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- Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
17: ...ght|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at...
19: ...opper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to...
26: ...od]] and to serve others through prayer for their souls. Yet peace with God escaped him. He devoted hims...
28: ...ed the young man needed more work to distract him from excessive [[rumination]]. He ordered the monk t...
31: ...hteousness, by which humans receive righteousness from God through the perfect works, life, death and ... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...ld and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been ...
11: ...f [[mysticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and belie...
13: ...son to separate the chemical (material) dimension from the interpretive, symbolic or philosophical one...
17: ...uml;ve interpretations of some alchemists, or the fraudulent hopes fostered by others should not dimin...
19: ...istry, which provided a more precise and reliable framework for matter transmutations and medicine, wi... - Sword (24928 bytes)
2: ...h German]] ''Schwert'', literally "wounding tool" from a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-Eu...
8: [[Image:Sword of Gou Jian.jpg|frame|[[Sword of Gou Jian]] as seen on a Chinese hig...
10: ...opotamia]]. Swords from the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] from ca. [[1400 BC]] show characteristic spiral patt...
11: Sword production in [[China]] is attested from the Bronze Age [[Shang Dynasty]].
14: [[Iron]] swords became increasingly common from the [[13th century BC]]. The [[Hittites]], the... - Eros (mythology) (4590 bytes)
5: ...The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'', he burgeons forth from an egg laid by Night conceived with Darkness. I...
7: ... In some myths, he is portrayed as being playful, frequently causing trouble for gods and mortals; in ...
19: ...me immortal herself. Psyche's visit to and return from the underworld made her an object of some devot... - 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'.
21: ...s a [[psychopomp]], meaning he brought newly-dead souls to the underworld, [[Hades]]. In the Homeric ''... - Collard greens (5350 bytes)
16: ...uthern [[United States]], and in many parts of [[Africa]]. They are classified in the same [[Cultivar|...
18: ...g countries. The name "collard" is said to derive from [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo-Saxon]] ''colewort...
22: ...cultivars, it is relatively resistant to cold and frost.<!--More details needed-->
24: Collards originate from the [[Mediterranean]] region, and was a regular...
35: ... nutritious in the cold months, after the first [[frost]]s. For best [[flavor]] and [[texture]], the... - Pumpkin (6104 bytes)
3: ...t commonly orange in colour when ripe, that grows from a trailing vine. Pumpkins are a popular [[food...
7: A pumpkin is the fruit of the gourd ''[[Cucurbita]] pepo'', ''Cucurbi...
15: ...ecies of the genus Cucurbita. The name is adapted from an American Indian word (see L. H. Bailey, ''Cy...
19: ...ut if left to mature on the vine will form a hard fruit like winter squash. Winter squashes are either...
33: ...en secretive, including hand pollination, removal from the vines of all but one pumpkin, and injection... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
8: ...] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facilitated the establishm...
14: ...ed south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century AD, fol...
20: ... the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ended with ...
23: ...modern state, followed. India gained independence from British rule on [[August 15]] [[1947]], later b... - Musical genre (24851 bytes)
24: ...You See My Savior." [[Mahalia Jackson]] and the [[Soul Stirrers]] were major gospel acts of the 40s and ...
26: ..., and [[Sam Cooke]] (who was also a member of the Soul Stirrers). By the late 60s, a different type of g...
33: ...band]], [[bebop]], [[hard bop]], [[cool jazz]], [[free jazz]], [[jazz fusion]] and [[smooth jazz]].
37: ...h degree of technical skill and musical knowledge from the performers.
39: ...rm today is a widely varied one, using influences from all of the past styles, although the root of mo... - List of genres of country (522 bytes)
11: **[[Country soul]] - Pigs (6100 bytes)
19: ...explorers, where escapees became feral and became freely used by [[Native Americans]] as food.
21: ...l areas. They are ''Sus scrofa scrofa'' (western Africa, Europe), ''Sus scrofa ussuricus'' (northern A...
33: ...ike dish of pig's feet. Hog jowls are a popular [[soul food]]. The American pig-raising industry calls p...
47: ...a famous part human, part pig, literary character from the Chinese novel ''[[Journey to the West]]''.
49: ...his room is a pigsty"); the latter probably comes from their habit of wallowing in mud. The perenially... - Storks (8536 bytes)
18: ...es are [[bird migration|migratory]]. Storks eat [[frog]]s, [[fish]], [[insect]]s, [[worm]]s, and small...
54: * [[African Openbill Stork]], '' Anastomus lamelligerus ...
