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It is assumed Parjanya is the udder and lightning is the teats of the rain-cow, accordingly rain represents her milk. Also, he is sometimes considered as a rain-bull controlled by the superior Indra. The thunder is his roar. He is the father of arrow or reed which grows rapidly in rainy season. He is also considered as a protector of poets and ...
A sunshower, or sun shower, is a meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the Sun is seen shining. [1] A sunshower is usually a result of winds associated with a rain storm sometimes miles away, blowing the airborne raindrops into an area where there are no clouds.
In folklore from County Limerick, [9] Áine is said to have two daughters whom she admonished never to marry. The first daughter disobeys her, and on her wedding night Áine finds her son-in-law eating the breast off her daughter. Áine forces her younger daughter to witness the horror and reinforces her warning about disobeying her mother, but the younger daughter soon elopes and runs off ...
Be as true to each other as this dial is to the sun. Begone about Thy business. Come along and grow old with me; the best is yet to be. [1] Hours fly, Flowers die. New days, New ways, Pass by. Love stays. [2] Hours fly, Flowers bloom and die. Old days, Old ways pass. Love stays. I only tell of sunny hours. I count only sunny hours.
It is a common charge in the heraldry of many countries, regions and cities: e.g. the bearings of Armstrong family in Canada; [7] the Sun in Splendour appears superimposed on the Cross of St. George and behind the White Rose of York on the flag of the West Riding of Yorkshire; and on the arms of Banbury Town Council, [8] England.
Sukuna-Biko-Na (少名毘古那) A small deity of medicine and rain, who created and solidified the land with Ōkuninushi. Sumiyoshi sanjin , the gods of the sea and sailing. Tajimamori ( 田道間守 ), god who obtained the tokijiku no kagu no mi in Tokoyo-no-kuni , and hailed as "god of wagashi " (sweets, confections).
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Sól is kidnapped by the gods to drive the Sun in a chariot pulled by two horses. Two large bellows ( ísarnkol ; cold iron) were placed under the shoulders of the two horses to protect them from the immense heat of the Sun. Sól is unable to stop driving the chariot or else Sköll will catch the Sun and devour it; the Sun is expected to be ...