Maia is also the name of a Greek goddess, who was also called the "Grandmother of Magic". She was seduced by Zeus, and gave birth to Mercury (the Greek Hermes). The planet Mercury was named for him, and happens to be called Budh in Sanskrit, meaning enlightenment, and radical for the name Buddha, "the enlightened one". ...

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Queen Maya, Queen Maya - The birth of the Buddha-to-be, Queen Maya - Religious parallels, Queen Maya - Greco-Roman mythological parallels

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(See The Witches (film)) The 1990 film softens and simplifies the tale somewhat, names the child Luke and adds an epilogue in which he is restored to human form. It stars Anjelica Huston as the Grand High Witch, Mai Zetterling as Helga, the Grandmother, Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Stringer, the hotel manager, Charlie Potter as Bruno Jenkins, and child actor Jasen Fisher as Luke. ...

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The Witches, The Witches - Plot, The Witches - Film version, The Witches - Editions

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Katherine Anne Porter was born Callie Russell Porter in Indian Creek, Texas to Harrison Boone Porter and Mary Alice Jones Porter. She was the great-granddaughter of legendary American frontiersman Daniel Boone. After her mother's death in 1892, Porter's father took his four surviving children to live with his mother, Catherine Ann Porter, in Kyle, Texas. The family lived there until her grandmother died in 1901. The depth of her grandmother's influence on her can be inferre ...

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Katherine Anne Porter, Katherine Anne Porter - Biography, Katherine Anne Porter - Quotes, Katherine Anne Porter - Awards and honors, Katherine Anne Porter - Works, Katherine Anne Porter - Short Stories and Collections, Katherine Anne Porter - Long Stories/Short Novels, Katherine Anne Porter - Novel, Katherine Anne Porter - Essays

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Katherine Anne Porter was born Callie Russell Porter in Indian Creek, TX to Harrison Boone Porter and Mary Alice Jones Porter. She was the great-granddaughter of legendary American frontiersman Daniel Boone. After her mother's death in 1892, Porter's father took his four surviving children to live with his mother, Catherine Ann Porter, in Kyle, Texas. The family lived there until her grandmother died in 1901. The depth of her grandmother's influence on her can be inferre ...

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Katherine Anne Porter, Katherine Anne Porter - Biography, Katherine Anne Porter - Quotes, Katherine Anne Porter - Awards and honors, Katherine Anne Porter - Works, Katherine Anne Porter - Short Stories and Collections, Katherine Anne Porter - Long Stories/Short Novels, Katherine Anne Porter - Novel, Katherine Anne Porter - Essays

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Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Birth. Princess Mary was born on April 25, 1897 at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England. Her father was Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V), the second eldest son of Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). Her mother was The Duchess of York (later Queen Mary), the eldest daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Teck. Mary was named after her paternal great-grandmother, her paternal grandmother, the ...

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Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Early life, Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Birth, Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Education, Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Royal duties, Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Marriage, Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Honorary Appointments, Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Princess Royal, Princess Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Titles from birth to death

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The entire movie is told, presumably from the present, as a flashback to events that happened in 1997. It is also, as flashed on the screen at the beginning of the movie, "Based on a true rumor". In the backstory to this move, Sarah's grandmother, Katharine Richelieu (played by Shirley MacLaine), had an affair with Beau Burroughs (played by Kevin Costner), paralleling the affair in The Graduate between Benjamin Braddock and Mrs. Robinson (whose first name, incidentally ...

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Rumor Has It, Rumor Has It - Plot, Rumor Has It - Source

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Shwebomin was born at Magwe near Bagan (the former capital of first Burmese empire). He claims distant descent from the Bagan line of emperors of the first Burmese empire through Sinbyushin, Lord of the White Elephant, Konebaung dynasty. Shwebomin has cited Lord of the White Elephant as his maternal grandmother's great-great-grandfather but has not provided documented evidence. There is no record of a previous prince of Schwebo in Burmese royalty and historically the Burmese throne did not pass through lineage but to whomever was the most pol ...

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Shwebomin, Shwebomin - Biography, Shwebomin - Life in Exile, Shwebomin - Quotes, Shwebomin - Controversy

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In The Kingdom, the mini-series that serves as a sequel to Kingdom Come, her name is revealed to be Mar'i, perhaps a Tamaranian equivalent to Mary, which is her paternal grandmother's name (Mary Loyd Grayson). In both series, she is shown to be involved with Ibn al Xu'ffasch, the son of Batman/Bruce Wayne and Talia, daughter of Ra's al Ghul, though in The Kingdom the nature of the relationship is explored more extensively. While she has few lines in Kingdom Come, in The Kingdom she is shown to be a l ...

