Jenkins first formed Puck and Natty ( the name originating from the Shakespeare characters ), a ' funky rap masta ' group, with Detroit rapper Herman Chunn in 1992, after a failed experiment with his band Splash.

The folklore of Puck was magisterially assembled by William Bell, in two volumes that appeared in 1852 that have been called a " monument to nineteenth-century antiquarianism gone rampant.

Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream that was based on the ancient figure in English mythology, also called Puck.

At the end of the play ( Act 5 Scene 1 ) Puck delivers a speech in which he addresses the audience directly, apologizing for anything that might have offended them and suggesting that they pretend it was a dream:

Puck — the largest inner moon of Uranus — was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 30 December 1985.

The moon was later named after the Puck who appears in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a little sprite who travels around the globe at night with the fairies.

Of the moons discovered by the Voyager 2 imaging team, only Puck was discovered early enough that the probe could be programmed to image it in some detail.

One week, the entire group of Solid Gold Dancers managed to squeeze into a single square ; at other times, the lower left square was modified into a rectangle to accommodate extra stars or props, such as kitchens for Wolfgang Puck, Joe Carcione or Justin Wilson.

" The name the " Old Woman " ( Latin vetula ) for such " corn dolls " was in use among the Germanic pagans of Flanders in the 7th century, where Saint Eligius discouraged them from their old practices: " not make vetulas, ( little figures of the Old Woman ), little deer or iotticos or set tables the house-elf, compare Puck ( mythology ) | Puck at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks Yule custom.

Valiente also noticed that a chant in one ritual in the book was based upon the poem " A Tree Song " from Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling, which she had enjoyed as a child.

Loki, along with Puck, was holding the child hostage.

When she learned that she was named for the wine, Château Margaux, which her parents, Puck and Jack Hemingway ( eldest son of Ernest ), were drinking the night she was conceived, she changed the original spelling from " Margot " to " Margaux " to match.

Her relationship with her mother, Puck, was fraught with tension, but they did reconcile prior to Puck's death from cancer in 1988.

After the First World War I, Puck was assigned to the Second Polish Republic by the Treaty of Versailles.

Puck was the only Polish harbour until Gdynia was built in the 1920s and the main war harbour of the Polish Navy until the Second World War.

Puck was bombed by Nazi Germany at 5. 20am Polish time on Friday September 1st, known therein as Grey Friday when a German bomber dropped a projectile on the town which also had an airbase.

After Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1939, a branch of the Stutthof concentration camp existed in Puck in the years 1941 to 1944.

This was a pagan custom deplored by Saint Eligius ( died 659 or 660 ), who warned the Flemings and Dutchmen, "( Do not ) make vetulas, figures of the Old Woman, little deer or iotticos or set tables the house-elf, compare Puck ( mythology ) | Puck at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks Yule custom.

The Life founded in 1883 was similar to Puck and was published for 53 years as a general-interest light entertainment magazine, heavy on illustrations, jokes and social commentary.

A small military airfield, home of two squadrons of the Coast Defence Escadrille ( based in Puck ) was opened to civilian planes on 1 May 1936.

There was also a 1998 mini-series, Road Rules: All Stars, in which five former stars from The Real World go on a short Road Rules course managed by infamous former Real World housemate Puck, who, until the very end of the series, was disguising his identity with the alias " Mr. Big ".

Rudyard Kipling wrote a short story connected with Barton in his Puck of Pook's Hill series.

Among other things the series asserts that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford was a secret illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth I ; that Sir Francis Walsingham, the Queen's spymaster, did not die in 1590 as history records but lived in secret for another five years ; that playwrights Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson were all secret agents of the Queen and underwent dangerous missions in her service, in addition to their theatrical activities ; that the plays of all three had profound secret political and magical meanings ; that Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queene was not a fictional work but was based on a true Kingdom of Faerie, whose Queen had a secret pact of mutual help with the English Queen Elizabeth ; that Christopher Marlowe was not assassinated in 1593 as history records but was taken into Faerie where he became the lover of the witch Morgan le Fay ; and that Shakespeare had also visited Faerie and personally met with Puck and other supposedly legendary characters depicted in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Else the Puck a liar call ;

In historiography, what is now called speculative fiction has previously been termed " historical invention ", " historical fiction ", and similar names and is extensively noted in literary criticism of the works of William Shakespeare as when he co-locates Athenian Duke Theseus and Amazonian Queen Hippolyta, English fairy Puck, and Roman god Cupid across time and space in the Fairyland of its Merovingian Germanic sovereign Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream ; in mythography it has been termed " mythopoesis " or mythopoeia, " fictional speculation ", the creative design and generation of lore, regarding such works as J. R. R.

The idea that voters are susceptible to such effects is old, stemming at least from 1884 ; William Safire reported that the term was first used in a political cartoon in the magazine Puck in that year.

The Rudyard Kipling of Puck of Pook's Hill is certainly one ; when he wrote it, he was in transition towards his later, very conservative stance.

Some 19th-century researchers made more general claims about pixie origins, or have connected them with the Puck, ( Cornish Bucca ) a mythological creature sometimes described as a fairy ; the name Puck is also of uncertain origin.

Gunther eventually quits after losing a cook-off to Puck ; he sells his restaurant to Charo.

After complications with Clack the Miller and Parson Shorthose, Grim wins her in the end, with the help of Puck or Robin Goodfellow ( alias Akercock ; in this play, a devil like Belphagor ).

