Pausanias, in his account of Boeotia (9.39), relates many details about the cult of Trophonius. Whoever desired to consult the oracle would live in a designated house for a period of days, bathing in the river Herkyna and living on sacrificial meat. He would then sacrifice, by day, to a series of gods, including Kronos, Apollo, Zeus the king, Hera the Charioteer, and Demeter-Europa. At night, he would a black victim into a pit sacred to Agamedes, drink from two rivers called Lethe and Mnemosyne, and then descend into a cave. Here, most consultees were frightened out of their wits, a ...

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Trophonius, Trophonius - Etymology and parallel cults, Trophonius - Trophonius in myth, Trophonius - Trophonius in cult, Trophonius - Trophonius in the classical tradition

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The word Krampus originates from the Old High German word for claw (Krampen). In the Alpine region the Krampus is represented by a male incubus in company of St Nicholas. Traditionally, young men dress up as the Krampus in the first two weeks of December and particularly in the evening of December 5th and roam the streets frightening children (and adults) with rusty chains and bells. The present day Krampus costume consists of red wooden masks, black sheep's skin and horns. Considerable effort goes into the manufacture of the hand-crafted masks, as many younger adults in rural ...

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Paganism in the Eastern Alps, Paganism in the Eastern Alps - Survival through the ages, Paganism in the Eastern Alps - Krampus, Paganism in the Eastern Alps - Perchten

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Kevorkian enrolled in an adult education oil painting course in Pontiac, Michigan in the 1960s. His art combined his knowledge of human anatomy with his fascination with death. Michael Betzold described the 18 canvases he created in this course as "bold and strident, as critical and unforgiving, as ponted and dramatic as Kevorkian's own fighting words. They are strikingly well executed — stark and surreal — and frightening, demented and/or hilarious, depending on one's point of view." Although the 18 original canvases have been lost, Kevorkian returned to his art in the 90s to ...

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Jack Kevorkian, Jack Kevorkian - Writings, Jack Kevorkian - Career, Jack Kevorkian - Conviction and imprisonment, Jack Kevorkian - Artwork

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The cartoonist may or may not draw in all the individual letters in the balloons by hand. An alternative is to use a computer, a technique universal in translated manga. Either way, the font style used is almost an industry wide constant: all capitals in a rounded typeface similar to Comic Sans. Exceptions that are sometimes found are: The "c" in a surname of Scottish origin starting with "Mc". To indicate a frightened or quiet manner of speech. An interjection such as "er", "um", etc. In a few comics (for example the English language version of Tintin), uppercase and lowercase ...

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Speech balloon, Speech balloon - History, Speech balloon - Popular forms, Speech balloon - Speech bubbles, Speech balloon - Thought bubbles, Speech balloon - Other forms, Speech balloon - Captions, Speech balloon - Artist-specific variations, Speech balloon - Order, Speech balloon - Fonts

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In the Pokémon anime, Misty accidentally captures a perpetually confused Psyduck. This Psyduck proved to have a knack for showing up at just the wrong or (by sheer luck) right time. Owing to its Pokédex description, most of the time the Psyduck can be seen holding its head, since it seems to have a constant headache. Misty's Psyduck is also easily excited, particularly when it is frightened. This particular Psyduck has a tendency to be either hopelessly pathetic in battle or strangely powerful to the point of being able to simultane ...

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Psyduck, Psyduck - Availability, Psyduck - Anime Appearances, Psyduck - Name Origin, Psyduck - In Pokémon Channel

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In 1990, The Man Who Sold the World was reissued on CD for the first time. It had an extended tracklisting including Lightning Frightening, a 1972 rerecording of "Holy Holy" (Bowie vetoed inclusion of the original 1970 recording, which, as a result of this decision, is available only on the bootleg album Changesthreeandahalf) and early versions of "Moonage Daydream" and "Hang Onto Yourself" released originally under the name Arnold Corns by Bowie in 1971. In 1999 the album was reissued again, witho ...

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The Man Who Sold the World, The Man Who Sold the World - Track listing, The Man Who Sold the World - Rerelease, The Man Who Sold the World - Production credits

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Eldar Titans are quick and nimble machines of war, thinly armored but protected by an advanced holographic field generators. Despite their frailty, Eldar titans can pack a mean punch, and can move about the battlefield with frightening speed, thanks to their jump jets. There are three types of Eldar titans: The Revenant is a relatively light warmachine, roughly equivalent to an Imperial Warhound, though much more agile. They are best suited for lightning-fast raids on enemy lines, using their speed to retreat befor ...