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Nightstar, Nightstar - Powers, Nightstar - The Kingdom, Nightstar - Friends/Allies

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Jung Chang - Wild Swans. Main article Wild Swans The international bestseller was a biography of three generations of Chinese women in 20th century China — her grandmother, mother, and herself. Chang paints a vivid portrait of the political and military turmoil of China in this period, from the marriage of her grandmother to a warlord, to her mother's experience of Japanese-occupied Jinzhou during the Sino-Japanese War, and her own experience of the effect ...

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Jung Chang, Jung Chang - Life in China, Jung Chang - Early life, Jung Chang - The Cultural Revolution, Jung Chang - Studying English, Jung Chang - Life in Britain, Jung Chang - Academic background, Jung Chang - New experiences, Jung Chang - Celebrity, Jung Chang - Publications, Jung Chang - Wild Swans, Jung Chang - Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang - List of works, Jung Chang - Notes

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Famous people associated with the city include Yi Sun-sin, whose headquarters were located there, and Yun I-sang, a noted 20th-century composer. Chungmu Halmae, or “Chungmu Grandmother,” is a mythical old woman from Chungmu who gave her name to Chungmu Halmae Kimbap, a common Korean snack food.[citation needed] Chungmu Halmae, though mythical, is one of the most recognized people from the area. The decision to group together a number of entities and incorporate them in to the city of “Tongyong” erased the name Chungmu from the Korean map and removed the home of t ...

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Tongyeong, Tongyeong - Famous people

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Edda (Iceland.). Lit., "great-grandmother"of the Scandinavian Lays. It was Bishop Brynj?ld Sveinsson, who collected them and brought them to light in 1643.

There are two collections of Sagas, translated by the Northern Skalds, and there are two Eddas. The earliest is of unknown authorship and date and its antiquity is very great. These Sagas were collected in the XIth century by an Icelandic priest; the second is a collection of the history (or myths) of the gods spoken of in the first, which became the Germanic deities, giants, dwarfs and heroes.

(See also: Edda, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )

Towel-Headed Man - Ringu Movie Tie-In. In the Ringu movie tie-in manga (released in the U.S. as "the Ring" volume 1), the Towel-Headed Man appears again in the videotape, but does not repeat his famous "Shoumon bakkari shiteru to, boukon ga kuru zo" line; this phrase is given to Sadako's grandmother, the originator of the line, who appears immediately after the Towel-Headed Man. He again appears at the end of the story, as Ryuuji, to point out the Cursed Videotape to Reiko, as he did in the movie.

Towel-Headed Man, Towel-Headed Man - The Films, Towel-Headed Man - The Cursed Videotape, Towel-Headed Man - The Towel-Headed Man's First Clue, Towel-Headed Man - Ryuuji Takayama as the Towel-Headed Man, Towel-Headed Man - The Towel-Headed Man's Apparition, Towel-Headed Man - The Towel-Headed Man Alludes to Sadako's Origin, Towel-Headed Man - The Manga, Towel-Headed Man - Ringu Movie Tie-In, Towel-Headed Man - Ringu 2, Towel-Headed Man - Ringu 0: Birthday, Towel-Headed Man - Towel-Headed Man's Origins: Who Is He or Who Are They?, Towel-Headed Man - External References

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Angle of Repose - Lyman Ward. Lyman Ward is the narrator of the book, a divorced amputee with a debilitating disease that is slowly "petrifying" him. A retired history professor, in the early 1970s he is dictating the book, the biography of his grandmother Susan Burling Ward, to tape. Fiercely independent, he lives alone in the house Susan Ward died in and he spent time as a child. As he dictates, he is fighting off intrusions into his life by his son and other well-meaning people that are concerned by his being alone when he is wheelchair-bound. See also:

Angle of Repose, Angle of Repose - Major Characters, Angle of Repose - Lyman Ward, Angle of Repose - Susan Burling Ward, Angle of Repose - Oliver Ward, Angle of Repose - Plot

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His parents were Tom and Ethel Stamp who had five children, Terence being the eldest (brother, Christopher Stamp, is a rock n roll impresario, credited with bringing the Who to prominence during the 1960s). Because his father was away for long periods with his job in the Merchant Navy, young Terence was mostly raised by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. He grew up wanting to be the film actor Gary Cooper after his mo ...

