In Greek mythology, the Old Man of the Sea was a primordial figure who could be identified by several names, Proteus or Nereus or Pontus. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... This article is about Proteus in Greek mythology. ... Nereus: in Greek Mythology, eldest son of Pontus and Gaia, the Sea and the Earth. ... In Greek mythology, Pontus (or Pontos, sea) was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, son of Gaia and Aether, the Earth and the Air. ...

Sindbad the Sailor encountered the monstrous Old Man of the Sea on his fifth voyage, who fastened on his back and so clung to him that he could not shake him off until he made him drunk. Sindbad the Sailor (also spelled Sinbad, from Persian سندباد—As-Sindibad, 三保 Sānbǎo, from Chinese ) is the name of a legendary sailor who has numerous fantastic adventures during his voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia. ...

References in modern fiction

This tale may have helped inspire the title of [gymnastics[Ernest Hemingway]]'s novella The Old Man and the Sea. It inspired a creation of a card in Magic: The Gathering's first expansion set, Arabian Nights. A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. ... The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. ... Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ... This is a table of card sets for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. ...

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Nuttall Encyclopædia is an early-20th-century encyclopedia, edited by Rev. ...

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