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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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Now these ugly people attack him for having received a lucky wound -- but it could have been an unlucky wound as well. WASHINGTON is Hollywood for ugly people, the saying goes, which is probably why it's so hard for Hollywood to get Washington quite right: The two cities are like fraternal twins, similar but not quite the same, and the devil always lurks in the details. 2 THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF JOSEF OPSAL looks, unblinkingly, at fat and ugly people, sometimes grouped together, sometimes placed shockingly alone against plain backgrounds. |
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