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Ugliness Avagddu ugly child of Tegid Voel and Cerridwen. [Celtic Folklore: Parrinder, 35] hairy-legged type of Queen of Sheba. [Talmudic Legend: Walsh Classical, 45] stunted, ugly fairies; kidnapped children. [Celtic Folklore: Briggs, 21] beady-eyed, hook-nosed crone with clubfoot and stringy hair. [Ger. Folklore: Leach, 137] cannibalistic hag with blue face and iron claws. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 24] witch, stripped of lavish disguise, found to be hideous hag. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene] buck-toothed, gangly teenager in love with idler, Jughead. [Comics: “Archie” in Horn, 37] the immortal Gorgons; had serpents for hair and brazen claws. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 114] ugly monster. [Br. Lit.: Frankenstein, Payton, 254] medieval European church waterspouts; made in form of grotesque creatures. [Architecture: NCE, 1046]
snake-haired, winged creatures of frightful appearance. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 108] repulsive witch “in the north country.” [Scot. Ballad: Childe Ballads] creature with fangs, snake-hair, and protruding tongue. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 206] “Nowhere on earth a more grotesque creature.” [Fr. Lit.: The Hunchback of Notre Dame] grotesque fairies; “dourest and most ugly set of sprights.” [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 380–381] repulsive woman with pocket-shaped mouth. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland] ugly outcast until fully grown. [Fairy Tale: Misc.] repulsive hag curses boys and girls. [Br. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 1164] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sometimes such an ugliness is merely a repulsive mask.
A FATHER had one son and one daughter, the former remarkable for his good looks, the latter for her extraordinary ugliness. It consists in some defect or ugliness which is not painful or destructive. |
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