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- 131: Durga Puja
- ... day Puja (Worship), starting from the day of Bodhan on MahaShasthi and ending up with the immersion of the clay made Idols in the sacred river Ganga (the Ganges) on the evening of Dashami. Indian Mythology tells - long back, Mahishasura, the king of Demons, being indulged by certain boon from Lord Shiva, the supreme Hindu God, started his tyranny over Heaven. Scared and hopeless gods earnestly requested Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu ...
- 132: Louise Brooks
- ... be a better-than-average western and Brooks enjoyed the experience. She especially hit it off with John Wayne. Looking up at him I thought, this is no actor but the hero of all my mythology miraculously brought to life, Brooks said commenting about John Wayne. Her career, however, could not be similarly revived. Over Stage Raiders was her last film. She was 32 years old. Brooks lingered in Hollywood for ...
- 133: Charles Darwin
- ... Darwin died at age 73 in 1882.Charles Darwin was buried at Westminster Abbey near Isaac Newton. So Darwins life wasnt too shabby. He became pretty famous, some thought his theory was all mythology, but he made his points. Alot of people to this day still believe in it and some dont. Charles name will live on for sure.
- 134: Charlemagne
- ... Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia), however, I thought it insightful to include this information at the end of the piece. WORKS CITED Boussard, Jacques, The Civilisation of Charlemagne. London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1968 Bulfinch, Thomas, Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne Or Romance Of The Middle Ages. 1863 [gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/02/53/1] Ganshof, Francis L., The Carolingians and the Frankish Monarchy, Studies in Carolingian History. New York, Cornell University ...
- 135: Pierre Trudeau
- Pierre Trudeau Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada, was once described as "A French Canadian proud of his identity and culture, yet a biting critic of French-Canadian society, determined to destroy its mythology and illusions". He has also been identified as "A staunch, upholder of provincial autonomy holding the justice portfolio in the federal government". Such cumulative appraisal and observation made by past fellow bureaucrat provides high testimonial ...
- 136: HITLER, Adolf (1889-1945)
- ... When his teacher glorified Germany's role, "we would sit there enraptured and often on the verge of tears." From boyhood he was devoted to Wagner's operas that glorified the Teutons' dark and furious mythology. Failure dogged him. After his father's death, when Adolf was 13, he studied watercolor painting, but accomplished little. After his mother's death, when he was 19, he went to Vienna. There the Academy ...
- 137: Pierre Trudeau
- Pierre Trudeau Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada, was once described as "A French Canadian proud of his identity and culture, yet a biting critic of French-Canadian society, determined to destroy its mythology and illusions". He has also been identified as "A staunch, upholder of provincial autonomy holding the justice portfolio in the federal government". Such cumulative appraisal and observation made by past fellow bureaucrat provides high testimonial ...
- 138: Ancient Greece
- ... Called themselves Hellenes. The term Greeks, used by foreign peoples, was derived from Graecia, the Latin for a small Hellenic tribe of Epirus, the first Hellenes that the Romans had dealings with. Out of the mythology that became the basis of an intricate religion, the Hellenes developed a genealogy that traced their ancestry to semidivine heroes. Age of Tyrants The age of Greek tyrants was notable for advances made in Hellenic ...
- 139: The Vikings
- ... century. Religion and Spiritual Beliefs are important to every culture and are sometimes basic living standards. Viking religion was polytheistic. They believed that the gods resided at Osgard, which was the Olympus of the Nordic mythology. Osgard was in the center of an enormous ash tree which was so big its roots reached all the way to the underworld and its branches pierced the heavens. Valhalla was another mythological place, it ...
- 140: War Between Sexes
- ... know what they want, and feminism sounds like a happy avenue. In contrast, feminism fails to answer the fundamental questions. Feminists do not look at the history of rape, thus they are themselves confused. In mythology, it has been claimed that man has sexual anxiety and fear of women's dominance. Furthermore, the roots of sexual violence are the men's sense of psychological weakness toward women. Paglia suggests how to ...
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