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- Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
124: ...1930]]. The planet was later found on photographs dating back to [[March 19]], [[1915]]. Tombaugh was ...
126: ...Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]'', ''[[Idana]]'', ''[[Odin]]'', ''[[Pax (mythology)|Pax]]'', ''[[Persephone]...
128: ...anet in the [[Times]] newspaper. He asked his grandaughter what she thought would be good name for it....
136: ...s diameter is now known since telescopes using [[adaptive optics]] can resolve its disk.
153: ... among planets in that they are [[Tidal locking|tidally locked]] to each other. This means that Charon... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
2: '''Zeus''' (descendant of [[Cronus]]is the leader of the gods and [[go...
6: ... did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but with [[Thor]].
33: .... With the [[Kouretes]], a band of ecstatic armed dancers, he presided over the rigorous military-athl...
42: ...ro or an underground Zeus. Thus the shrine at Lebadaea in [[Boeotia]] might belong to the hero [[Troph...
50: ...]], but the goddess [[Dione (mythology)|Dione]] — whose name is a feminine form of "Zeus". Her s... - Thor Heyerdahl (6085 bytes)
1: ...[October 6]], [[1914]] in [[Larvik]], [[Norway]]–[[April 18]], [[2002]] in [[Colla Micheri]], [[...
3: [[Image:Thor_heyerdahl.jpg|right|Thor Heyerdahl]]
7: ...amotu Islands]] on [[August 7]], 1947 after a 101 day 4,300 mile journey across the [[Pacific Ocean]],...
9: ...at time, I suffered from fear of the water," Heyerdahl once said.
11: ...building technology. On [[May 17]], [[1970]] Heyerdahl set sail from [[Morocco]] on the [[papyrus]] bo... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
3: ... ''hermaion''. An interpreter who bridges the boundaries with strangers is a ''hermeneus.'' Hermes giv...
6: As the related word Herma ?a boundary stone, crossing point? would suggest, Hermes is...
13: ...nglish ''Wednesday'' from ''Wodnes d槧' 'Woden's day'.
21: As a crosser of boundaries, ''Hermēs Psychopompos''' ("conductor of...
26: .... The ''hermai'' were used to mark roads and boundaries. In [[Athens, Greece|Athens]], they were pla... - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
5: ...y, the end of the medi�val period is ordinarily dated by the rise of what is often referred to as th...
7: ...with increasing vigour, but the process of consolidation was continuous from [[William I of England|Wi...
12: ... saxas). Each Saxon drew out his ''saxa'' (a long dagger whose name was associated with the tribe) and...
16: ...ions of the continent, including the worship of [[Odin]] (as Woden), the practice of [[weregild]], the [...
36: ...death and the accession of [[David II of Scotland|David II]]. The Scottish victory at Bannockburn howe... - Horse-racing (6278 bytes)
1: ...le, as was the contest of the steeds of the god [[Odin]] and the giant [[Hrungnir]] in [[Norse mythology...
15: The corresponding standardbred event is the [[Breeders' Crown]]. There are...
21: ... many of the greatest thoroughbred champions, and dams of champions can be traced.
25: ...d and Standardbred (harness) meetings on the same day. The North America Cup has the largest purse of ...
33: ...and slows the horse down; becoming distracted and dangerously veer off course. It is however, unlikely... - Santa Claus (16146 bytes)
3: ...esents given to children on [[Christmas|Christmas Day.]] He forms part of the [[Christmas]] tradition ...
5: ...[Saint Basil]] whose memory is celebrated on that day.
8: ...Finland|Finnish]] [[Lapland, Finland|Lapland]], [[Dalecarlia]] in [[Sweden]], [[Greenland]], or [[Caes...
17: ..., in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that ...
19: ...] who traditionally comes to Greece on New Year's Day riding on a donkey. Recently though, Greek tradi...
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