In the Asterix books, what is the name of the 93-year-old, oldest inhabitant of the village?
"everyone is dosed with the magic potion. Eventually, they decide to register only Asterix and Obelix as competitors. The entire male population of the village travels to Olympia (aboard a galley where they have to do the rowing), where Asterix and Obelix register as athletes (with Getafix as their coach) and the others all enjoy a holiday. When Gluteus Maximus and Veriambitius discover the Gauls have come to compete, they are left in despair (Vitalstatistix telling them ""We're not stopping you entering, it's just that we're going to win""), and this despair spreads among all the Roman athletes. They give"
"by drinking a magic potion brewed by the local village druid, Getafix. His chief is Vitalstatistix. The main protagonist and hero of the village is Asterix, who, because of his shrewdness, is usually entrusted with the most important affairs of the village. He is aided in his adventures by his rather fat and slower thinking friend, Obelix, who, because he fell into the druid's cauldron of the potion as a baby, has permanent superhuman strength (because of this, Getafix steadily refuses to allow Obelix to drink the potion, as doing so would have a dangerous and unpredictable result). Obelix is"
"Astérix. Before that, he was also the mascot of the magazine ""Pilote"". Asterix is a diminutive but fearless and cunning warrior, ever eager for new adventures. He lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly equivalent to modern Brittany). This village is celebrated as the only part of Gaul still not conquered by Julius Caesar and his Roman legions. The inhabitants of the village gain superhuman strength by drinking a magic potion prepared by the druid, Getafix (). The village is surrounded by, on one side, the ocean, and on the"
"other by four unlucky Roman garrisons, intended to keep a watchful eye and ensure that the Gauls do not get up to mischief. Asterix' parents are former villagers who now live in the city of Condatum (Rennes), and he has cousins in Britannia (Britain). He shares his birthday with his clumsy, oversized, but extremely strong and good-hearted best friend, Obelix. Asterix is one of the smartest and most sensible members of the village, and so he is usually chosen for any dangerous, important or exotic mission. Unlike most of the other villagers, he does not start or join brawls for"
"passport is shown, in which his date of birth is said to be LXXXV(85) BC. From this, Asterix's age can be placed approximately at 35 years. One of Asterix's most recognizable features is his winged helmet, its wings often falling into positions that match his expressions. It closely resembles the winged helmet featured on packets of Gauloises cigarettes. Roger Carel voiced him in the original French in all animated versions from 1967 to 2014. His English voice was provided variously by Lee Payant, Sean Barrett, Jack Beaber, Bill Oddie, Henry Winkler, Craig Charles, Paul Giamatti, Ken Kramer, and Jack Whitehall."
"Skimrande vårar Skimrande vårar in Swedish and Legenden om den øde skogen in Norwegian (in English ""Glittering Springs"" or ""Legend about the Inhabitant Forest""; this novel has not been translated into English) is a short historical novel by author Margit Sandemo from 1993. This novel describes the life of six orphans which live alone in the middle of uninhabited forest. The main character of the novel is Juliane, the sixteen year old eldest sister. She and her older brother Jorulv must provide for their younger brothers and sisters after their mother died and their father went to the town, a"
"to the village and almost instantly falls for Mrs. Geriatrix. Prolix meanwhile is arrested by a strictly rule-abiding Roman Optio (a senior officer). The Optio brings Prolix before the Centurion, who decides to make use of the imposter's persuasive voice. Back in the forest Impedimenta and Asterix have within moments of each other discovered the absence of the soothsayer, causing consternation among the villagers who were told by the soothsayer that the gods would put a curse on them if anything untowards happened to him. Being that Obelix has been beguiled by Prolix's ironically accurate description of Mrs. Geriatrix (not"
"""Geriatrix"" (French: ""Agecanonix"" — canonical age — a French expression meaning very old or ancient), but it is not common, while absurd names in English, such as ""Dubius Status"", are reserved for minor or one-story characters. Fictional place names however tend to be equally silly in all translations, for example the four camps (castra) which surround Asterix's village: Compendium, Aquarium, Laudanum and Totorum (Tot o' rum, colloquial English for shot of rum) — in French this camp is called ""Babaorum"", a pun on ""baba au rhum"" or rum baba, a popular French pastry. (In one of the American translations, one"
"flora and fauna of the island seem to have been altered. The group is startled to discover that the youthful-looking Esteban is actually 50 years old. On their way back to the village, a banana tree grabs Carla with its branches, but Jim and Paul rescue her. A butterfly transforms into a fanged monster and bites Paul on the hand. In the village, two women are shackled to an altar and stripped of their clothes. Inside a hut with Arcadio and Alma, the Americans hear a strange sound emanating from the jungle but they are warned not to leave the"
"Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden. An elderly and reclusive landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, lives upstairs. Because he may be infectious he is not allowed out to play, and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden. Here he meets another lonely child called Hatty, who seems to be the only one who can see him. They have adventures which he gradually realises are taking place in the 19th"
"leaving the bay to search for his pod, he contacts several dolphins from other pods, who tell him the entire sea is in chaos, and that all marine creatures felt the storm. An orca tells Ecco to travel to the Arctic to find a blue whale named the ""Big Blue"", revered among marine mammals for its age and wisdom. Once Ecco finds him, the Big Blue tells him such storms have been occurring every 500 years and directs him to the Asterite, the oldest creature on Earth. He leaves the Arctic and travels to a deep cavern where he finds"
"gameplay takes place in 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. One small Gaulish village continues to defy the occupying forces, thanks to a magic potion which makes them invincible. But now Obelix has vanished. The Romans have confirmed his capture and taken him to an unknown destination. Both Asterix and The Smurfs were much more popular in Europe, and most of the games in their respective series never made it over into the North American market. Asterix (1993 video game) Astérix is the name of three 1993 platform games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES and"
"their mistake and comments they don't even need the Gauls to make fools of themselves. In the Gaulish village, things are being organised for Chief Vitalstatistix's birthday, whom all enjoy except Impedimenta, who complains against the acquisition of useless presents including a mounting collection of swords, shields, stuffed fish, and menhirs. Arriving in Gaul, Convolvulus moves into the nearby Roman camp of Aquarium and gets a description of the village inhabitants. He then gives a valuable vase to Asterix whom he describes as the ""most important man in the village"", to the annoyance of Chief Vitalstatistix. The other villagers take"
"Book Two of ""The Lord of the Rings"", Aragorn mentions beings more ancient even than Sauron. In Book Three, when describing his fall in the pits of Moria, Gandalf mentions dark creatures who gnaw the world. Gandalf calls Tom Bombadil the eldest being in existence; his Sindarin name ""Iarwain Ben-adar"" means ""Eldest and Fatherless"". Dwarves called him ""Forn"" (Old Norse, meaning ""Ancient"" or ""Belonging to the distant past""; in Icelandic it can also mean that he has magical abilities). Men call him ""Orald"" (compare Dutch ""oeroud"" and German ""uralt"", ""ancient, very old""). Treebeard calls himself the eldest living being of"
"village, where she and the other villagers may question him at will. The only two whom she will not permit into the forest are Asterix and Obelix. Obelix in particular has a grudge against the soothsayer, who has threatened to kill Dogmatix in order to examine his guts for predictions of the future. When Obelix finally thwarts Impedimenta and enters the forest, he finds Prolix there and chases him up a tree. When he threatens to uproot it, Prolix puts him off by claiming to see a vision of a beautiful woman who loves warriors matching Obelix' description. Obelix returns"
"to life from the ""spirit"" of a corn cob inhabiting a corncob puppet, and he can be resurrected by this method as well. He may have a crush on Emilia. He does not spend a lot of time with the kids; he instead prefers to read the books by the bookshelf, and he is usually the one the farm residents approach when they are curious about something. If he is not reading he is either doing research, inventing, or teaching the kids about certain topics. 64 years old, she is the Farm's owner and the anointed storyteller at night. She"
"Asterix and the Cauldron Asterix and the Cauldron is the thirteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was first serialized in the magazine"" Pilote"", issues 469-491, in 1968, and translated into English in 1976. The book introduces Chief Whosemoralsarelastix, the chief of a neighboring Gaulish village: a miser who often does business with the Romans. When the Romans levy new taxes, Whosemoralsarelastix asks the people of Asterix's village to guard a cauldron full of sestertii, ostensibly to keep the money away from the imminent visit of the Roman tax collectors."
