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  Ogre
Ogres are said to be able to change their shape at will into animals or objects, and they often dwell in marvelous palaces or castles, sometimes underground.
The ogre Shrek is not depicted as a stereotypically hostile ogre.
Ogres are closely related to trolls, and are distantly related to the various races of giants.
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  Ogre
Ogres are said to be able to change their shape at will into animals or objects, and they often dwell in marvellous palaces or castles, sometimes underground.
In art, ogres are depicted with a big head, abundant and hirsute hair and beard, a huge belly, and a strong body.
Literature for children has plenty of tales mentioning ogres and kidnapped princesses who were rescued by valiant knights and, sometimes, peasants.
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 Ogre -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ogres are said to be able to change their shape at will into animals or objects, and they often dwell in marvelous (Official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)) palaces or (A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack) castles, sometimes underground.
Literature for children has plenty of tales mentioning ogres and kidnapped (A female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)) princesses who were rescued by valiant knights and, sometimes, peasants.
Ogres are also popular in (Imagination unrestricted by reality) fantasy (A contest with rules to determine a winner) games.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Og/Ogre.htm   (755 words)

  
 Ogre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An aquatic subrace of ogres is known as "Merrow".
DandD ogres are also closely related to the race of ogre mages (or ogre magi), a race with blue skin and great magical abilities.
In the Warcraft universe, Ogres are a savage race from Draenor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ogre   (608 words)

  
 Ogre
In art, ogres are often depicted with a big head, abundant and hirsute hair and beard, a huge belly, and a strong body.
In Scandinavian countries, there is no concept for "ogre"; they are translated as trolls.
This is undoubtedlty the basis for the coarse fraternity brother, Ogre, who was played by Don Gibb in the Revenge of the Nerds movies.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ogre   (305 words)

  
 ogre - Information at Halfvalue.com
Ogres are often represented in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings and have appeared in many classic works of literature.
Ogres are sometimes said to be able to change shape at will into animals or objects, and they often dwell in marvelous palaces or castles, sometimes underground.
Ogre is often used metaphorically as well, as in the association of ogres with Nazis made in Michel Tournier's novel Le Roi des aulnes (1970; The Ogre).
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 Encyclopedia: Ogre (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Ogre is a 7,284 m high mountain in Pakistan.
Nivek Ogre is the stage name of performer Kevin Ogilvie, an original member of the band Skinny Puppy.
Ogre is also the name of a character from the movie, Revenge of the Nerds and its various sequels.
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 Ogre (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
Ogre is also a free 3D engine released under LGPL (Home Page).
Ogre is also a Steve Jackson Games game involving very large tanks.
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 Ogre - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ogres are said to be able to change their shape at will into animals or objects, and they often dwell in marvelous
DandD orges are also closely related to the race of ogre mages (or ogre magi), a race with blue skin and great magical abilities.
In the Warcraft universe, Ogres are a savage race from
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 Encyclopedia: Ogre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure.
For other meanings of the word giant, see Giant (disambiguation) Giants are humanoid creatures of prodigious size and strength, a type of legendary monster that appear in the tales of many different races and cultures.
The typical ogre in the Warhammer Fantasy universe stands roughly one and a half times as tall as a man and often many times as wide.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ogre   (1544 words)

  
 skinny-puppy.net
Ogre became the laboratory vivisectionist, the enlightened man, and finally the tortured test subject himself.
Nivek Ogre and Cevin Key had plans to do a reunion gig in Dresden (Germany), fans around the world responded enthousiasticly and of course hoped for more gigs.
In an interview Nivek Ogre said that the Dresden gig was the trigger to continue with SP,yet it took four more years to see another new SP release.
www.skinny-puppy.net /wiki/index.php?title=History   (1326 words)

  
 All words on Boundary
And time passed on, and the girl and the ogre still lived once did he speak roughly to her.
In a few minutes she stole quietly back, and watched the key from his pocket, and hide it in a hole in the ground key, and went back to the house.
The next morning the ogre awoke with the first ray of light, and he guessed at once what had become of it.
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 Ogre (disambiguation) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
An ((folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings) ogre is a (A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events) legendary ((medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus) monster
(Click link for more info and facts about The Ogre) The Ogre is a 7,284 m high mountain in (A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) Pakistan.
Ogre is also the name of a character from the movie, (Click link for more info and facts about Revenge of the Nerds) Revenge of the Nerds and its various (A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it) sequels.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Og/Ogre_(disambiguation).htm   (260 words)

  
 Ogre (Warhammer) Definition / Ogre (Warhammer) Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
While savage in appearance, ogres are further civilised than orcs and beastmen.
Their true home is the Ogre Kingdoms, to the east of the Old World.
All ogres have a wanderlust however, and can be seen all over the Warhammer World.
www.elresearch.com /Ogre_%28Warhammer%29   (113 words)

  
 Ogre :: Science Fiction : RSS Feeds : Gourt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Today, variants of ogres can be found in most modern fantasy games, and the term is also often applied in a metaphorical sense to disgusting persons who exploit, brutalize, or otherwise metaphorically devour their victims.
Ogre comes from the French and is thought to be derived from the Latin Orcus, the monstrous God of the Underworld (the Italian word for "ogre" is orco).
OGRE 2200: After the Factory States - Nearly a century after the Last War ended, the world finds itself again threatened, and once again, the OGREs roll across the countryside.
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 Ogre - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Ogre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Here you will find more informations about Ogre.
thumb, an ogre from the popular movie of the same name]]
Blue, red, & fl ogres with horns and iron clubs, appear in Momotaro (Peach boy), a Japanese fairy tale.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Ogre.html   (318 words)

