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Ceridwen or Cerridwen ( pronounced [kɛrˈɪdwɛn] ⓘ Ke-RID-wen) was an enchantress in Welsh medieval legend. She was the mother of a hideous son, Mordfran, and a beautiful daughter, Creirwy. Her husband was Tegid Foel and they lived near Bala Lake ( Llyn Tegid) in north Wales. Medieval Welsh poetry refers to her as possessing the cauldron of ...
Charles Koppelman, Don Rubin. " If I Were a Carpenter " is a folk song written by Tim Hardin in the 1960s, and re-recorded with commercial success by various artists including Bobby Darin, The Four Tops and Johnny Cash. [1] Hardin's own recording of the piece appeared on his 1967 album Tim Hardin 2. It was one of two songs from that release ...
How (greeting) The word " how " is a pop culture anglicization of the Lakota word háu, a Lakota language greeting by men to men. [1] The term how is often found in stereotypical and outdated depictions of Native Americans, made by non-Natives, in some Hollywood movies and various novels, e.g. those of James Fenimore Cooper or Karl May .
In Hinduism, a basic mandala, also called a yantra, takes the form of a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the general shape of a T. [3] Mandalas often have radial balance. [4] A yantra is similar to a mandala, usually smaller and using a more limited colour palette.
The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull York Medical School, a joint initiative with the University of York.
Aha Oe Feii? or Are You Jealous? ( French: Eh quoi ! Tu es jalouse ?) [1] is an oil-on-canvas painting by Paul Gauguin from 1892, based on a real-life episode during his stay on Tahiti which he later described in the diary Noa Noa: "On the shore two sisters are lying after bathing, in the graceful poses of resting animals; they speak of ...
The statue of Sándor Kőrösi Csoma. Covasna (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ, Hungarian: Kovászna, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkovaːsnɒ] ⓘ, German: Kowasna) is a ...
Canvas. Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes.