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The jester of fool shown here was a used in ancient kings courts to ridicule or belittle. This was an important theme in "Hop Frog" to show just how careless and cruel the king was.

The king's wine goblet serves as the straw that broke the camels back in the short story "Hop Frog." Hop Frog, the court jester, plotted revenge after the king threw wine from the goblet in Trippetta's face; all because she was trying to save Hop…

The Beruna Bridge was built at the Fords of Beruna in Narnia. The bridge was destroyed before its completion at the request of the river god. This bridge can be found in the fourth book of the Chronicles of Narnia Series.

While working to solve a case involving missing jewels and jewel thief's, Nancy Drew stumbles upon a haunted bridge.

The bridge to Terabithia was constructed in order to reach the magical world called Terabithia. The bridge was constructed at the end of the novel after a tragic accidents occurs.

Luna acts as the talking animal guide, a trope commonly seen in magical girl anime, for the sailor soldiers in Sailor Moon. She helps to gather intel on the strange appearances of villains and where their next target is. Luna initially starts her…

Armadan Compasses are only created in one secret facility located on the floating pirate city of Armada. Being a city of tethered ships, Armada constantly maneuvers its way around the oceans of Bas-Lag. The only way for the pirate inhabitants of…

In Greek mythology, Argo (meaning 'swift') was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to retrieve the Golden Fleece. She was named after her builder, Argus.

The ship was said to be under the protection of the goddess Hera and…

Talaria are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek messenger god Hermes. They were said to be made by the god Hephaestus, of imperishable gold, and they flew the god as swift as any bird.

In the story of Perseus, Hermes lends him his winged sandals…

In Greek mythology, the enchantress or witch Medea, daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis and niece of Circe, wielded a golden chariot driven by dragons.

Medea summoned the winged, serpentine Drakones to escape from Korinthos following the murder of…
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