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1 day ago · Agni (fire) is a part of major rites-of-passage rituals such as weddings and cremation in Indian religions.. Sanskrit अग्नि continues one of two core terms for fire reconstructed to Proto-Indo-European, *h₁n̥gʷnis, other reflexes of which include Albanian: *Enj-i (), the reconstructed name of the fire god in the Albanian pagan mythology, which continues to be used in the Albanian ...
1 day ago · The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson as a co-author for the final three installments. Originally planned as a six-book series with the publication of The Eye of the World in 1990, The Wheel of Time came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and three companion ...
1 day ago · [15] Since the first century, Christians have also called upon God with the trinitarian formula "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" in prayer, absolution and benediction. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In the book of the Acts of the Apostles the arrival of the Holy Spirit happens fifty days after the resurrection of the Christ, and is celebrated in Christendom with the feast of Pentecost .
1 day ago · The noble gases (historically the inert gases, sometimes referred to as aerogens[ 1 ]) are the members of group 18 of the periodic table: helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), radon (Rn) and, in some cases, oganesson (Og). Under standard conditions, the first six of these elements are odorless, colorless, monatomic gases ...
1 day ago · Lilium (/ ˈ l ɪ l i ə m / LIL-ee-əm) [3] is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. They are the true lilies.Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world.
1 day ago · The Christian doctrineof the Trinity(Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from Latin: trinus'threefold')[1]is the central doctrineconcerning the nature of Godin most Christian churches, which defines one Godexisting in three, coeternal, consubstantialdivine persons:[2][3]God the Father, God the Son(Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three ...
1 day ago · Paired torches, dogs, serpents, keys, knives, and lions. Hecate[ a ] is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, or snakes, or accompanied by dogs, [ 4 ] and in later periods depicted as three-formed or triple-bodied. She is variously associated with crossroads, night, light, magic ...
