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26596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullseye | Bullseye | Bullseye might mean:
Bullseye (sports), the centre of a target and the name given to any shot that hits the bullseye
Any design or pattern featuring concentric circles, like an archery target, may be referred to as a "bullseye"
Bullseye (American game show)
Bullseye (CNBC), U.S. TV program
Bullseye (UK game show)... |
26636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska%20plaice | Alaska plaice | Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) are salt water fish that live in the north Pacific Ocean. Like most flatfish, they live on the bottom of the continental shelf, up to 600 metres deep. Their geographical range is from the Gulf of Alaska in the east, to the Chukchi Sea in the north, to the Sea of Japan in ... |
26637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep%20paralysis | Sleep paralysis | When people are dreaming, their muscles do not move, even if in their dream they are moving. This is a natural process which prevents that people actually perform the movements they do in their sleep. In general, people are not aware of this inability to move, as it usually stops as soon as they wake up. People sufferi... |
26640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20plaice | American plaice | American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) are salt water fish that live in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Like most flatfish, they live on the bottom of the continental shelf, up to 700 metres deep, but spend most of the time at 90 to 200 meters. Their geographical range is from the coast of Labrador, south to the ... |
26641 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider%20web | Spider web | A spider web is a sticky net that spiders make from silk to trap their prey. When insects fly or crawl into the web, they get stuck and the spider eats them. Most spider webs are very thin, but are also very strong. Different kinds of spiders make different types of webs. Spiders make different webs in different places... |
26645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Series | World Series | The World Series in Major League Baseball, is when the best team from the American League (the winner of the American League Championship Series) and the best team from the National League (the winner of the National League Championship Series) keep playing games of baseball until one of the two teams wins four games t... |
26651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet%20Jackson | Janet Jackson | Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana) is an American singer, dancer, actress, and songwriter. She is the younger sister of Michael Jackson and has had many popular songs such as "Nasty," "Rhythm Nation," and "That's the Way Love Goes." Jackson also plays Patricia in the 2007 movie Why Did I Get ... |
26652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa%20Joan%20Hart | Melissa Joan Hart | Melissa Joan Catherine Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress. She was born and raised in Long Island, New York.
She played the title roles in the television series Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. In 1999 she played the lead role in the movie Drive Me Crazy. From 2010-2015, she star... |
26653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen%20Fitzpatrick | Colleen Fitzpatrick | Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1972 in Old Bridge, New Jersey) is an American singer and actor. Her stage name is Vitamin C. Before she started her solo career, she was the lead singer of the band Eve's Plum.
Music
Albums
More (2001)
Vitamin C (1999)
Singles
"Last Nite" (2003)
"As Long As You're Loving... |
26656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Lynn%20Spears | Jamie Lynn Spears | Jamie Lynn Marie Spears (born April 4, 1991 in McComb, Mississippi) is an American actress and singer. She is the younger sister of pop singer Britney Spears. She played the lead role in the television series Zoey 101. In late December 2007 it was revealed that Jamie Lynn was pregnant. Jamie Lynn's daughter, Maddie Bri... |
26657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel | Opel | Opel, full name Adam Opel AG, is an automobile maker from Germany, founded in 1862. Since 1929, Opel is the German brand of the American automaker General Motors. Opel has about 35,000 workers. The company headquarters are in Rüsselsheim, Germany. Other German plants are in Eisenach and Kaiserslautern. In Great Britain... |
26658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAG | JAG | JAG (the American military acronym for Judge Advocate General) is an American legal, crime drama television show created by Donald P. Bellisario. It was on air between 1995 and 2005. The series is about the JAG officers Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott) and Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell) in Washingt... |
26678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn | Burn | Burning is the process of combustion, a reaction between a substance (the fuel) and a gas (the oxidizer).
Burn, burning or burned can mean:
Burn (injury), injury to the skin caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, or radiation
Burn (stream), in Scotland and north-eastern England, a type of stream which is smaller th... |
26680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe%20Photoshop | Adobe Photoshop | Photoshop is a popular image changing software package. It is widely used by photographers for photo editing (fixing colors, reducing noise, adding effects, fixing brightness/contrast) and by graphic designers and Web designers to create and change images for web pages. The first version was introduced in 1990. Version... |
26683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger | Finger | A finger is a type of digit attached to the hand. Our type of fingers are similar to those of other primates. They are used for doing things and feeling things.
