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Curiosity Anselmo so assured of wife’s fidelity, asks friend to try to corrupt her; friend is successful. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote] her inquisitiveness almost drives him away forever. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 27] inquisitive, mischievous monkey. [Children’s Lit.: Curious George] Bluebeard’s 7th and last wife; her inquisitiveness uncovers his murders. [Fr. Fairy Tale: Harvey, 97–98] makes demonic compact to sate thirst for knowledge. [Br. Lit.: Doctor Faustus] uncovers vampiric and lycanthropic activities at Castle Dracula. [Br. Lit.: Dracula] ignores God’s command; turns to salt upon looking back. [O.T.: Genesis 19:26] his insatiable curiosity involves him in magic and his accidental transformation into an ass. [Rom. Lit.: The Golden Ass] after a meddlesome Elizabethan Archbishop of Canterbury. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 169] to determine its contents, they open the bag Aeolus had given Odysseus, thus releasing winds that blow the ship off course. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]. inquisitively opens box of plagues given by Zeus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 191]
overly inquisitive journalist. [Br. Lit.: Paul Pry; Espy, 135] symbolizes inquisitiveness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177] journeys to Istakhar where world’s secrets are revealed. [Br. Lit.: Vathek] 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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