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The Tocci Brothers, c. 1881. Polycephaly is the condition of having more than one head.The term is derived from the Greek stems poly (Greek: "πολύ") meaning "many" and kephalē (Greek: "κεφαλή") meaning "head". [1]
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae (/ s f ɪ ˈ n ɪ s ɪ d iː,-d aɪ /) of the order Sphenisciformes (/ s f ɪ ˈ n ɪ s ə f ɔːr m iː z /). [4] They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator.
A woman keening at a wake in County Kerry in the early nineteenth century, depicted from the memories of Samuel Carter Hall.She had "black, uncombed locks" and a blue cloak, and held her hands above the body then dramatically waved them in the air "as if by sudden inspiration".
Franz König. König's syndrome (synonym ileocaecal valve syndrome) is a syndrome of abdominal pain in relation to meals, constipation alternated with diarrhea, meteorism, gurgling sounds (hyper-peristalsis) on auscultation (especially in the right iliac fossa), and abdominal distension.
Li Kening (Chinese: 李克寧) (died March 25, 908 [1] [2]) was a younger brother of the late Chinese Tang dynasty warlord Li Keyong, the Prince of Jin.After Li Keyong's death, Li Kening initially served as a key advisor to Li Keyong's son and successor Li Cunxu (the future Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang), but soon was persuaded by his wife Lady Meng to try to take over from Li Cunxu.
Keningau's population was estimated in 2010 at 5,565. Of the total, 90% are Dusuns,Lundayeh and Muruts, 8% are Chinese (of whom most are proportionally divided into Hakkas and Taishanese); the balance is divided between other indigenous Sabahan races and foreign immigrants (legal and illegal) from the Philippines and Indonesia.