Humans have five digits, the bones of which are termed phalanges. The first digit is the thumb, followed by the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and ... |
26684 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze | Bronze | Bronze is a metal alloy. Bronze is mostly copper, with some tin added (usually between 5% and 20% tin) to make it stronger. When an alloy is bronze, it means it is made of copper and tin.
Other bronzes are:
Aluminum bronze
Leaded bronze
Silicon bronze
Phosphor bronze
Bronze should not be confused with brass whic... |
26685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight | Flight | Flight or flying is a process of movement of an object in a gaseous environment or a vacuum. In practice this means it moves through the air.
Animals
Best adapted for long controlled powered flight are flying birds and insects, bats (Chiroptera), and the extinct pterosaurs.
All of these animals use (or used) the ae... |
26686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound | Pound | A pound is:
Pound (currency): currency in some countries
Pound (mass): used to measure the mass of something
Pound sterling: the official money used in the United Kingdom
Pound, Virginia, a town in the U.S. state of Virginia |
26687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer | Reindeer | The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is an even-toed ungulate mammal of the deer family. In North America it is also called caribou.
There are about 10-20 reindeer subspecies. The reindeer is the only deer that has been domesticated.
Appearance
The different reindeer subspecies have different sizes and slightly same fur ... |
26688 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer | Deer | The deer are a group of even-toed ungulate mammals. They form the family Cervidae. The word 'deer' is both singular and plural.
A male deer is called a stag or buck, a female deer is called a doe or hind, and a young deer is called a fawn, kid or calf.
There are about 60 species of deer. They originally lived in the... |
26699 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo | Congo | Congo can refer to several things:
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Belgian Congo which became independent in 1965. Also formerly known as Zaire
The Republic of the Congo, formerly part of French Congo; independent since 1960
The Congo River, which separates the two countries
Congo Free State, a ... |
26701 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton%20%28unit%29 | Dalton (unit) | The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (abbreviated: amu, u, or Da) is a unit of measurement that is used to measure the mass of atoms. The atomic mass unit is equal to one twelfth of the mass of the carbon-12.
The unified atomic mass unit and the dalton are different names for the same thing. The word 'dalton' is bei... |
26704 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anion | Anion | Anions are atoms or radicals (groups of atoms), that have gained electrons. Since they now have more electrons than protons, anions have a negative charge. For example, chloride ions Cl- , bromide Br- , iodide I-. These are monovalent anions, meaning they have a valency (combining capacity) with only one ion of hydrog... |
26709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20%28Michelangelo%29 | David (Michelangelo) | David is a statue by Michelangelo, begun in 1501 and completed in 1504. It is made of marble and is 17 feet tall. It is a statue of a shepherd, David, whose story is told in the Bible. David fought a battle with a giant soldier called Goliath. He beat Goliath by knocking him down with a small stone from his slingshot. ... |
26712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20%28Michelangelo%29 | Moses (Michelangelo) | Moses is a statue that was made by Michelangelo. It is a statue of Moses from the Bible. The statue is unusual because Moses has horns on his head. This was one of Michelangelo's last projects.
Related pages
The following are other statues by Michelangelo:
David
Pieta
Other websites
http://www.romaviva.com/Santa-... |
26713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Birth%20of%20Venus%20%28Botticelli%29 | The Birth of Venus (Botticelli) | The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli (1445 – May 17, 1510). It is of a Roman goddess who was called Venus. He pictured her standing on a shell because Venus was said to have been born from foam on the sea in Stanze per la giostra, a poem written by Angelo Poliziano. The painting shows Zephyr, god of th... |
26714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primavera%20%28Botticelli%29 | Primavera (Botticelli) | The Primavera is a painting by Sandro Botticelli, which was painted in about 1482.
What is the painting of?
The painting is set in the garden of Venus, who is in the middle of the painting. Above her head is Cupid, who is aiming a bow and arrow at The Three Graces. The Three Graces are dancing a rondel. Mercury is ... |
26715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupid | Cupid | Cupid, also called Amor (Latin for love), is the god of sexual desire in Roman mythology. He fired golden arrows at people to make them fall in love, and lead arrows to make people fall out of love. He was mainly drawn as a cherub, but he might have looked like a normal teenager. He had large feathery wings which he us... |
26716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros%20%28disambiguation%29 | Eros (disambiguation) | Eros is the Greek god of love.