"a large castle. <br>Puppeteer: Horst Lateika. <br>US voice artist: Mike Reynolds. Kasimir (or ""Kasi"" for short) is a red creature with unusually long arms, who lives in a chestnut tree which has an elevator built inside it. He is Nepomuk's best friend and the only villager allowed to call him ""Nepi"" (although this is not the case in early episodes). Kasi is very helpful, and does many different jobs in the village. <br>Puppeteers: Herbert Langemann, Martin Leßmann. Poldi is a dragon who lives in a volcanic crater. If irritated by other characters, he will often threaten to eat them (though"
"an old man known as Chalky in the village of Cobblestone. Being adopted by his daughter, Amber, the protagonist is then raised in the village. Unaware of his adoptive status and living in the village until his teens, he eventually participates in a coming-of-age tradition by climbing the mountain Cobblestone Tor with his childhood friend Gemma. During the trek, they are attacked by monsters, and upon reaching the summit, a large bird-like monster attacks and leaves Gemma hanging off the edge. Noticing a mark on his hand glowing, the protagonist then summons lightning to attack it, killing it and saving"
"usually accompanied by Dogmatix, his little dog. (Except for Asterix and Obelix, the names of the characters change with the language. For example, Obelix's dog's name is ""Dogmatix"" in English, but ""Idéfix"" in the original French edition.) Asterix and Obelix (and sometimes other members of the village) go on various adventures both within the village and in far away lands. Places visited in the series include parts of Gaul (Lutetia, Corsica etc.), neighbouring nations (Belgium, Spain, Britain, Germany etc.), and far away lands (North America, Middle East, India etc.). The series employs science-fiction and fantasy elements in the more recent"
"for Pleasure"" label in 1990. On 29 October 2009, Google prominently featured an integration of Asterix and Obelix in its mast head, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first publication. Valiant comics saved #59 (16 November 1963) carried a British version of Asterix with just the names changed which ran for a time, on the back page (so it was in colour). It was called ""Little Fred and Big Ed"" and they lived in a British village called Nevergiveup, the druid was named Hokus Pokus and the chief Roman was called Pompus. The book was adapted into a film, which"
"Obelix Obelix (; ) is a cartoon character and protagonist in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted for his fatness, the menhirs he carries around on his back and his superhuman strength. He fell into a cauldron of the Gauls' magic potion when he was a baby, causing him to be the only Gaul in Asterix's village who is in a permanent state of superhuman strength. Because of this already enormous strength, Obelix is not allowed to drink the magic potion ever again, a"
"the responsible one; for example, he is the one taking care of his great-grandfather who thinks he is a cuckoo and lives at the top of a pine tree in the forest. Masarin is not disturbed by this; he is delighted with the fact that his dad is playing silly games with him. For example, they often play hockey with an overripe tomato. Other characters in the book are Gustav the Thief, the Angry Old Man and the Hot Dog Vendor. Loranga, Masarin och Dartanjang Loranga, Masarin och Dartanjang is a Swedish children's novel written by Barbro Lindgren and published"
"The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains () is a well-known fable from Chinese mythology about the virtues of perseverance and willpower. The tale first appeared in Book 5 of the ""Liezi"", a Daoist text of the 4th century BC, and was retold in the ""Garden of Stories"" by the Confucian scholar Liu Xiang in the 1st century BC. It was also used by Mao Zedong in a famous speech in 1945. The myth concerns a Foolish Old Man of 90 years who lived near a pair of mountains (given in some tellings"
"family to Old Mill Village, and Ezekiel Zick, whose father is missing and is affected by all sorts of allergies including one that allows him to see monsters. Together, they uncover the secrets of the world of monsters. Zick and Elena face terrible danger and enemies, which they are usually able to overcome. They are aided by Timothy-Moth, Zick's ""cat"", who is actually a kind of monster called a Tutor. Timothy oversees the monsters who live in Zick's house which is an oasis for criminal monsters. Monster Tamers pass the natural power of the Tone from parent to child, thus"
