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- Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
120: '''Pluto''' is the ninth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in our [[solar system]]. Because Pl...
126: ...Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]'', ''[[Idana]]'', ''[[Odin]]'', ''[[Pax (mythology)|Pax]]'', ''[[Persephone]...
128: ...tia Burney]], at the time an eleven-year-old girl from [[Oxford, England|Oxford]], [[England]]. Over t...
140: ...o speeds up due to the gravitational acceleration from the Sun, stays ahead of Neptune, and pulls ahea...
146: ...the case of Pluto, the star dimmed out gradually. From the rate of dimming, the atmosphere was determi... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
6: ... did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but with [[Thor]].
8: ...cal Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [[ancient Near East]], such...
23: ... an altar to Zeus made not of stone, but of ash - from the accumulated remains of many centuries' wort...
25: ...could be found at any number of [[Greek temple]]s from [[Asia Minor]] to [[Sicily]]. Certain modes of ...
48: ...]], where there is evidence of religious activity from the [[2nd millennium BC]] onward, centered arou... - Thor Heyerdahl (6085 bytes)
1: ...Expedition in which he sailed by raft 4,300 miles from [[South America]] to the [[Tuamotu Islands]].
5: ...settled from west to east, migration having begun from the [[Asia]]n mainland.
7: ...nications equipment. For food, they lived off the fruit of the ocean. The documentary of the expeditio...
9: ... denied the possibility. At that time, I suffered from fear of the water," Heyerdahl once said.
11: ...ology. On [[May 17]], [[1970]] Heyerdahl set sail from [[Morocco]] on the [[papyrus]] boat ''[[Ra II]]... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
3: ...al, of the cunning of thieves, and the messenger from the gods to humans. A lucky find was a ''herma...
6: ...th the way in which the wind may transfer objects from one place to another, and with the transition t...
11: ...ke to refer to a syncretic god combining elements from Hermes and the [[Egypt]]ian god [[Thoth]].
13: ... Mercurius'' corresponds to English ''Wednesday'' from ''Wodnes d槧' 'Woden's day'.
26: ...n" herms, the standing stone or wooden pillar was frankly simply a phallus. The ''hermai'' were used ... - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
3: ...re is a unity to the history of [[Great Britain]] from the [[5th century]]'s withdrawal of Roman force...
5: ...II]] and [[John Knox]]'s Reformation in Scotland. From a linguistic and political point of view, the [...
7: ..., but the process of consolidation was continuous from [[William I of England|William]] to [[Oliver Cr...
10: ... They had relied upon Roman force to protect them from Scottish and Welsh Celtic marauders and invader...
12: ...tish king called upon two Germanic tribal leaders from Europe to help defend Romanised Britain (i.e. B... - Horse-racing (6278 bytes)
1: ...le, as was the contest of the steeds of the god [[Odin]] and the giant [[Hrungnir]] in [[Norse mythology...
11: ..., most commonly from 5 [[furlong]]s (1006 m) to 1½ miles (2414 m); with this in mind, breeders ...
23: ...ous horse is [[Phar Lap]]. However, this horse is from [[New Zealand]], as was [[Cardigan Bay (horse)|...
25: The most famous horses from [[Canada]] are [[Northern Dancer]], who after w...
35: ... the UK alone. They may die on the course itself, from injuries received in training or be killed by t... - Santa Claus (16146 bytes)
2: [[Image:Santa.jpg|right|frame|A common portrayal of Santa Claus.]]
8: ...his flying [[sled|sleigh]] lifted by [[reindeer]] from house to house to give presents to children. To...
10: ...y school, as their ability to distinguish fantasy from reality improves and older children disillusion...
15: ...dern Santa Claus is a composite character made up from the merging of two quite separate figures:
17: ...Italian merchants; a [[basilica]] was constructed from [[1087]] to receive them and a pilgrimage site...
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