Eros can also mean:
Eros (concept), the Greek word for romantic or sexual love
433 Eros, an asteroid
Eros, Secretary of Roman Emperor Aurelian, whose assassination he planned
EROS (microkernel), an operating system
Eros Ramazzotti (born 1963), Italian singer-songwriter |
26718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Creation%20of%20Adam | The Creation of Adam | The Creation of Adam is part of a painting by Michelangelo which can be seen on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City. It is of Adam and God touching hands so that God can give the spark of life to Adam.
Art by Michelangelo
Paintings with Christian themes
16th-century paintings |
26729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbury%2C%20Berkshire | Newbury, Berkshire | Newbury is a small historical market town in Berkshire, England, with many buildings from the 16th century, the world famous Newbury racecourse, and the Lambourn horse training stables.
Newbury is home to many kinds of people from different cultures. It is easy to get there from the M4 motorway and has airport and tra... |
26730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak%20Simplified%20Keyboard | Dvorak Simplified Keyboard | The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard ( ) is an alternative way of putting letters on an English keyboard. Most English keyboards have the keys lined up in a "QWERTY layout." The point of QWERTY was to prevent typewriter keys from sticking, but it is not the most "ergonomic", or comfortable, keyboard to type on. August Dvorak... |
26731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20FrontPage | Microsoft FrontPage | Microsoft FrontPage (Full name: Microsoft Office FrontPage) is a program made by Microsoft to help people make webpages and full websites. It was one of Microsoft Office programs until 2003.
Microsoft FrontPage was commercially available in four versions:
FrontPage 98, FrontPage 2000, FrontPage 2002 & FrontPage 2003.
... |
26734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial%20arts | Martial arts | A martial art is any form of fighting and an art that has a set way of practice. There are many martial arts that come from certain countries. They are practiced for many reasons: fighting, self-defense, sport, self-expression, discipline, confidence, fitness, relaxing, meditation. A martial art is a style of combat, i... |
26736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda | Soda | Some chemical compounds containing sodium
Sodium carbonate, washing soda or soda ash
Sodium bicarbonate, baking soda
Sodium hydroxide, caustic soda
Sodium oxide, an alkali metal oxide
Also, products made by or containing one of these chemicals:
Soda glass
Food and drink
Soda water, a natural potable mineral wa... |
26739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonad | Gonad | Gonads are the ovaries and testicles. A male usually refers to his testes as "gonads" more than a female would refer to her ovaries as gonads.
Glands |
26742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix%20Mendelssohn | Felix Mendelssohn | Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born Hamburg 3 February 1809; died Leipzig 4 November 1847) was a German composer.
His grandfather was the German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. He was one of the great composers of the Romantic period. He loved the music of earlier composers like Bach, Handel and Moza... |
26746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercolour | Watercolour | Watercolours (UK), also called watercolor (US) or aquarelle (French), are paintings whose colours are water-based pigments.
Pigments are coloured materials from rocks, plants, or chemicals, that dissolve in water. They are made in the form of cakes or tablets. When water is added, the powdered pigment becomes liquid a... |
26748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert%20system | Expert system | An expert system is a program running on a computer. Like a human expert, it knows a lot about a subject. People can ask the expert system a question. The expert system will then use a set of rules and give answers to the question. This method of automated reasoning belongs to a field of computer science called artific... |
26755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Hesse | Hermann Hesse | Hermann Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi).
Other websites
Hermann Hesse Page - in German and English, ma... |
26766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20Host%20Configuration%20Protocol | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol | The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, is a protocol related to computers and networks of computers. It is referred to as DHCP for short. It was made so that computers could connect to other computers (on a network) automatically. To be able to access the Internet (or any computer network), an IP address is needed. D... |
26767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication%20protocol | Communication protocol | In computing, a communication protocol refers to the set of rules that computers use to communicate with each other. The protocol defines the signals that the computers will give each other, and other details such as how communication begins and/or ends .
Types of Protocol
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), is u... |
26769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi | Aldi | Aldi is a supermarket in Germany and in most parts of the European Union. Aldi shops are also in Australia and the United States. Most German towns and villages have at least one Aldi shop. There are about 4,100 stores in Germany, and 7,600 worldwide. The name of the shop stands for ALbrecht-DIscount.
