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Dire Wolf (other)
A dire wolf The dire wolf (''Aenocyon dirus'' ) is an Extinction, extinct species of Caninae, canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–10,000 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four y ... is an extinct canine. Dire wolf or direwolf may also refer to: * Direwolf (''Game of Thrones''), a fictional creature in George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series * "Dire Wolf" (song), a song by the Grateful Dead from ''Workingman's Dead'' * Worg (''Dungeons & Dragons'') or dire wolf, a type of dire animal in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Dire Wolves, a group of characters from ''Cro'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dire Wolf
The dire wolf (''Aenocyon dirus'' ) is an Extinction, extinct species of Caninae, canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–10,000 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first Fossil, specimen had been found. Two subspecies are proposed, ''Aenocyon dirus guildayi'' and ''Aenocyon dirus dirus'', but this assignment has been recently considered questionable. The largest collection of its fossils has been obtained from the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Dire wolf remains have been found across a broad range of habitats including plains, grasslands, and some Montane ecosystem, forested mountain areas of North America and the arid Savanna#Savanna ecoregions, savanna of South America. The sites range in elevation from sea level to . Dire wolf fossils have rarely been found north of 42nd parallel north, 42°N latitude; there have been only five unconfirmed records above this latitude. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direwolf (Game Of Thrones)
The characters from the medieval fantasy Television show, television series ''Game of Thrones'' are based on their respective counterparts from author George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of novels. Set in a fictional universe that has been referred to so far as "The Known World", the series follows a civil war for the Iron Throne (A Song of Ice and Fire), Iron Throne of the continent of Westeros, fought between the rival royal and noble families and their respective supporters. Cast Main cast : = Ensemble cast, Main cast (credited) : = Recurring character, Recurring cast (3+) : = Guest appearance, Guest cast (1-2) ;Notes Recurring cast : = Recurring character, Recurring cast (3+) : = Guest appearance, Guest cast (1–2) ;Notes Guest cast ;Introduced in season 1 * Dennis McKeever as a Night's Watch officer (season 1) * David Bradley (English actor), David Bradley as Walder Frey (seasons 1, 3, 6–7) * Andrew Wilde (actor), Andrew Wilde as To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dire Wolf (song)
"Dire Wolf" is a ballad by the Grateful Dead, released as the third track on their 1970 album '' Workingman's Dead''. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter after watching a film adaptation of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. The music, containing elements of country and folk music, was composed by Jerry Garcia on the same day. The song tells the story of a man who plays cards with a "dire wolf" on a cold winter's night in "Fennario"; the lyrics have been variously interpreted. The piece became a staple of the Grateful Dead's performances, and was played more than two hundred times between 1969 and 1995. Background and composition A few months before the release of their album '' Aoxomoxoa'' in 1969, Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and his then-partner Christie Bourne began sharing a house with the band's guitarist Jerry Garcia, his wife, and his step-daughter. Living in close proximity gave an impetus to their collaborative song-writing: Hunter and Garcia wrote every s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worg (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, a warg is a particularly large and evil kind of wolf that could be ridden by orcs. He derived the name and characteristics of his wargs by combining meanings and myths from Old Norse and Old English. In Norse mythology, a ''vargr'' (anglicised as warg) is a wolf, especially the wolf Fenrir that destroyed the god Odin in the battle of Ragnarök, and the wolves Sköll and Hati, Fenrir's children, who perpetually chase the Sun and Moon. In Old English, a ''wearh'' is an outcast who may be strangled to death. Through Tolkien's influence, wargs have featured in fantasy books by authors including George R. R. Martin, and in media such as video games and role-playing games. Etymology and origins The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey states that Tolkien's spelling "warg" is a cross of Old Norse ''vargr'' and Old English '' wearh''. He notes that the words embody a shift in meaning from "wolf" to "outlaw": ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
