Shortly afterward, the Besnards leased rooms to a wealthy couple, the Rivets, who were friends of Marie's husband. Monsieur Toussaint Rivet died of pneumonia on July 14, 1939, although 18 mg of arsenic was later discovered in his exhumed remains. Madame Blanche Rivet died on December 27, 1941 from aortitis, although her remains contained 30 mg of arsenic. The Rivets' will had named Marie Besnard as their only heir.Wealthy cousins of Marie, Pauline Bodineau and Virginie Lalleron, had also named Marie as
W. Arthur Grant claims a different sight. He claims that the monster was bulky with flippers, and had dark brown skin with an eel like head. The Picts carved pictures into the rocks and scientistes recognized all but one of the animals. This carving was an unidentified creature that seems to show the Lock Ness Monster. The Picts were a confederation of Celtic tribes located in the modern day Scotland.
Queen Anne Stuart She was born on February 6, 1665 to the Duke and Duchess of York, she was the second daughter out of three children. Her name is Anne Stuart. Her uncle, King Charles II, married and obviously wanting to have a big family, after several illegitimate children. But he had no blood children of his own. As Anne began maturing, she developed numerous health issues, but unlike some children from that time, she survived to her adulthood.
In most cultures animals have been linked with the supernatural forces which were believed to control the natural world and the destiny of humans. They were often revered as the agents. or associates, of gods, and goddesses, and were even the focus of worship as deities. Following the tracks of historical animal art, through the human imagination introduces a trail of creativity and unsurpassed beauty. Paleolithic art: Cave paintings are the earliest known example of human art dating 40,000 to 8,000 BCE.
She was executed for adultery after two years of marriage. Henry had chosen his fifth wife before his divorce to Anne was finalised. The lady in question was the 19 year old daughter of Edmund Howard, Kathryn, cousin of Anne Boleyn. The marriage took place in July 1540. Henry was 49 years old, overweight and unable to walk far due to his weight and an injury to his leg that festered and refused to heal.
The Heroic Journey of the Incredible Hercules Hercules was the son of Zeus and Alcmene. He was born hated by the goddess Hera because of Zeus’ relationship with Alcmene. From an early age Hercules got his first taste of near death experinces when two snakes were placed in his cradle but he grabbed both of those snakes with his shockingly strong hands for an infant and killed them. Hercules life proved already to be a dangerous one, but little did he know that his Hero’s Journey was ahead of him. Hercules life was already a champion wrestler, an excellent marksman with a bow and arrow, and having the ability of superhuman strength just added to his heroic charisma.
Before Helen had time to grow older her twin siblings Castor and Pollux rescued her. Later on in her life, King Tyndareos of Lacedaemon decided to chose Helen’s husband. He chose Odysseus and the two eventually had a daughter. After a decade, Helen was ran off with Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy. Menelaus called on his suitors to help him get her back.
(Greekmedicine.net) The Chimaera of Arezzo This bronze statue was found in Arezzo, in Italy, in 1553. It is of Etruscan origin, probably from 5th century BC. The Chimaera or Chimera was a monster of Greek mythology part lion, part goat, and part European dragon or serpent, it is a symbol for fantastic ideas, and "the creation of imagination". When sighted the Chimaera was a sign of storms, shipwrecks, or natural disasters (particularly volcanoes). The Chimaera is said to be the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and the sister of such monsters as Cerebus and the Lernaean Hydra.
The four children made the directions (directions were very important to the Aztecs because they believed that they were the center of the universe). Huitzilopochtli was the south, Questztalcoatal was the east, Tezcatlipoca was the west, and Xipe totec was the north. All of these children started creating the earth, but they accidently created a sea monster named Cipactli. It was part fish and part alligator and it was bigger than anything ever created. The children kept creating things, but everything they created fell in the water and got eaten by the monster.
The unnatural hero In todays world there are many people that we call heroes, fire fighters, policemen, and doctors. In the epic poem Beowulf during the time period of the Nordic society in 700 A.D. there are different types of heroes, heroes that fight sea monsters and other things that are creations of sin. In Beowulf Grendel is a monster born of sin , an unnatural birth while Beowulf is born form a father and a mother, a natural birth. Though both Beowulf and Grendel have enormous amounts of power and strength Beowulf was born from a supposed natural birth. When in fact the case is that both Beowulf and Grendel are both creatures created from unnatural births just that they are two different sides of a spectrum.