The company is a... |
26777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20Tunnel | Channel Tunnel | The Channel Tunnel (or Chunnel) (French: le tunnel sous la Manche) is a long underwater tunnel between England and France that runs under the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. It is only for trains. Some of the trains in the Channel Tunnel carry freight, including automobiles. Others, like the Eurostar, carry onl... |
26784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katowice | Katowice | Katowice (pronounce: , also known as Kattowitz in German) is a city in Poland. It is in the south of Poland in the historical region called Silesia on Kłodnica and Rawa river. It received city rights in 1865. Between 1953 and 1956 Katowice had the name Stalinogród - "Stalin City". It was given by the polish communists... |
26786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20phone | Mobile phone | A mobile phone (also known as a hand phone, cell phone, or cellular telephone) is a small portable radio telephone.
The mobile phone can be used to communicate over long distances without wires. It works by communicating with a nearby base station (also called a "mobile tower") which connects it to the main phone netw... |
26787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon | Amazon | Amazon can be:
one of the Amazons, a group of female warriors in Greek mythology
The Amazon River, a big river in South America
The Amazon Basin, the area drained by the river
The Amazon Rainforest, the forest surrounding the river
Amazon.com a big online store |
26791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio%20Napolitano | Giorgio Napolitano | Giorgio Napolitano (born in Naples, Italy on June 29, 1925) was the 11th President of the Italian Republic.
He was elected on May 10, 2006 on the fourth ballot, with 543 votes out of 1009 (the required number was 505), but he took office as President only on May 15, 2006, after Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's time was finished... |
26800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Byrd | Robert Byrd | Robert Carlyle Byrd (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was a Senator of the state of West Virginia from 1959 until his death in 2010. He is the longest serving Senator in United States History. He was dean of the United States Senate from 2003 to 2010. He was President pro tempore four times. He was elected to the Sen... |
26805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis | Artemis | Artemis is the Greek goddess of the Moon, hunting, archery, virginity and midwifery. She is one of the members of the Twelve Olympians who ruled the world on top of Mount Olympus. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, older twin sister of Apollo. Her roman equivalent is Diana.
Artemis is generally depicted as a beau... |
26806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo | Apollo | Apollo is a god in Greek mythology, and one of the Twelve Olympians. He is the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis. He is the god of healing, medicine, archery, music, poetry and the sun. He is the leader of the Muses. He also is a god of prophecy, and his Oracle at Delphi is very important. He also is... |
26809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike%20%28mythology%29 | Nike (mythology) | Nike (Greek: Νίκη) is the goddess of victory in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Styx and Pallas and the sister of Cratos, Bia, and Zelus. Nike and her brothers and sister were all friends of Zeus.
Nike could run very fast, had wings and brings good luck. She is usually worshipped at the same time as Athen... |
26811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne | Daphne | Daphne can mean:
Daphne, a dryad in Greek mythology
Art
Dafne is the name of an opera by Jacopo Peri (1597), no longer existent, and is considered to be the first opera ever composed.
Daphne is also the title of an opera by Richard Strauss based on the myth of the nymph Daphne.
Daphne Descends is a song on the Smashin... |
26814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montagu%20Island | Montagu Island | Montagu Island is the largest island of the South Sandwich Islands.
islands |
26815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx | Styx | Styx is the goddess of the river Styx in Greek mythology, and was the only female river goddess. She was the daughter of Okeanos and Tethys, and with Pallas was also the mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia (and sometimes Eos). During the Titanomachy she sent the children to help Zeus. To reward her for helping the O... |
26816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho%20Marx | Groucho Marx | Julius Henry Marx or Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian. He was best known for work with his siblings in The Marx Brothers and then later on his own. He was also best known for portraying a fast-talking "wise guy" with bushy eyebrows, glasses, moustache and a cigar.
1890 births
... |
26817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20mythology | Greek mythology | Greek mythology is a large collection of stories, started in Ancient Greece, about the beginning of the world, and the lives and adventures of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines.
