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The container mentioned in the original account was actually a large storage jar, but the word was later mistranslated. In modern times an idiom has grown from the story meaning "Any source of great and unexpected troubles", [2] or alternatively "A present which seems valuable but which in reality is a curse". [3]
The novel by Tony Hillerman, The Dark Wind, first published in 1982, discusses Hopi mythology throughout the story, as key characters are Hopi men, and events of the story occur near important shrines or during an important ceremony. The fictional Navajo sergeant Jim Chee works with fictional Hopi Albert "Cowboy" Dashee, who is a deputy for ...
Of all the characters in the series, Jason is the one who struggles the most with the differences between the Greek and Roman perspectives. When the Argo II is stuck in North Africa, he must choose one identity or the other; he decides to consider himself a Greek, despite his parentage, and is subsequently unable to command a legion of Roman ...
In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes 763 signs in 26 categories (A–Z, roughly). Georg Möller compiled more extensive lists, organized by historical epoch (published posthumously in 1927 and 1936).
A pair of characters from Kyūshū, one with long legs and the other with long arms. Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi Children of Ōyamatsumi and the parents of Kushinadahime, whom Susanoo saved from the Yamata-no-Orochi and later married. They are the grandparents of Yashimajinumi, which makes them ancestors of Ōkuninushi. Atago Gongen
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The Christian season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. Here's what you need to know about the significant 6-week period leading up to Easter.
The White Witch was played by Elizabeth Wallace in the 1967 British TV series The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. In the sixth episode of The Young Ones, during a game of hide-and-seek, Vyvyan attempts to hide in a wardrobe. He ends up in Narnia, and meets the White Witch, portrayed by actress Justine Lord. She approaches him much the same way ...