  
 Eiger - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The peak is mentioned in records dating back to the 13th century but there is no clear indication of how exactly the peak gained itsname.
The three mountains of the ridge are sometimes referred to as the Virgin (Jungfrau), Monk (Mönch) and Ogre (Eiger).
Thename has been linked to the Greek term akros meaning "sharp" or"pointed", but more commonly to the German eigen, meaningcharacteristic.
www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Eiger   (414 words)

  
 Disambiguation pages - Ogre Wiki
The following pages link to a disambiguation page.
They should link to the appropriate topic instead.
A page is treated as disambiguation if it is linked from Template:Disambig.
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 Encyclopedia: List of Ron and Fez Show characters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ogre (2004) - Pain pill-popping ex-marine who left the show after running afoul of Giant Brian.
An Internet forum, also known as a message board or discussion board, is a web application that provides for online discussions, and is the modern descendant of the bulletin board systems and existing Usenet news systems that were widespread in the 1980s and 1990s.
A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar).
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 Ogre - TheBestLinks.com - Computer graphics, Female, Folklore, Games, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Ogre, Computer graphics, Female, Folklore, Games, Japan, Latin, Mythology...
You can add this article to your own "watchlist" and receive e-mail notification about all changes in this page.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
* An ogre is a legendary monster * The Ogre (mountain) The Ogre is a 7,284 m high mountain in Pakistan.
* '''Ogre''' is also the name of a character from the movie, ''Revenge of the Nerds'' and its various Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise sequels.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Ogre (disambiguation).
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 Talk:Cryptozoology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This isn't exactly true; initial reports of the okapi were dismissed by the vast majority of scientists as nothing more than native folklore; even the few who took it seriously as a real animal believed it was a species of primitive horse.
Another good example is the Mountain Gorilla, the existence of which was utterly ridiculed (natives called it the 'great forest ogre').
'Thunderbird (animal)' is no use for disambiguation, as the mythological creature is also an animal.
www.wikipedia.com /wiki/Talk:Cryptozoology   (1968 words)

  
 ogre - OneLook Dictionary Search
OGRE : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
Phrases that include ogre: chester the ogre, crunch the ogre, dragon true ogre, gianni and the ogre, mogor the ogre, more...
Words similar to ogre: monster, brute, demon, devil, fiend, ogreish, baddy, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, meanie, more...
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 Articles - Cult following   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
See cult (disambiguation) for more meanings of the term "cult".
Cult followings are often dedicated enough that many of the people in them have at least heard of each other due to their meeting at conventions, concerts, internet chat rooms or shops featuring the item in question.
An example of a usual cult following would be the followers of the Ogre Battle series of video games.
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 Talk:Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And remember that Franco was GeneralĂ­simo and Caudillo but never Presidente, and his heads of Government were called Presidente del Gobierno.
I think it is best (and least ambiguous) to have a Head of State of Spain and a Head of Government of Spain, plus a disambiguation page at President of Spain and a redirect at Prime Minister of Spain.
Regarding Head of State vs. Head of Government, bear inmind that the EU uses these titles because, for instance, there are both Monarchies and Republics within Europe, and any other usage would be confusing or misleading.
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 physics - Last Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Other releases, including the U.S. edition on Capitol Records, simply say "Skinny Puppy / Last Rights" in block type on the cover.
No lyrics are included in the packaging, as Ogre considered them to be too personal.
Last Rights is also a TV miniseries that aired on 24 March, 2005 on Channel 4.
www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Last_Rights   (233 words)

  
 Articles - Ishtar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ishtar is also the elemental Goddess of Virtue in the Ogre Battle Series, and sister of Lodisian chief God, Filahr.
Although, in the most recent installation of the series (Tactics Ogre Gaiden: The Knight of Lodis), her named was altered to "Ishtalle."
In the comic book series Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Ishtar appears as the goddess attempting to live in modern times as an exotic dancer.
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 info: OGRE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Man catalogues North Korea’s over-the-top rhetoric (The Express Online) - Few can denounce the “imperialist ogre” or “kingpin of evil” as well as the writers at North Korea’s official news agency, and a California graphic artist is now cataloguing their rhetorical masterpieces on a Web site..
Grimm tale gets lost in the woods review (Kansas City Star) - “The Brothers Grimm” could be the work of no one but Terry Gilliam..
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 Articles - Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
That is not always the case, however; others only have one name, or don't represent a person at all, but rather a particular kind of creature (such as "Ogre Bushi").
Personalities have a Force and a Chi attribute, that represents their physical and mental power, respectively, and a Personal Honor attribute that determines, among other things, which Followers they may attach.
See also Legend of the Five Rings (disambiguation) for other articles which share this name.
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AL or al may stand for: Alabama Albania aluminium (Al) Arab League The American League in baseball Anno Lucis Masonic The AL was also a short-lived French automobile.
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 web hosting design and optimisation services - Your complete source for webhostingdesignandoptimisationservices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Hell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
For other uses of the word Hell see Hell (disambiguation)
In Norse mythology, Hell was an alternate spelling for the goddess of the underworld, Hel, see for more details.
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