80: ...oid discussion of [[sex]]. This habit was derived from the once popular superstition that storks be th...
90: ...tork with a human head was an image of the ''ba''-soul, which unerringly migrates home each night, like ... - History of psychology (8127 bytes)
1: ...ine, and borders on various other fields, ranging from [[physiology]] and the [[neuroscience]]s to [[s...
7: From its inception, a great deal of work in [[philos...
11: ...atise "De Anima Brutorum" ("Two Discourses on the Souls of Brutes").
16: ...ations of human thought and behaviour, freeing it from the realms of philosophy and theology, founding...
20: ...vidual's [[unconscious]] and [[sexuality]]. While Freud's work remains scientifically controversial - ... - Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
6: ...of [[West Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]]s. These [[African American]]s played a variety of instruments, ...
8: ...], [[music of Russia|Russian]], [[music of France|French]], [[music of Germany|German]], [[music of It...
10: ...innings of [[ragtime]] and [[minstrel]] songs, [[African American music]] has remained at the heart of...
12: ...ck|punk]] and [[funk]]. In the [[1970s]], urban African Americans in [[New York City]] began performi...
19: ... a melting pot of different peoples. Immigration from [[China]] began in large numbers in the 19th ce... - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
6: ...Europe]] and the rest of the world. This stemmed from a revival of [[hillbilly music]] early in the d...
8: ...ters like [[Marvin Gaye]] invent [[album-oriented soul]], and [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]] and...
10: ... and social activism. [[Psychedelic rock]] arose from this subculture, which opposed the [[Vietnam Wa...
18: ...saw the arrival of Mexican-American pop, rock and soul acts that drew upon [[Tejano]] and other influenc...
30: ...ians unable to maintain their hipness, both faded from mass consciousness. The mid-[[1960s]] saw the ... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ...estern world|Western]] tradition, mostly borrowed from the performance styles prevalent in [[Europe]]....
11: ...lay, ''[[The Prince of Parthia]]'' by [[Thomas Godfrey]], in [[1767]].
13: ...loss of that most valuable treasure: the immortal soul.". However it is likely that these ordinances wer...
17: ... the United States, and many celebrity [[actor]]s from [[Europe]] toured the United States. There were...
19: ...ged floating theaters on boats which would travel from town to town. Eventually, towns grew to the siz... - History of Ancient Egypt (27975 bytes)
29: ...d grassy plains and temporary lakes that resulted from seasonal rains. The people who settled there mu...
31: ...xture of [[Europe]]an, [[Middle East]]ern, and [[Africa]]n''").
48: ...retation of the process. Poorly embalmed bodies (from the Late Period) are often black and very britt...
50: ...erent way to treat your Pharaoh. The answer came from the [[Nile]].
54: ...es. They became so good at this that one example from the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th Dynasty]] of a... - Vampire (17166 bytes)
2: [[Image:Orlock.JPG|right|thumb|[[Count Orlok]] from ''[[Nosferatu]]'']]
3: ...emely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, [[film|cinema]], and c...
11: ...he [[Hades|underworld]] are lured to the blood of freshly sacrificed rams, a fact which Odysseus uses ...
13: ...arly Slavic folklore, a vampire drank blood, was afraid of (but could not be killed by) [[silver]], an...
19: ...reflected your soul and creatures of evil have no soul. Fiction has extended this belief to an actual av... - Blood (11213 bytes)
2: [[Image:Redbloodcells.jpg|right|frame|[[Red blood cell]]s (erythrocytes) are present...
4: ...ritish English|BE]]: ''haemo-'' and ''haemato-'') from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word "''haima''" f...
11: ...invertebrates, these oxygen-carrying proteins are freely soluble in the blood; in vertebrates they are...
14: ...xygen. (Openings called [[trachea]]e allow oxygen from the air to diffuse directly to the tissues). In...
36: ...oduced by the [[endocrine gland]]s and the watery fraction maintained by the [[gut]] and the [[kidney]... - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (32608 bytes)
5: ... political and social importance, with [[Benjamin Franklin]] playing an extraordinary role in Philadel...
34: ...apital of his new colony founded on principles of freedom and religious tolerance, would be a model of...
41: ...nited States|United States Government]] was moved from [[Federal Hall]] in [[New York, New York|New Yo...
47: ...sition]]. Memorial Hall and the expansive mall in front of it are remnants of this fair.
51: ...|800px|<center>Center City Philadelphia panorama, from [[1913]].</center>]]
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