Gods and goddesses
The gods and goddesses in Greek mythology have special parts in the world. For instance, Zeus is the god of the sky, ... |
26820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia | Gaia | Gaia can mean:
Gaia (mythology): the earth and mother of the gods in Greek mythology
Gaia (spacecraft): European space mission to collect data on Milky Way stars and other objects
Gaia hypothesis: the idea that living things and the Earth are closely connected, and form a complex self-regulating system, making sure ... |
26822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge | Ge | Ge or GE may stand for:
The letter G
Ge (Cyrillic) ( Г, г ), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet
Ge with upturn ( Ґ, ґ ), a letter of the Ukrainian alphabet
Germanium (Ge), a chemical element
Genetic engineering
Short name for Greek goddess Gaia
General Electric, a large American company
Georgia (country) by ISO code
Ge ... |
26825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaya%20%28disambiguation%29 | Gaya (disambiguation) | See also: Gaia
Gaya may refer to:
Gaya Confederacy, an ancient Korean league of chiefdoms.
Gaya, India, a city in Bihar state in India.
Gaya District, India
Gaya, Niger, a city in Niger.
Gaya (plant), a plant genus in the family Malvaceae. |
26826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyx | Nyx | Nyx was the goddess of the night in Greek mythology. She came out of Chaos.
Her Roman equivalent was Nox.
Hesiod's Theogony
In his theogony (How the gods came to be), Hesiod tells: Night is born of Chaos; her offspring are many, and telling. With Erebus, Night gives birth to the following deities:
Aether ("atmosphe... |
26827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemera | Hemera | Hemera was the goddess of daylight in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Erebus and Nyx, and the sister of Moros, Charon, Keres and Nemesis.
Hyginus lists their children as Uranus, Gaia, and Thalassa (the primordial sea goddess), while Hesiod only lists Thalassa as their child.
Aether was her brother and con... |
26828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether | Aether | Aether was the God of light in Greek mythology. He was the son of Erebus and Nyx. Aether is one of the primordial deities, the first-born elementals.
Damascius says that Aether, Erebus and Chaos were siblings, and the offspring of Chronos (Father Time). According to Epiphanius, the world began as a cosmic egg, encircl... |
26832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keres%20%28spirits%29 | Keres (spirits) | The Keres are female death spirits in Greek mythology, and were the daughters of Erebus and Nyx. They look very dark and have sharp teeth, claws and like the taste of blood. The Keres look around battlefields for hurt people and people who are dying.
Greek legendary creatures |
26833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris%20%28goddess%29 | Eris (goddess) | Eris (, "Strife") is the goddess of strife and discord in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Nyx, but has no father. She is the opposite of Harmonia, who is the goddess of harmony.
The Romans called her Discordia. In Roman statues of Discordia, and in other Roman art of her, she looks scary and ugly, and she is h... |
26834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geras | Geras | Geras is the god of age in Greek mythology. His mother is Nyx, but he has no father.
Greek gods and goddesses |
26835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnos | Hypnos | Hypnos is the god of sleep in Greek mythology. He is the son of Nyx and the twin brother of Thanatos, the god of death.
His sons are the Oneroi: Morpheus, Phobetor and Phantasos.
His Roman equivalent was Somnus. Hypnos was represented as a gentle young man, usually with wings attached to his temples or shoulders.
Gr... |
26836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momus | Momus | Momus is the god of blame in Greek mythology. His mother is Nyx, but he has no father. He was kicked out of Olympus after criticizing Zeus and Aphrodite.
Greek gods and goddesses |
26837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moros | Moros | Moros is the personification of doom in Greek mythology. He was the child of Nyx and brother to Thanatos. It is believed that he decided the destiny of each mortal.
Greek gods and goddesses |
26838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metis | Metis | Metis is the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology. She is one of the Titans and is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was the mother of Athena.
There is also a moon named after Metis.
When she was inside Zeus, Metis made a helmet and a robe for her baby. The hammering noise caused Zeus to have a headache. To try... |
26839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos | Eos | Eos (Ionic and Homeric Greek: Ἠώς, Ēōs; Attic: Ἕως, Éōs; Aeolic: Αὔως, Aúōs; Doric: Ἀώς, Āṓs) is the goddess of the dawn in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She is the sister of Helios, god of the sun, and Selene, goddess of the moon.
Myth
Eos leaves her home, which was at the e... |
26840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene | Selene | Selene is also another name for the moon
Selene () is the goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She is the sister of Helios, god of the Sun, and Eos, goddess of the dawn. She is often shown driving her chariot across the night sky, drawn by a team of winged horse... |
26841 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leto | Leto | Leto is a goddess in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, who were Titans. Leto was the mother of the twins Artemis and Apollo, whose father was Zeus.
After the twins were born, Leto played very little part in Greek mythology. She is the goddess of motherhood and one of Zeus' many wives.
Birth ... |
26843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux%20Falls%2C%20South%20Dakota | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Sioux Falls (pronounced "sue falls") is a city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is the largest city in the state; 153,888 people lived there at the 2010 census. The city is in the eastern part of South Dakota. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County, where most of the city is located. The southern part of the ci... |
26844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/30s | 30s |
Events
circa 33 – Jesus is crucified, and according to Christianity, resurrects from the dead. |
26846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Eccleston | Christopher Eccleston | Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English actor. He played the Ninth Doctor on Doctor Who in 2005. Before playing the doctor, he played the Son of God in The Second Coming. He has acted in movies, such as Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, and Gone in 60 Seconds.
Eccleston is an atheist.
References
Ot... |
26848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliverance | Deliverance | {{Infobox movie
| name = Deliverance
| director = John Boorman
| producer = John Boorman
| writer = Novel:James DickeyScreenplay:James Dickey| starring = Jon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed BeattyRonny CoxJames Dickey
| music =
| cinematography = Vilmos Zsigmond
| editing = Tom Priestley
| distributor = Warner Bros.
| released... |
26852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Adventures%20of%20Robin%20Hood | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 swashbuckler movie. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. It was shot in Technicolor. The movie stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Claude Rains. The story is based on the traditional tales of Robin Hood. It is the third of eight movies F... |
26853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20%281994%20movie%29 | Speed (1994 movie) | Speed is a 1994 American action-thriller movie set in Los Angeles, California. It stars Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Alan Ruck, and Dennis Hopper with Joe Morton. It is about a police officer (Reeves) who has to stop a extortionist (Hopper), who has put a bomb on a city bus. The movie was a box office su... |
26854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares | Ares | Ares is a god in Greek mythology. He is the god of savage war and bloodlust, and represents the untamed, wild aspects of conflict. He is one of the Twelve Olympians. His parents are Zeus and Hera. He had a twin sister called Eris. Neither parent liked him. He is considered murderous and bloody. In the Trojan War, he fo... |
26855 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Kavan | Anna Kavan | Anna Kavan (born Helen Emily Woods; 10 April 1901 – 5 December 1968) was an English writer.
Her early work, comprising six novels, gave little indication of the style and content of her writing after 1939. The change of her name to Anna Kavan in 1940 signalled an experimental form, focussed on the 'nocturnal language'... |
26856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo | Voodoo | The word voodoo, which has many different names and spellings (like vodun, vodou, voudou, vudu, vodoun, vowdown, vooodooo, vundun) is the name of a West African animist, spiritual folkway. Some class it as a religion. However, voodoo is more a way of life. It is a supernatural ancestral connection, passed from generati... |
26857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury%20%28mythology%29 | Mercury (mythology) | Mercury (Latin: Mercurius) is the god of trade, commerce, financial gain, messages/communication, travellers and boundaries, trickery, merchants and thieves in Ancient Roman religion and myth. Son of Jupiter and Maia, Mercury was a major god in Roman state religion, being a member of the Dii Consentes, the principal gr... |
26858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa | Medusa | Medusa is a character in Greek mythology. Her story has been told and retold by ancient and modern storytellers, writers, and artists.
The Latin poet Ovid writes in Book IV of his Metamorphoses that Poseidon had raped Medusa in the temple of Athena. The goddess was angry, and changed Medusa into a monster with snak... |
26870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilo%20%26%20Stitch%3A%20The%20Series | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Lilo & Stitch: The Series is a Disney Channel animated television series based on the 2002 movie, Lilo & Stitch. It follows Stitch! The Movie, which was a pilot to the series. As with the first movie, it stars Daveigh Chase as Lilo Pelekai and Chris Sanders as her alien friend Stitch. In the show, they try to find Stit... |
26873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga%20Bondarenko | Olga Bondarenko | Olga Bondarenko (maiden name Krentser, born 2 June 1960 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Russia) is a long-distance runner. Running for the U.S.S.R., she won the 10,000 metre race at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and the 3,000 metre race at the 1986 European Championships. Earlier she had set a world record for the 10,000 m event... |
26877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephaestus | Hephaestus | Hephaestus (, Hēphaistos) is the Greek god of fire, metalworking, craftsmen, sculpture, metallurgy and volcanoes. His parents were Zeus and Hera, Hephaestus was the blacksmith of the gods. He was married to the goddess Aphrodite, who cheated on him with his brother Ares. His symbols were a smith's hammer, an anvil, and... |
26878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan%20%28mythology%29 | Vulcan (mythology) | Vulcan is the god of fire in Roman mythology. His Greek equivalent is the god Hephaestus. He is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and the husband of Venus. In Roman mythology, he was one of the top 12 gods in the heavens - the 12 gods that made up the Dei Consentes, the council of Gods.
