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- Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...he first day of the week she, with [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and Mary the mother of [[James]], ([[G...
12: ...church fathers. In the fragmentary text, the disciples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designatio...
36: ...ied in [[Ephesus]] and was buried in [[Constantinople]].
40: ...Catholic iconography of the [[Crucifixion]], or replaced by John]]
43: ... the Petrine tradition, Mary Magdalene is often replaced by Mary, mother of Jesus, a passive figure wh... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
12: ...re masculine in appearance. Images which later displayed attributes of both genders are believed to be...
16: ...great demand, he became overwhelmed and his head split into thousands of pieces. Fortunately, a [[Budd...
32: | width="150" | [[Simplified Chinese character|Simplified Chinese]]
70: ... frustrated that he attempted to burn down the temple. Kuan Yin put out the [[fire]] with her bare han...
72: ...her. This managed to completely surprise the head demon. The story says that Kuan Yin, by being in that [... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman ...
7: ...-Burgundian in loyalty. France at that time was split by a factional rivalry which would allow the En...
12: ...ns where preparations were being made to bring supplies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been und...
24: ...Duke of Burgundy. Negotiations with Burgundian diplomats began at Reims shortly after the coronation,...
33: ... Church's rules. Her visions were dismissed as [[demon]]ic in origin, without the usual procedures of di... - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
1: ... and legends that are mythological and helps to explain or symbolizes Inca beliefs.
3: ...nd legends which survived amongst the [[native peoples]].
8: ...he name of Inca Viracocha, which is possibly an explanation for the need for three foundation legends ...
10: ...c-yauri]]’. They were instructed to create a Temple of the Sun in the spot where the staff sank into...
12: ...that of Pacaritambo it may have been created as a ploy to bring the powerful Aymara tribes into the fo... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
78: ... but some go more one way than others. For an example, Bergen County, which is very Republican in the ...
82: ... members. Assembly members are elected by the people for a two year term in all odd-numbered years; S...
107: ...ny jokes about [[pollution]] and [[irony|ironic]] plays on the state's nickname, the "Garden State."
165: ..., Senses Fail, Saves The Day, Thursday, Hidden In Plain View, The Early November, Armor For Sleep, Out...
169: *The DeLeo brothers of [[Stone Temple Pilots]] are both from New Jersey. The brothers,... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...defined it as the sum total of answers given to explain humankind's relationship with the universe. I...
2: ...anization" – that is, an organization of people that supports the exercise of some religion, oft...
19: ...rience with the Divine. This narrower definition places "religion" in contradistinction with [[ration...
21: ...us, who see metaphysical claims as necessary to explain natural phenomena at a fundamental level.
23: ...or, institutionalized religions. This definition places "religion" in contradistinction to "spiritual... - Pope Silvester II (8276 bytes)
7: ... emperor [[Otto I]]. The pope persuaded Otto to employ Gerbert as tutor for his young son, the future ...
20: ... in his head that were extremely difficult for people thinking in terms of the [[Roman numerals]]. In ...
29: ...rone (another legend tells that he won the papacy playing dice with the Devil).
30: ...ted him and gave his gouged-out eyes to demons to play with in the church. Repenting, Silvester then c...
32: ...pulti venturo Domino conferet ad sonitum'' ("This place, at the advent of the Lord, will yield to the ... - Chinese dragon (7565 bytes)
5: ... China. However, this usage within both the [[People's Republic of China]] and the [[Republic of Chin...
11: ... Almost all pictures of Chinese dragons show them playing with a flaming pearl. Supposedly it is the ...
21: ...ve four and [[Japan]]ese dragons have three. To explain this phenomenon, Chinese legend states that al...
23: ...dragon in [[Gyeongbok Palace]] has seven claws, implying its superiority over the Chinese Dragon.
27: ...dragons are frequently connected with it. For example, a Chinese dragon is normally described in terms... - Halloween (18290 bytes)
4: ...e''' and this name is still used by some older people. Halloween was formerly also sometimes called ''...
10: ...and when [[magic]] is most potent (''see, for example, [[Catalan mythology about witches]]'').
20: ...s, [[black cat]]s, [[goblin]]s, [[zombie]]s and [[demon]]s, as well as certain fictional figures like [[D...
24: ... carve a pumpkin into a scary or comical face and place it on the home's doorstep on Halloween night f...
29: ...ick or treat!" (or, less frequently, "Halloween apples!") The occupants of the house (who might thems... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
5: references: [http://www.hindutemple.org/brochures/tamil_new_year_celebrations_2003.h...
