Golden Legend - Golden Legend The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine is a collection of fanciful hagiographies, lives of the saints, that became a late mediæval best seller. It was probably compiled around 1260. Initially titled simply Legenda Sanctorum, Latin for "Readings on the Saints," its popularity gained it the title by which it is best known. More than a thousand manuscript copies of the work survive, and when printing was invented in the 1450s, editions appeared quickly, not only in Latin, but also in every major European language. It is said that no book other than the Bible was so widely read during the late Middle Ages. It was one of the first books William Caxton printed in the English language; Caxton's version appeared in 1483. The.
Golden Fleece - Golden Fleece In Greek mythology, the ram with the golden fleece was given to Nephele of Thessaly by Hermes for her to transport her children, Helle and Phrixus, away from Ino. The ram flew eastwards and while Helle fell into the sea (at the point named Hellespont) Phrixus was carried to Colchis. Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus and presented its fleece to the king of Colchis, Æetes. Jason and the Argonauts tried to take the fleece from Colchis to enable Jason to claim his inheritance. Overcoming many hazards, they eventually recovered the fleece with the help of Medea, who married Jason. The legend of the fleece has been explained by the way that early gold prospectors in what is now Georgia searched for gold in.
Golden Gate Park - Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park is the main urban park of San Francisco, California. At 1017 (1013?) acres, it is a long rectangle, similar in shape but considerably larger than New York's Central Park. In the 1860s, San Franciscans began to feel the need for a spacious public park like the one that was taking shape in New York. Though Frederick Law Olmsted was asked to present a plan in the 1860s, it was not implemented. Golden Gate Park was carved out of unpromising sand and shore dunes that were known as the 'outside land.' The tireless field engineer William Hammond Hall (1846 - 1934) prepared a survey and topographic map of the Park site in 1870 and became commissioner in 1871. He was later.
1982 Golden Raspberries - 1982 Golden Raspberries The 2nd Golden Raspberry awards were held on March 29, 1982. They were presented at an Oscar Night Pot Luck Party. It recognised the worst the film industry had to offer of 1981. The recipients are denoted in bold: Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Worst Picture 2 Worst Actor 3 Worst Actress 4 Worst Supporting Actor 5 Worst Supporting Actress 6 Worst Director 7 Worst Screenplay 8 Worst New Star 9 Worst 'Original' Song 10 Worst Musical Score 11 Other Razzie Award Years Worst Picture Endless Love - (Universal/Polygram) produced by Dyson Lovell Heaven's Gate - (United Artists) produced by Joann Carelli Legend of the Lone Ranger - (Universal/AFD) produced by Walter Coblenz Mommie Dearest - (Paramount) produced by Frank Yablans Tarzan, the Ape.
Asiatic Golden Cat - Asiatic Golden Cat Asiatic Golden Cat Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Catopuma Species: temminckii Binomial name Catopuma temminckii The Asiatic Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii, or Profelis temminckii, or Felis temminckii), also called Temminck's Golden Cat, is a medium-sized wild cat (length 90 cm, plus 50 cm tail). While the fur is mostly foxy red or golden brown, black or grey colour variants may also be found. Normally the fur is plain except for some hardly visible spots on the underside; however, in China there is a colour variant with leopard-like spots, which resembles a Leopard Cat. This spotted fur is a recessive characteristic, i.e. when a spotted and a plain cat interbreed, the young get plain fur. Asiatic Golden.
The Golden Bough - The Golden Bough The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a broad comparative cultural study of mythology and religion by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941). Aimed at a broad literate audience raised on tales as told in Bulfinch's Age of Fable, Frazer's book joined the modernists in discussing religion dispassionately as a cultural phenomenon, rather than from within the field of theology itself. Yet Frazer's point-of-view often reveals a confidence in a linear intellectual progress of mankind to a superior position, which anthropologists no longer share. As cultural anthropology has expanded and deepened, many individual conclusions of Frazer's have required revision within local and historical cultural contexts. Modern anthropoligists conclude that Frazer placed too much weight on what he called ".
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a video game released in 1998 and was the first Zelda game created for the Nintendo 64. It was also the first 3D version of the highly successful Legend of Zelda game series. Within five months of its release, The Ocarina of Time broke records by selling over six million copies. It has been highly praised as one of the greatest games of all-time. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Characters: 2 Places to beat: 3 Temples to conquer: 4 Weapons and Items: 5 Songs: Characters: The story takes place in the land of Hyrule where a young boy, Link, was called upon by the great Deku Tree to save the land from the.
