Orion's Belt asterism. Orion also hosts the radiant of the annual Orionids, the strongest meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet, and the Orion...
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Star lore (category Folklore)
Orion. During the summer, they saw another startling pattern of bright stars that resembled a scorpion. They noticed that the constellations of Orion...
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"Lake Orion" can refer to either the village or the much larger Orion Township,[citation needed] of which the village is a part. Lake Orion began as...
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This is a list of giants and giantesses from mythology and folklore; it does not include giants from modern fantasy fiction or role-playing games (for...
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Caucasus (redirect from Comparison of Greek and Caucasian folklore)
met Medea, a daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis. The Caucasus has a rich folklore tradition. This tradition has been preserved orally—necessitated by the...
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the seasons over millennia (see precession) was nonetheless a date of folklore or ritual for various ancestral groups, so too its yearly heliacal setting...
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mythology, such as the rusalka, the striga, and the vodyanoi. As is common in folklore, there is no standard set of characteristics, or names, and spirits or...
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Brazilian mythology (redirect from Brazilian folklore)
Brazilian mythology is a rich and diverse part of Brazilian folklore with cultural elements, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters, and beliefs...
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Rigel (redirect from Orion Beta)
is the first bright star of Orion visible as the constellation rises. Correspondingly, it is also the first star of Orion to set in most of the Northern...
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Mention of textiles in folklore is ancient, and its lost mythic lore probably accompanied the early spread of this art. Textiles have also been associated...
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In the folklore of Lee County, South Carolina, the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp (also known as the Lizard Man of Lee County) is an entity said to inhabit...
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with her daughters, Orion who was accompanying her, fell in love with the mother and tried to attack her. She escaped but Orion sought her for seven...
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Christmas pyramid (category Culture of the Ore Mountains)
Weihnachtspyramide) are Christmas decorations that have their roots in the folklore and customs of the Ore Mountain region of Germany, but which have become popular internationally...
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List of reptilian humanoids (section Folklore)
Reptilian humanoids appear in folklore, science fiction, fantasy, and conspiracy theories. Adi Shesha : lit, The first of all the snakes, mount of Hindu...
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Folktales from Japan (redirect from Hometown Regeneration: Japan's Folklore)
their village. 69 "The Swallow With the Broken Leg" Transliteration: "Ashi ore tsubame" (Japanese: 足折れ燕) July 28, 2013 (2013-07-28) "Left Behind (1)" Transliteration:...
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sixteen olive trees in the Lebanese town of Bcheale. According to local folklore, the trees are at least 5,000 years old, perhaps even 6,000 years old or...
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Betelgeuse (category Orion (constellation))
and Orion over Monument Valley skyscape showing the relative brightness of Betelgeuse and Rigel Orion: head to toe breathtaking vista the Orion molecular...
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from the Draco constellation or the Orion constellation or are allies with nefarious extraterrestrials from the Orion constellation. Others claim they are...
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Discworld (world) (redirect from The Folklore of Discworld)
"solid folklore"; it is the place all the legends of Earth's countryside really happened. Ankh-Morpork serves a similar function for urban folklore, but...
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ernits. Retrieved 14 December 2016. Vieira, Vincent. “The Constellation of Orion and the Cosmic Hunt in Equatorial Africa”. In: Anthropos 104, no. 2 (2009):...
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Coblyn (category Welsh folklore)
settlement in America. Like the Knockers of Cornish folklore they often help miners to the richest veins of ore or other treasures by their peculiar knocking...
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or wad may refer to: Joan the Wad, a mythological character in Cornish folklore Nishigandha Wad (born 1969), Indian film actress William Addison Dwiggins...
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Nolden as Diane Bauer Adrian Holmes as Scott Oluniké Adeliyi as Kim Peters Orion John as Will A.C. Peterson as Big Earl Percy Hynes White as Duncan Corinne...
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Honduras (redirect from Folklore of Honduras)
Natural resources include timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, shrimp, and hydropower. The climate varies from tropical...
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and wins her. They return to Erl and have a son, Orion, but in the manner of fairy brides of folklore, she fits uneasily with his people. She returns to...
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Gateway Omnibus. Orion. ISBN 978-1-4732-0196-5. St.-Johnston, Sir Reginald (1918). The Lau Islands (Fiji) and Their Fairy Tales and Folklore. Times book Company...
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Christmas angels (category Culture of the Ore Mountains)
uses of folk art in Germany: wooden toys from the Erzgebirge mountains". Folklore. 115 (1): 64–76. doi:10.1080/0015587042000192538. S2CID 162260998. Retrieved...
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Schwibbogen (redirect from Ore Mountains Schwibbogen)
(German pronunciation: [ʃʋɪp'boːɡən]) is a decorative candle-holder from the Ore Mountains region of Saxony, Germany. The first metal schwibbogen was made...
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("mountain monk"; German: [ˈbɛʁkˌmœnç]) is a mountain spirit from German folklore. He is also known as Meister Hämmerling ("master hammering guy"). The appearance...
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exporter of zinc, uranium, gold, nickel, platinoids, aluminum, steel, iron ore, coking coal, lead, copper, molybdenum, cobalt, and cadmium. Canada has a...
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