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111Nut (goddess) — This article is about the Egyptian sky goddess. For the goddess in the cosmology of Thelema, see Nuit. Nut and the Sun In the Ennead of Egyptian mythology, Nut (alternatively spelled Nuit, Newet, and Neuth) was the goddess of the sky …
112Order of St. Patrick — Order of Saint Patrick Insignia of a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick Awarded by the Queen of the United Kingdom Type Or …
113Diablada — Stylistic origins Spanish culture and Andean music.i Cultural origins Prehispanic indigenous and Spanish traditions. Typical instruments cymbal, bass drum, trumpet, tuba, siku …
114Oruro Diablada — Diablada Stylistic origins Spanish culture and Andean music.i Cultural origins Bolivia: Roots in prehispanic Urus traditions with dance of Llama llama as most ancient antecedent in the location of Oruro in the first century, from 1789 to the… …
115Hapi — 1) Alternative spelling for Serapis, the Egyptian bull god. 2) Androgynous Egyptian god of the Nile. He wore a crown of papyrus plants in the north, and one of lotus plants in the south. His fertility was indicated by pendent breasts. The… …
116Canopic jar — Canopic jars were used by ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, and were commonly made of limestone, pottery, wood, or bronze. These jars were used by ancient Egyptians from the period of the Old Kingdom onwards to store various… …
117Bacab — ▪ Mayan mythology in Mayan mythology, any of four gods, thought to be brothers, who, with upraised arms, supported the multilayered sky from their assigned positions at the four cardinal points of the compass. (The Bacabs may also have been …
118Sedulius — • Christian poet of the fifth century Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sedulius Sedilius † …
119Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri — In Norse mythology, Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri ( Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western ) are four dwarves in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning who each support one of the four cardinal points. Together, they uphold the heavenly dome,… …
120Guhyasamāja tantra — Guhyasamaja Tantra , or Esoteric Community Tantra , (tib.: gSang ba dus pa i rgyud ) (Sanskrit: Treatise on the Sum Total of Mysteries , also called Tathāgataguhyaka ( The Mystery of the Tathagatas [Buddhas] ) is a tantra whose practice is… …