He also had three recent Vertigo series that have wrapped up: Faker a six part mini-series with art by Jock ; a second graphic novel, God Save the Queen, with John Bolton, featuring Queen Titania, Oberon, Puck, Nuala and Cluracan from the Sandman and Books of Magic comics ; and Crossing Midnight with Jim Fern.

Hel Peninsula (; ; ; or Putziger Nehrung ) is a 35-km-long sand bar peninsula in northern Poland separating the Bay of Puck from the open Baltic Sea.

* The Puck Talks Here, The amazing life and turbulent times of Peter Pocklington by Terry McConnell, J ' Lyn Nye, with Peter Pocklington ( Terry McConnell, publisher: Paperback, April 2012 ; Smashwords eBook, April 2012 )

Rudyard Kipling was interested in folklore, dealing with English folklore in works such as Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies ; his experiences in India led him to also create similar works with Indian themes.

The project code name was " Midsummer ", an arbitrary reference to A Midsummer Night's Dream ; and the two main chips were named Oberon and Puck, references to characters in that play.

She later assisted Xanatos in resurrecting one of the dead Gargoyles from Wyvern, Coldstone, attempted to murder Elisa Maza, and also tried to exterminate humanity on numerous occasions ; first by having Puck destroy them ( which failed: he impishly " destroyed " the humans by turning them into gargoyles ), and then used magic to turn them into stone during the night, allowing her to go on a vicious murder spree.

Two of the fine dining restaurants bear the names of their celebrity restaurateurs ; Bobby Flay Steak and Wolfgang Puck American Grille.

Wolverine, however, was eventually rescued by his old friend from Alpha Flight, Puck, and his own father.

The " Bocan " of the Highlands may be a cognate of the Norse Puki however, and thus also the English " Puck "

Singer Alice Cooper remembers their drinking club, The Hollywood Vampires, commenting that Moon (" the Puck of Rock ' n ' Roll ") used to enter dressed up as the Pope, one of many costumes he wore to elicit humour from others.

In 1935, Feijenoord player Puck van Heel hit the first pole on their way into their new stadium.

" Those that Hob-goblin call you, and sweet Puck, / You do their work, and they shall have good luck " said one of William Shakespeare's fairies.

An early 17th century broadside ballad, " The Mad Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow "— which is so deft and literate it has been taken for the work of Ben Jonson — describes Puck / Robin Goodfellow as the emissary of Oberon, the Faery King, inspiring night-terrors in old women but also carding their wool while they sleep, leading travellers astray, taking the shape of animals, blowing out the candles to kiss the girls in the darkness, twitching off their bedclothes, or making them fall out of bed on the cold floor, tattling secrets, and changing babes in cradles with elflings.

) Later, Puck is ordered by Oberon to fix the mistake he ( Puck ) made, by producing a dark fog, leading the lovers astray within it by imitating their voices, and then applying the flower to Lysander's eyes, which will cause him to fall back in love with Hermia.

Zamora's personal struggle with AIDS, and his conflict with housemate David " Puck " Rainey is credited with helping to make The Real World a hit show, for which Time ranked it # 7 on their list of 32 Epic Moments in Reality-TV History.

Since the Polish kings tried to create a fleet at Danzig, but independent Hanseatic Danzig would not allow them in their territory, some ships chartered by Poland had to land at Pautzke ( Puck ) in 1567.

* REI to open their first NYC Location in Historic Puck Building

Olaus Magnus in Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus wrote that the brightness of the fairy ring comes not from the dancing of the fairies, who harm it with their feet, but from Puck, who refreshes the grass.

The purpose of these blocks is to disinfect and deodorize restroom urinals, placed above the urinal drain ( often in the confines of a small plastic trap known as a " Puck Caddy " that prevents their loss down the drain when they dissolve to a small size ).

The Harbor in Puck was too shallow for the biggest ships and the usage of Wisłoujście ( a fortress near Gdansk ) was constantly plagued by difficulties from the Danzig Patricians ( afraid that a king with a strong naval arm would step upon their " liberties ", control tolls, exert taxes etc .).

Hans Wassmann as Bottom, by Emil Orlik, 1909While they are in the woods rehearsing, the fairy Puck, a mischievous sprite and minion of Oberon, king of the fairies, happens upon their rehearsal.

Eventually, all four lovers find themselves in the Athenian forest, where the sleeping Lysander and Demetrius have a love juice sprinkled into their eyes by an errant fairy called Puck.

In Act II and III, Oberon ’ s and Puck ’ s intervention with the magic love potion of the flower, they can control the fates of various characters, but also speed up the process of falling in and out of love, so that the actual romances of the lovers and their love itself appears to become very comical.

They have also developed a following for their brand of Canadian rock, with singles such as " Up the Hill ", " Frozen Puck to the Head ", " This Is Not a Sad Song ", " Another Drinking Song ", and " The Bastard of Strathcona County ".

When Hercules ventures into the underworld, Foster can be seen in Erebus: the place in between life and death where those who feel they still have business in the mortal world ( ranging from Ancient One, Banshee, Baron Heinrich Zemo, Blink, Cobalt Man, Commander Kraken, Cypher, Darkstar, Elvis Presley, Hippolyta, Jackal, Jack of Hearts, Jack O ' Lantern, Namorita, Orka, Puck, Scourge of the Underworld, U-Go Girl, Veranke, and Wasp ) linger and gamble for their resurrection.