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Sprite

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Sprite is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in The Eternals #9 (March 1977), and was created by Jack Kirby. Although physically a child, Sprite is an Eternal, a member of an ancient and extremely powerful immortal race, who is commonly depicted as a mischievous trickster figure. Since 2019, Sprite has been depicted as alternatively male and female in comics (via the plot element of rebirth) due to their (then-unreleased) depiction as the latter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Lia McHugh portrayed Sprite in the 2021 MCU film Eternals, with Hannah Dodd portraying Sprite's illusionary adult form of "Sandra", and Salma Hayek portraying Sprite disguised as Ajak. Publication history Sprite first appeared in The Eternals #9 (March 1977), and was created by Jack Kirby.

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“The heart's wave would not foam up so beautifully and become spirit, if the ancient, mute rock, fate, did not stand opposed to it.”
— Friedrich Hölderlin, Hyperion, or the Hermit in Greece (1797–1799), translated by Ross Benjamin. Brooklyn, NY: Archipelago Books, 2008, p. 55
“The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!”
— Sholem Asch, The Apostle (1943), trans. Maurice Samuel, p. 804.
“Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard a man, who was a great scholar, say that he'll dance ye a hornpipe upon the point of a needle.”
— Joseph Addison, The Drummer, Act I, scene 1.
“A Corpse or a Ghost—… I'd sooner be one or t'other, square and fair, than a Ghost in a Corpse, which is my feelins at present.”
— William De Morgan, Joseph Vance, Chapter XXXIX.
“After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality…. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.”
— George W. Russell, The Economics of Ireland, p. 23.
“Do we not hear voices, gentle and great, and some of them like the voices of departed friends,— do we not hear them saying to us, "Come up hither?"”
— William Mountford, p. 310.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Sprite: two-dimensional image or animation in computer graphics · soft carbonated drink by The Coca-Cola Company · fairy-like creatures from mythology and folklore (for sprite · fictional monster from Dungeons & Dragons

Notable quotes

“The heart's wave would not foam up so beautifully and become spirit, if the ancient, mute rock, fate, did not stand opposed to it.”
— Friedrich Hölderlin, Hyperion, or the Hermit in Greece (1797–1799), translated by Ross Benjamin. Brooklyn, NY: Archipelago Books, 2008, p. 55
“The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!”
— Sholem Asch, The Apostle (1943), trans. Maurice Samuel, p. 804.
“Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard a man, who was a great scholar, say that he'll dance ye a hornpipe upon the point of a needle.”
— Joseph Addison, The Drummer, Act I, scene 1.
“A Corpse or a Ghost—… I'd sooner be one or t'other, square and fair, than a Ghost in a Corpse, which is my feelins at present.”
— William De Morgan, Joseph Vance, Chapter XXXIX.
“After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality…. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.”
— George W. Russell, The Economics of Ireland, p. 23.
“Do we not hear voices, gentle and great, and some of them like the voices of departed friends,— do we not hear them saying to us, "Come up hither?"”
— William Mountford, p. 310.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Sprite is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in The Eternals #9 (March 1977), and was created by Jack Kirby. Although physically a child, Sprite is an Eternal, a member of an ancient and extremely powerful immortal race, who is commonly depicted as a mischievous trickster figure. Since 2019, Sprite has been depicted as alternatively male and female in comics (via the plot element of rebirth) due to their (then-unreleased) depiction as the latter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Lia McHugh portrayed Sprite in the 2021 MCU film Eternals, with Hannah Dodd portraying Sprite's illusionary adult form of "Sandra", and Salma Hayek portraying Sprite disguised as Ajak. Publication history Sprite first appeared in The Eternals #9 (March 1977), and was created by Jack Kirby.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).