With Hair

I came long ago, from icy realms far;

I may have seen the newborn Superstar.

Giants reached out to grab me, as they say;

I turned aside, and there my pathway lay.

England’s King, in me a dark omen saw;

People watched me in horror, fear, and awe.

And as the frightened folk did weep and wail,

I calmly left and then did turn my tail.

A pope banished me for my sins, ’tis said;

My travels in the Talmud can be read.

And sometimes I throw fire from the sky.

Now, reading this, can you say what am I?

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