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In 1939, Vanga contracted pleurisy and was ill for eight months. The doctor's opinion was that she would die soon, but she recovered. [14] Vanga's house in Petrich Vanga's last house (built in 1970) in Rupite, Petrich. During World War II, Yugoslavia was invaded and dismembered by the Axis powers and Strumica was annexed by Bulgaria.
In 1983 and 1984, physicist and psi researcher, Russell Targ, his daughter Elisabeth Targ, and Keith Harary visited the Soviet Union as guests of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
Vanga may also refer to: Vanga, Kenya, a village in Msambweni Constituency on the coast near the Tanzanian border; Vanga, Kwilu, a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Baba Vanga (1911–1996), Bulgarian prophetess; Vanga Kingdom, an ancient kingdom in Bengal; Vaṅga, the Sanskrit name for East Bengal; Vanga Geetha, an Indian politician
The Vanga Kingdom was known for its superior naval fleets and naval supremacy. According to the Mahabarata the Vanga Kingdom also colonised territory outside of mainland India. This can be observed with the supposed Vanga settlements in the island of Mahiladipaka in the Maldives and Prince Vijaya's conquests of Lanka.
He was the son of Suppadevi, a Vanga Kingdom princess. According to the Mahavamsa's Legend (the chronicled history of Sri Lanka), Sinhabahu's father was a lion and his mother a princess of Vanga, who was to decide to leave the kingdom alone to 'maghada". She traveled towards mhagada with traders.
Biography: the St Petka church controversy, Vanga being a "judge" in the "canonical vs modern fresco art" dispute Prophecies, philosophy: special role of extraterrestrials Prophecies, philosophy: refusal to comment on politics; exception - Lebanon
Baba Yaga is an enigmatic or ambiguous character from Slavic folklore (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who has two opposite roles. In some motifs she is described as a repulsive or ferocious-looking old woman who fries and eats children, while in others she is a nice old woman who helps out the hero. [ 1 ]
The family Vangidae (from vanga, Malagasy for the hook-billed vanga, Vanga curvirostris) [1] comprises a group of often shrike-like medium-sized birds distributed from Asia to Africa, including the vangas of Madagascar to which the family owes its name. Many species in this family were previously classified elsewhere in other families.