ... more details
coated with ice between them the peat quaked beneath our feet i felt i had stumbled into conan doyles lost world 1284976.html Hart Davis D. The ditches were coated with ice. Between them the peat quaked ... more details
mergeto Cybertron date October 2010 Primus is the benevolent godlike entity in the fictional Transformers toyline Transformers comic universe who fought against the Chaos Bringer Unicron . The Lord of the Light, Primus is the being who created the Transformers to help him defeat Unicron. Transformers Generation 1 Transformers character name Primus image Primus.jpg caption Primus as depicted in Transformers The Ultimate Guide affiliation Autobot function Lord of Light and Order rank 100 partner Knockdown, Strongarm, Optimus Prime Cybertron , and Nightscream motto alternatemodes Planet Cybertron series Transformers Cybertron voiceby James Earl Jones , Ron Halder Transformers Energon Energon , Michael Donovan Transformers Cybertron Cybertron br Tessh Genda Transformers Cybertron Galaxy Force Primus and Unicron The first clash between brothers Unicron and Primus came when Unicron succeeded in his goal of consuming the universe. As he slumbered in the void it was revealed that he hadn t been thorough enough tiny fragments of the universe remained and reacted with each other, leading to the creation of the current universe. The universe grew around Unicron and when he awoke he did not question it, merely beginning to consume it again. The sentient core of the universe responded by creating Primus, a guardian to battle Unicron. The infant universe shook and quaked from the ferocity of their battles and Primus was eventually forced into a desperate gamble. ref Rise of The Fallen, New Straits Times, January 17, 2009 by Rizal Solomon ref He shifted the battle to the astral plane where he fared no better and then returned them to the physical universe, but instead of allowing them to materialize in their energy forms he entrapped both Unicron and himself in two metallic asteroids. Unicron would not be stopped, psionically shaping his asteroid into a massive metal world and then into a gargantuan robot. Primus, however, elected to create a race of guardians to defend the unive ... more details
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