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Harpagophytum ( / ˌhɑːrpəˈɡɒfɪtəm / HAR-pə-GOF-it-əm ), also called grapple plant, wood spider, and most commonly devil's claw, is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name "devil's claw" to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit.
Stenocereus eruca, commonly known as the creeping devil, is a member of the family Cactaceae. It is one of the most distinctive cacti, a member of the relatively small genus Stenocereus . It is endemic to the central Pacific coast of Baja California Sur , and is found only on sandy soils, where it forms massive colonies.
Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato 's Gorgias ( c. 400 BC ), souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment. Tartarus appears in early Greek cosmology, such as in Hesiod 's Theogony, where the personified Tartarus is described as one of the earliest beings to exist, alongside Chaos and Gaia (Earth).
The disease is contracted by touch and slowly turns the skin (small patches in children and the entire body in adults) of the victim to into a gray, stone-like form. It is said that the disease also drives its adult victims insane. Hanahaki disease, or hanahaki byou. Hanahaki Otome (花吐き乙女) by Matsuda Naoko.
Arilus cristatus. ( Linnaeus, 1763) North American wheel bug nymph. Arilus cristatus, also known as the North American wheel bug or simply wheel bug, [1] is a species of large assassin bug in the family Reduviidae and the only species of wheel bug found in the United States. [2] [3] It is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North ...
Isonade. A giant shark-like sea monster with a barb-covered tail, sighted off the coast of Western Japan. Issie. A lake creature similar to the Loch Ness Monster, found in Lake Ikeda on Kyūshū. Itsumade. An eerie fire-breathing reptilian bird monster with an almost human face, named for its cry.
A Devil's wheel is a rotating circular platform upon which riders sit or lie. It begins by spinning slowly and increases its speed to make riders slide off the platform. Spectators stand around the platform, and the announcers often offer some satirical commentary. Riders who slide off the platform usually hit a cushioned wall.
Wallace Fard Muhammad, also known as W. F. Muhammad, Wallace D. Fard or Master Fard Muhammad [3] (/ f ə ˈ r ɑː d /; [citation needed] reportedly born February 26, c. 1877 [4] [a] – disappeared c. 1934), was the founder of the Nation of Islam.