26: ...mmemorates the killing of [[Narakasura]], an evil demon by Lord [[Krishna]]. So Dipavali is a festival s...
42: ...ea, the [[Mogul Empire|Mughal]]s. The [[Golden Temple]] was lit with many lights to welcome the releas...
46: ...rticularly affects infants, [[pet]]s and older people whose [[sleep]] can also be disrupted by firecra... - Amulet (8206 bytes)
6: ...word]]s said in certain occasions – for example: ''vade retro, [[Satan]]as'' – ([[Latin]],...
9: ...ets vary considerably according to their time and place of origin.
10: ...hanging from their necks; in [[Bolivia]] and some places in [[Argentina]] the god [[Ekeko]] furnishes ...
16: ...cactus]] can cause controversy, for while some people consider them beneficial, others think they dela...
20: In [[Central Europe]], people believed [[garlic]] kept [[vampire]]s away, as ... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...tations and potentialities of history as a [[discipline]]. Consequently there have been a wide range o...
3: ...that focuses on the historical evolution of principles and styles in the design of [[buildings]] and c...
5: Under the pressures of [[post-modern]] [[pluralism]], recent theorists have tried to open arc...
9: ...h less historical context. Matters are further complicated by incidences of Western [[colonialism]]. [...
17: ... the wilderness of [[nature]] outside, and the temple or palace continued this order by acting as a ho... - Information (13474 bytes)
4: Although many people speak of the advent of the "information age," th...
6: ...ce. For example, light is often a causal input to plants but provides information to animals. The colo...
12: ...n or measurement. Information in this sense is simply any message the sender chooses to create.
20: A complementary way of measuring information is provided ...
28: ...han the pattern itself, such as [[text]] to be displayed and [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]] input. [[S... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
4: ... to [[Teleology|ends]]—divine or natural—in explaining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insi...
14: ...eling, visiting courts and armies, mixing with people of diverse temperaments and ranks, gathering var...
18: ...ege of La Rochelle]] by Cardinal [[Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]] in [[1627]]....
20: ... the [[Catholic Church]], and Descartes abandoned plans to publish ''[[The World (Descartes)|Treatise ... - Egyptian mythology (14567 bytes)
1: ...name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of [[Egypt]] until the coming of [[Christianity]...
5: The main early beliefs can be split into 5 distinct localised belief groups,
16: ...is, Isis, and Horus, and their enemy, Set, as exemplified by the [[Legend of Osiris and Isis]]. The tr...
19: ...Egypt, the dead were originally buried in [[reed (plant)|reed]] caskets in the searing hot [[sand]], w...
21: ...ns. In the case of royalty, this was usually then placed inside a series of nested coffins the outermo... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: The '''Aztecs''' were a [[Mesoamerica]]n people of central Mexico in the [[14th century|14th]], ...
9: ...ebates in Mexica scholarship), so this name was applied to other cultures of the same cultural group. ...
11: ...eaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]] ordered his people not to use the word Azteca, instead they should ...
14: ...logia e Historia, for example, refers to these people as Mexica.
22: The Aztec [[Empire]] is not completely analogous to the empires of European history... - Lion (11511 bytes)
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20: ... [[jungle]]", the lion is an animal of the open [[plain]]s, and can be found throughout [[Africa]]. It...
29: ...ing; their white color can give away their hiding place.
38: ...s, hippopotamuses, and elephants) can deliver crippling or killing blows by kicking or stomping. - Adasaurus (1845 bytes)
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17: ...bate]] concerning dinosaurs and birds. Only incomplete fossils have been found, all in Mongolia, but ...
23: {{Dino_template}} - Pterosaurs (10375 bytes)
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24: ...tologists to study. The first find in the Araripe Plateau was discovered in 1974.
38: ...The presence of fur (and the demands of flight) imply that pterosaurs were warm-blooded ('[[endotherm]... - Vampire (17166 bytes)
3: ...tures have myths of non-human vampires, such as [[demon]]s or animals like [[bat]]s, [[dog]]s, and [[spid...
7: ...dily fluids of other creatures. This term also applies to mythic animals of the same nature, includin...
11: ...nt. In [[Homer|Homer's]] ''[[Odyssey]]'', for example, the [[ghost|shades]] that [[Odysseus]] meets on...
23: ...rs using [[arrow]]s or [[crossbow]] bolts made completely of wood to attempt to strike the monster's h...
25: ...come to be seen as the absolute surest way to completely destroy a vampire. Previously western vampi...
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