"they do not converse with any of the characters. They are heard twice: once overheard and once talking amongst themselves as they butcher an Arctic fox. They at first seem to have no clear grasp of honour or respect even for each other, but Ruta Skadi does stumble, whilst invisible, upon the oldest cliff-ghast of all, a blind patriarch referred to as ""grandfather"" by all the others who take care of him and feed him. They are at first apparently one of the magic elements unique to the world of the ""Northern Lights"", but then appear in other worlds. When"
"Old Hildebrand ""Old Hildebrand"" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ""Grimm's Fairy Tales"" as tale number 95. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1360C. A peasant's wife and the parson fancied each other, so the wife feigned illness, and the parson preached that whoever had an ill family member could go to the Cuckoo's Mountain in Italy, and get laurel leaves that would cure the ill person. The peasant, Hildebrand, left to get them, and the parson came to his house. But on the way, Hildebrand met his cousin, an egg merchant, who alerted him and brought"
"Arwen Arwen Undómiel is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. She appears in the novel ""The Lord of the Rings"", usually published in three volumes. Arwen is one of the half-elven (Peredhil) who lived during the Third Age. Arwen was the youngest child of Elrond and Celebrían. Her elder brothers were the twins Elladan and Elrohir. Her name, ""Ar-wen"", means 'noble maiden'. She bore the sobriquet ""Evenstar"" (or Evening Star), as the most beautiful of the last generation of High Elves in Middle-earth. As told in ""The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen"", Aragorn in his twentieth year"
"from spreading their rebellious ideas through Gaul. Asterix bets that he and Obelix will escape the village and go on a tour of Gaul, collecting regional culinary specialties for a banquet upon their return. Overanxius promises to raise the stockade if they succeed. Asterix maps out a route, while Obelix fetches a large bag to hold their shopping. The two break through the stockade, while the other villagers create a diversion by attacking the barricade on another front. Overanxius has a rider despatched to alert the entire occupation army to be on the lookout for the pair. Rotomagus (Rouen): Asterix"
"Tolkien Ensemble) compact disc, Treebeard is voiced by Christopher Lee. Treebeard Treebeard (Sindarin: ""Fangorn"") is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings. The eldest of the species of Ents, he is said to live in the ancient Forest of Fangorn and stands fourteen feet (4 m) in height. He is treelike in appearance – reminiscent of ""beech-trees or oaks"" – with leafy hair and a rigid structure. His home of Fangorn Forest lies close to Isengard, where Saruman the White resides. In ""The Two Towers"" he meets with Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, two Hobbits of"
"translated into 76 languages (2018) and made into several films and television series. Pippi Longstocking is a fictional nine-year-old girl. At the start of the titular novel, she moves into Villa Villekulla, her house that she shares with her monkey named Mr. Nillson and her horse, and quickly befriends the two children living next door, Tommy and Annika Settergren. With her suitcase of gold coins, she maintains an independent lifestyle without her parents: her mother died soon after her birth, and her father, Captain Ephraim Longstocking, is first missing at sea, and then, king of a South Sea island. Despite"
"is the youngest. The brothers play in and around the village every day. Their mother warns them to never go into the forest, where, according to their grandmother, lives a ""Witch-Woman"" who eats little children and uses their bones to build a fence around her house. One day, Big-One decides that it might be fun to go play in the woods. In-The-Middle agrees with Big-One and they ask Teeny-Tiny if he'd like to join them. Teeny-Tiny declines his brothers' offer and reminds them of their grandmother's story. Big-One and In-The-Middle both ignore Teeny-Tiny's warnings and decide to go anyway. Reluctant,"
"survived his decades of solitary meditation by subsisting on nothing but nettles; his hair and skin turned green and he lived to the age of 83. The Caribbean trickster figure Anansi appears in a story about nettles, in which he has to chop down a huge nettle patch in order to win the hand of the king's daughter. An old Scots rhyme about the nettle: Coo, cow, and stoo are all Scottish for cut back or crop (although, curiously, another meaning of ""stoo"" is to throb or ache), while ""laich"" means short or low to the ground. Given the repetition"