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Titan Warhammer 40000, Titan Warhammer 40000 - Imperial Titans, Titan Warhammer 40000 - Chaos Titans, Titan Warhammer 40000 - Ork Gargants, Titan Warhammer 40000 - Eldar Titans, Titan Warhammer 40000 - Tyranid Bio-Titans

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Following the invasion of William the Conqueror the people of Kent adopted the motto Invicta meaning undefeated and claiming (quite wrongly) that they had frightened the Normans away, presumably in an attempt to defame the people of Hastings in neighbouring Sussex. During the medieval period, Kent produced several rebellions including the Peasants' Revolt led by Wat Tyler and later, Jack Cade's rebellion of 1450. Thomas Wyatt led an army into London from Kent in 1553, against Mary I. Canterbury became a great pilgrimage site fo ...

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History of Kent, History of Kent - Prehistoric Kent, History of Kent - Iron Age Kent, History of Kent - Roman Kent, History of Kent - Early Medieval Kent, History of Kent - Medieval Kent, History of Kent - Early Modern Kent, History of Kent - Modern Kent

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The French army, commanded by Philip VI, was much more disorganized, due to overconfidence on the part of his knights. Philip stationed his Genoese mercenary crossbowmen in the front line, with the cavalry in the back. The first attack was from the crossbowmen, who launched a shower of volleys with the purpose of disorganizing and frightening the English infantry. This first move was accompanied by the sound of musical instruments, brought by Philip VI to scare the enemy. But the crossbowmen would prove completely useless. With a firi ...

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Battle of Crécy, Battle of Crécy - Significance, Battle of Crécy - Background, Battle of Crécy - English dispositions, Battle of Crécy - The battle, Battle of Crécy - Casualties, Battle of Crécy - Aftermath

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Definition and meaning of deimatic behavior:

deimatic behavior - defensive postures or other visual displays, including color changes, that function to intimidate or frighten another animal

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

Also see these pages: Oceanography, Oceanography Sitemap, Coral Reef, Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change,

For more dictionary entries, see » Frightened Dictionary

In the novel, Victor Frankenstein builds the creature through methods of science and/or alchemy which are not clearly described. Immediately upon bringing the creature to life, however, Frankenstein flees from it in horror and disavows his experiment. Abandoned, frightened, and completely unaware of who or what he is, the monster wanders through the wildnerness searching for someone who would understand and shelter him. He finds brief solace by hiding out in the wood shed of a remote cabin inhabited by a large family. While they are u ...

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Frankenstein's monster, Frankenstein's monster - In Shelley's novel, Frankenstein's monster - Appearance, Frankenstein's monster - Personality, Frankenstein's monster - Other media, Frankenstein's monster - As metaphor, Frankenstein's monster - In popular culture

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ACIM is a profound metaphysical document, addressing concepts which transcend the physical realm. It deals extensively with how our minds are manifesting the physical reality we appear to live in, including our bodies, the earth and even space and time itself. It is also considered a course in spiritual psychotherapy and healing for individuals who are looking to heal themselves and the world that appears before them. These healings not only include those of bodies that appear ill, but also of minds which think they are frightened, alone, in ...

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Community Miracles Center, Community Miracles Center - The CMC's Programs, Community Miracles Center - What Is A Course In Miracles ?, Community Miracles Center - Statement Of Dedication, Community Miracles Center - Contact Information

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A strange apparition has occasionally frightened climbers on the Brocken: a towering, shadowy figure looms out from the mist, its head sheathed in rainbow rings. This Brocken Spectre appears when the sun shines from behind a climber who is looking down from a ridge or peak into mist. The light projects the climber's shadow forward through the mist, often in an odd triangular shape due to perspective. The spectre appears huge because the mist obscures the reference points by which an observer can judge its size, and because the shadow ...

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The Brocken, The Brocken - 20th Century History, The Brocken - The Brocken Spectre or Brocken Bow, The Brocken - Literary mentions, The Brocken - The Brocken in popular culture

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The Algonquian language family is renowned for its complex polysynthetic morphology and sophisticated verb system. Statements that take many words to say in English can be expressed with a single "word". Ex: (Menominee) enae:ni:hae:w "He is heard by higher powers" or (Plains Cree) kāstāhikoyahk "it frightens us". Languages in this family typically mark at least two distinct third persons, so that speakers can keep track of central characters in narrative. These languages have been famously studied in the structuralist traditi ...

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Algonquian languages, Algonquian languages - Family division, Algonquian languages - Notes, Algonquian languages - Genetic and areal relationships, Algonquian languages - Grammatical features, Algonquian languages - Vocabulary, Algonquian languages - Bibilography

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Shortly after burning Dogville to the ground, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) and her father (Willem Dafoe) stop at a Alabama plantation called Manderlay. Apparently slavery is still in place, even though it should have been abolished 70 years previous. Grace is very concerned with freeing the slaves, while her father, ever the pragmatist, wants to press on and let it remain a local matter. Grace doesn't listen and uses her father's gangsters to free the plantation. Mam, the master of the house Lauren Bacall, dies shortly after, leaving frighten ...