Venice Film Festival - Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. Its main award is the "Leone d'Oro" (Golden Lion). Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film in the "controcorrente" section. The Venice Film Festival is part of the "Biennale". The festival in 2003 (26 August to 6 September) was the 60th. Golden Lion winners Year Film Director 2003 The Return (Vozvrašcenje) Andrey Zvyaguintsev 2002 The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan 2001 Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair 2000 The Circle (Dayereh) Jafar Panahi 1999 Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao) Yimou Zhang 1998 The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) Gianni Amelio 1997 Hana-bi (Fireworks) Takeshi Kitano 1996 Michael Collins Neil Jordan 1995 Xich lo (Cyclo Anh Hung Tran 1994 Aiqing wansui (Vive L'Amour) Ming-Liang Tsai.
Kate del Castillo - Mexican actress. She is the daughter of Eric del Castillo, who is a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera actor himself. Some biographers say her actual year of birth was 1974, but 1972 is generally accepted as the year she was born. A participant in ten telenovelas, del Castillo made her acting debut in 1980 when she participated in a movie named El Ultimo Escape (The Last Escape). She was catapulted into fame in 1991 when she starred as Leticia in Muchachitas, a soap opera that reached wild popularity all over Latin America. Muchachitas reached the top audience spots in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Peru, and among hispanic audiences in the United States. Among the other soap operas and movies she made are Ramona, and.
Kuala Lumpur - Alam, site of a famous masjid (mosque). Genting Highlands, a hill top resort near Kuala Lumpur, famous for its casino and golf. Also has plenty of restaurants and hotels. Kuala Lumpur is one of the cheapest places to travel to, offering great value for money. Accommodation is extremely cheap and is of excellent quality; 5 star hotels have rooms going for US$40-100. Food is extremely cheap if one frequents the local outlets (hawker stalls, roadside places and the like) and is extremely delicious. There are upmarket restaurants all over central Kuala Lumpur and in the more affluent suburbs, offering fare ranging from cutting edge avant-garde fusion, to representatives of just about any culture imaginable. Japanese food has gained immense popularity. Alcohol, however, is very expensive in Kuala Lumpur, due to Malaysia.
Jacobus de Voragine - July 13, 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author of the Golden Legend, one of the most popular religious works of the middle ages, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church. Biography Born at the little village of Varazze, near Genoa. He entered the Dominican order in 1244, and besides preaching with success in many parts of Italy, taught in the schools of his own fraternity. He was provincial of Lombardy from 1267 till 1286, when he was removed at the meeting of the order in Paris. He also represented his own province at the councils of Lucca (1288) and Ferrara (1290). On the last occasion he was one of the four delegates charged with signifying Nicholas IV's.
John Hunyadi - finger, Matthias chased the bird down and slew him, retrieving the ring, and in commemoration of this event he took the raven as a symbol for his signet sign. Others think that the Coat of Arms was derived from another property of the family, Raven’s Rock (Piatra Corbului in Romanian). Another legend says that when Matthias was in prison in Prague his mother was able to send him a letter with a raven (and that's why the Hungarian Postal Service had a raven as its symbol for more than a century). He has sometimes been confounded with an elder brother who died fighting for Hungary about 1440. While still a youth, he entered the service of King Sigismund, who appreciated his qualities and borrowed money from him; he accompanied that monarch.
Isis - and fertility in ancient Egypt. She is a life-death-rebirth deity (see Legend of Osiris and Isis), as well as one of the Ennead. Later, she acquired the goddess Sopdet. Originally, she was a goddess of royalty (her hieroglyph includes the word for "throne"). Later still (During the period of Greek dominance), she was the patron goddess of sailors. She was a close companion of Arensnuphis. Isis was the daughter of Nuit, goddess of the sky, and Seb, god of earth. She married with Osiris, her brother and the father of her son Horus. Osiris was murdered by Seth but she reassembled his body (leading to her associated with the underworld and the funerary cult) and impregnated herself with his body and gave birth to Horus in Khemnis, a swamp. In addition.
Israel ben Eliezer - the true in admitting his sin. The function of joy in prayer is paralleled by glowing enthusiasm and ecstasy ( = "to become inflamed" - hitlahavut ) in every act of worship. Fear of God is only an initiatory step to real worship, which must spring from a love of God and a surrender of self to Him. In his enthusiasm man will not think either of this life or of the next: the feeling of union with God is in itself a means and an end. Enthusiasm, however, demands progress, not the mere fulfilment of the Law's precepts in a daily routine which becomes deadening: true religion consists in an ever-growing recognition of God. Influence on Hasidism The later developments of Hasidism are unintelligible without consideration of Besht's opinion concerning.