Mythology
Vulcan was born extremely... |
26879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche%20%28planet%29 | Tyche (planet) | Tyche is the nickname given to a possible gas giant planet in the Solar System's Oort cloud. It is one of several proposed planets beyond Neptune. Tyche was first proposed in 1999 by astronomer John Matese of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Matese and Daniel Whitmire say that the points of origin for long-... |
26880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna%20%28mythology%29 | Fortuna (mythology) | Fortuna was the goddess of fortune, luck and fate in Roman mythology. Fortuna could bestow good or bad luck onto people. She was sometimes represented veiled and blind. She was a daughter of Jupiter and like him, she could also be bountiful and generous to everybody.
Related pages
Tyche - Greek mythology version of F... |
26883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter | Demeter | Demeter (Attic Greek: Δημήτηρ, Dēmḗtēr; Doric: Δαμάτηρ, Dāmā́tēr) is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture in ancient Greek religion and myth, one of the Twelve Olympians. The elder sister of Zeus, Demeter presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. She served as the patron goddess of farmers, and was bel... |
26884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres | Ceres | In Roman religion and myth, Ceres (Latin: Cerēs) is the goddess of agriculture, especially the growing of grains and cereals, fertility and motherly relationships. The Roman counterpart of Demeter, Ceres was the central deity of the Plebeian or Aventine Triad, comprised of her, Liber and Libera. She was the mother of P... |
26885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20mythology | Roman mythology | Roman mythology is a huge collection of stories, started in Ancient Rome, about the beginning of the world, and the lives and adventures the many Roman gods, goddesses, and heroes. Each god, each goddess had a cult to take care of their temples or other holy places.
The myths of the Ancient Romans are often called "Gr... |
26886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Roman%20gods%20and%20goddesses | List of Roman gods and goddesses | This is a list of Roman gods and goddesses that are in Roman mythology.
Apollo- The god of light, music, and healing
Aurora- The goddess of dawn
Bacchus- The god of agriculture and wine
Bellona- The goddess of war
Caelus- The primal god of the sky and theology, iconography, and literature
Ceres- The goddess of a... |
26888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20gods%20and%20goddesses | List of gods and goddesses | This is a list of deities in different polytheistic religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.
Lists
Ancient Egyptian deities
Mesopotamian deities
Ancient Greek deities
Ancient Meitei deities
Ancient Roman deities
Norse deities
Hindu deities
Hindu gods
Devi
Japanese deities
Comparison
This list i... |
26891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20history | Ancient history | Ancient history is all the events we know about between the invention of writing and the start of the Middle Ages.
Writing is one of the greatest inventions of the human species. It was invented after the Neolithic revolution in which people settled in small towns and started agriculture. Writing dates from about 3,3... |
26902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej%20Sapkowski | Andrzej Sapkowski | Andrzej Sapkowski (born June 21, 1948 in Łódź) is a Polish fantasy writer. His best known work is The Witcher (Wiedźmin) Saga (takes place in a fictional universe). Before starting his career in the late 1980s, he worked in foreign trade.
Polish writers
1948 births
Living people |
26903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten%20Island | Staten Island | Staten Island is a borough of New York City. Fewer than half a million people live there, the smallest population of any of the five boroughs. Three bridges connect Staten Island to New Jersey, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connects to Brooklyn. A passenger railroad runs along the south shore to the northeast end of... |
26904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough | Borough | A borough is an administrative division in many countries. It is a kind of local government.
The term borough can means a self-governing township.
In medieval times, boroughs were settlements with some self-government. Boroughs were particularly common in England, Germany and Scotland. In medieval England, borough... |
26909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo%20%28mythology%29 | Echo (mythology) | Echo was a nymph in Greek mythology, and an Oread (a mountain nymph). She was very beautiful, but loved her own voice.
Hera
According to Ovid, Echo once had the job of distracting Hera from Zeus having relationships with other women. She did this by leading Hera away and flattering her. When Hera found out she was ve... |
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