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Manderlay, Manderlay - Staging, Manderlay - Plot Summary, Manderlay - Chapter Summary, Manderlay - Chapter 1: In which we happen upon Manderlay and meet the people there

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The death, initially ruled a suicide, was years later re-ruled an "accidental shooting due to the influence of Quaaludes"; his mother led the effort to have the cause of death reworded. This change was due in large part to the fact that Prinze had a history of playing with guns, faking suicide attempts to frighten his friends to his amusement. He had left a note stating that the decision to take his life was his alone, but because he pulled the trigger in the presence of a witness, something suicides rarely do, it gave enough weight to the argument that he really ...

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Freddie Prinze, Freddie Prinze - Career, Freddie Prinze - Personal life, Freddie Prinze - Untimely death, Freddie Prinze - After his death

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The Nerpa’s main food source is Golomyanka, a type of bull head that lives only in Lake Baikal. Nerpas eat more than half of the annual produced biomass of Golomyanka, some 64,000 tons. (Pastukhov) They feed mainly at night, when the fish come within 100 meters of the surface. They feed with short, 10-20 minute dives, although this is hardly the extent of their abilities. (Harrold, 2002) Nerpas have two liters more blood than any other seal of their size and can stay underwater for up to 70 minutes if they are frightened or need to escape ...

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Nerpa, Nerpa - Statistics, Nerpa - Description, Nerpa - Distribution, Nerpa - Abundance and Trends, Nerpa - Reproduction, Nerpa - Foraging, Nerpa - Bibliography

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Legend tells of a poor widow who had two pretty daughters, Minah and Linah, who were very close to each other. After their mother died, the sisters left the village to live with a distant uncle. One unfortunate day, Linah met a group of pirates while she was fetching water from a well near the sea. Frightened, she ran home while the pirate chief gave chase. At the uncle's home, the pirate brandished a dagger and made known his wish to marry Linah. That night, the two sisters wept bitterly in each other's arms. When dawn broke, the pir ...

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Sisters' Islands, Sisters' Islands - The Legend of the Sisters' Islands, Sisters' Islands - The Sisters' Islands today

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In 1986, Bruce Springsteen released a live cover of the song on his box set Live/1975-85. He had been playing the song, prefacing it with the story of its origin, throughout his Born in the U.S.A. tour. He said that he covered the song because people had been frightened by the Watergate scandal and that he wanted to remind them that America belonged to everyone who lived there. George H. W. Bush used This Land as a campaign song in his runs for the Presidency, an unusual and ironic choice for ...

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This Land is Your Land, This Land is Your Land - Modern usage, This Land is Your Land - Lyrics from 1945 version, This Land is Your Land - Variations, This Land is Your Land - Parodies

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JUNG'S NIGHTMARE

Jung dreamed, at age 4, of a great tower on a throne. It seemed to be made of skin and the top of it was rounded with a singly eye staring upward. He found this quite frightening. In later life, when he broke with Freud he admitted that he felt that mans needs were much greater than sex. He felt that sex was merely one powerful force amongst others. Freud begged Jung never to abandon the sexual basis of neurosis but that it must stand as a bulwark. "Against what?", asked Jung. "Against the occult.", whispered Freud.

Jungs psychological theory can be summed up in this statement: the goal of psychic development is the self - There is no linear evolution. There is only a circumambulation of the self. Everything points to the center.

(See also: JUNG'S NIGHTMARE, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

In 1986, Bruce Springsteen released a live cover of the song on his box set Live/1975-85. He had been playing the song, prefacing it with the story of its origin, throughout his Born in the U.S.A. tour. He said that he covered the song because people had been frightened by the Watergate scandal and that he wanted to remind them that America belonged to everyone who lived there. George H. W. Bush used This Land as a campaign song in his runs for the Presidency, perhaps an unusual choi ...

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This Land is Your Land, This Land is Your Land - Modern usage, This Land is Your Land - Lyrics from 1945 version, This Land is Your Land - Variations, This Land is Your Land - Parodies

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His big film break came in his role in 1995's Mr. Holland's Opus. He has continued landing television and movie roles and co-starred as "Greg Sparks" in the late-1990s television series Sparks with James Avery and Miguel A. Nunez Jr. Howard also appeared in Ashanti's music video for her 2002 single "Foolish". Also in 2005, he also appeared on Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You". Howard has a longstanding reputation in the Black community as a solid acting talent who often portrays provocative, even frightening characters, s ...

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Terrence Howard, Terrence Howard - Early life, Terrence Howard - Film career, Terrence Howard - Private life, Terrence Howard - Quotes, Terrence Howard - Selected filmography, Terrence Howard - Awards/nominations

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