Vlad III Dracula - families who had participated at the princely feast. He impaled the older ones on stakes while forcing the others to march from the capital to the town of Poenari. This fifty-mile trek was quite grueling, and those who survived were not permitted to rest until they reached destination. Vlad III then ordered them to build him a fortress on the ruins of an older outpost overlooking the Arges river. Many died in the process, and Vlad III therefore succeeded in creating a new nobility and obtaining a fortress for future emergencies. What is left today of the building is identified as Castle Dracula. Vlad III became well known for his brutal punishment techniques; as described by its Saxon (from Transylvania) detractors, he often ordered people to be skinned, boiled, decapitated, blinded,.
Hagiography - the early millennia of the Christian church, providing informational history as well as inspirational stories and legends. A hagiographic account of an individual saint can comprise a vita. It was one of the more important areas in the study of history during the Middle Ages. The Golden Legend of Jacob de Voragine compiled a great deal of mediæval hagiographic material, with a strong emphasis on miracle tales. The Bollandist tradition continues the study, academic assembly, appraisal and publication of materials relating to the lives of Christian saints. (See Acta Sanctorum.) Critics of modern biographies who detect uncritically reverential stances on the part of a biographer may damn such work as a "hagiography" by extension. External Links 'Societé des Bollandistes' Web-site: http://www.kbr.be/~socboll/.
Herdalia - Jämtland Area 11,405 km² Provincial flower - Swedish - Latin Arctic violet - Mosippa - Pulsatilla Vernalis Provincial animal Bear Provincial bird Golden eagle Provincial fish Grayling Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 County 2 History 3 Geography 4 Culture 5 Heraldry 6 External Links County For current affairs see: County of Jämtland The province of Herdalia makes up the southern part of the County of Jämtland. History Main article: History of Herdalia The legend has it that province is named after a powerful but lawless man named "Härje", who escaped the arm of the law of the Norwegian king by settling in the remote valley. The name Härjedalen literally means the "Valley of Härje". The province was ceded to Sweden by Denmark-Norway in the Treaty of Roskilde, 1658. Geography Main article:.
Hespera - Hesiod makes them to have dwelt “beyond the bright ocean,” opposite to where Atlas stood supporting the heavens (Theog. 518); and when Atlas had been fixed as a mountain in the extremity of Libya, the dwelling of the Hesperides was usually placed in his vicinity, though some set it in the country of the Hyperboreans (Apollod., l. c.). According to the legend, when the bridal of Zeus and Heré took place, the different deities came with nuptial presents for the latter, and among them the goddess of Earth, with branches having golden apples growing on them ( Poet. Astron. ii. 3). Heré, greatly admiring these, begged of Earth to plant them in her gardens, which extended as far as Mount Atlas. The Hesperides, or daughters of Atlas, were directed to watch.
History of Georgia - The region was settled as early as the fifth millennium BC by a neolithic culture. In ancient times, the Greeks knew the region as Colchis and it featured in the Greek legend of Jason and the Argonauts, who travelled there in search of the Golden Fleece. The Georgian regions became known as Kartli (or Kolkheti, 'Colchis') in the western coastal plain, and Iberia in the mountainous east, prior to its becoming a unified client state of the Roman Empire after 66 BC. It became one of the first states in the world to convert to Christianity in 330 AD, when King Marian III established it as the official state religion. Although it was subsequently beset by various invaders, principally Arabs, Mongols, Persians and Turks, the Georgian kingdom retained a greater or.
History of Bulgaria - isolation from its Balkan and Asian hinterland. Tsar Samouil (976-1014), who pushed Bulgaria's borders further to the South and to the West, and who made Ohrid his capital (the third Bulgarian capital after Pliska and Preslav), set out t achieve this. The country's resources at that time, however, were thinning out. Bulgaria found herself isolated in the acute conflicts between Rome and Constantinople, and despite all endeavours, failed to win the support of any Central European state. After half a century of warring with various degrees of success for both sides, Byzantium conquered Bulgaria. The Bulgarian nation, already a stable community, tenaciously resisted the foreign domination. A number of uprisings sparked off in Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Thrace, Moesia and other regions. Two of the revolts proclaimed their own Bulgarian kings: Peter.
