They also interpreted omens, prodigies and portents, and formulated their expiation. These men were all polyglots and prodigies in languages. Thus, with a subtitle of "Portents & Prodigies", "Fortean Times" was born. The Mozart children were not alone as 18th-century music prodigies. Japanese television did a short documentary when they were children depicting them as Karate prodigies.. The minor prodigies were duly expiated with "lesser victims". Josef Hassid was one of several prodigies whose brilliant careers were short lived. Expectations can be high for chess prodigies. Errett and his sister were apparent math prodigies. This article indicates some of the more notable examples of child prodigies in fiction. W. Ferguson has identified differences in the factual versus fictional accounts of child prodigies. This section is for child prodigies largely or primarily known for calculating skills. Which isn't something you can say about most potty-mouthed hip-hop prodigies these days. Hornigold spent the remainder of his life hunting his old prodigies and other famous buccaneers. The revue featured tap dancing prodigies Maurice Hines and Gregory Hines.