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Terence Stamp, Terence Stamp - Early Life, Terence Stamp - Biography, Terence Stamp - Selected filmography

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Terence is the eldest of five children by parents Tom and Ethel Stamp. His brother, Christopher Stamp, is a rock 'n roll impresario credited with bringing The Who to prominence during the 1960s. Because his father was away for long periods with his job in the Merchant Navy, young Terence was mostly raised by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. He grew up wanting to be the film actor Gary Cooper after his mo ...

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Terence Stamp, Terence Stamp - Early Life, Terence Stamp - Biography, Terence Stamp - Selected filmography

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Hilary Duff - Early life and career. Hilary Duff was born in Houston, Texas as the second child of Robert Erhard Duff, owner of a chain of convenience stores, and his wife Susan Colleen Cobb, a homemaker. Duff's middle name of "Erhard" was the maiden name of her part German American paternal grandmother, Mary Erhard; Duff also has German ancestry on the part of her maternal grandmother, Amy Beulah Schlemmer. After Duff's mother encouraged her to take an acting class alongside her older sister, Haylie Duff, both g ...

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Hilary Duff, Hilary Duff - Biography, Hilary Duff - Early life and career, Hilary Duff - Television and film, Hilary Duff - Music career, Hilary Duff - Personal life and trivia, Hilary Duff - Filmography, Hilary Duff - Films, Hilary Duff - Music DVDs, Hilary Duff - Television work, Hilary Duff - Guest appearances, Hilary Duff - Discography, Hilary Duff - Notes, Hilary Duff - Media

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Hilary Duff - Early life and career. Hilary Duff was born in Houston, Texas as the second child of Robert Erhard Duff, owner of a chain of convenience stores, and his wife Susan Colleen Cobb, a homemaker. Duff's middle name of "Erhard" was the maiden name of her part German American paternal grandmother, Mary Erhard; Duff also has German ancestry on the part of her maternal grandmother, Amy Beulah Schlemmer. After Duff's mother encouraged her to take an acting class alongside her older sister, Haylie Duff, both g ...

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Hilary Duff, Hilary Duff - Biography, Hilary Duff - Early life and career, Hilary Duff - Television and film, Hilary Duff - Music career, Hilary Duff - Personal life and trivia, Hilary Duff - Filmography, Hilary Duff - Films, Hilary Duff - Music DVDs, Hilary Duff - Television work, Hilary Duff - Guest appearances, Hilary Duff - Discography, Hilary Duff - Singles, Hilary Duff - Notes

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Bob Wolverton, a serial killer ("the I-5 killer") and rapist, picks up Vanessa Lutz, an illiterate teenage runaway after her car breaks down and promises to take her to her grandmother's house. After manipulating Vanessa into confessing to him the details of her painfully dysfunctional life, including a prostitute mother and a sexually abusive stepfather, Bob reveals his true colors and tries to kill her. The tables are turned, however, as Vanessa eventually shoots him several times and escapes. Vanessa is quickly arrested and questioned by ...

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Freeway film, Freeway film - Plot summary, Freeway film - Cast, Freeway film - Trivia

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After watching Cirque De Chaville, and liking the performance of quintuplets from the show in particular, the boys hope to make a new performance artist style circus. The boys, however, think Kenny needs to learn how to sing first. Meanwhile, the Romanian contorting quintuplets from the show, along with their grandmother, try to escape from the Romanian government hoping to bring them back. The five end up at the Marsh house, asking for shelter. Meanwhile, Kenny learns to sing through tapes. At the Marsh house, Grandpa Marsh and the quints' gra ...

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Quintuplets 2000, Quintuplets 2000 - Synopsis, Quintuplets 2000 - Trivia

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Happy is a wannabe ice hockey player who masters a powerful slapshot with the help of his father. His slapshot isn't enough, though, as his aggression and poor skating ability on the ice gets him cut from every team he tries out for. His grandmother, whom he's lived with almost all his life, has not paid taxes on her home for several years and it is about to be reposessed. Happy searches for a way to help, but has few options. On a bet with the movers, who are chipping golf balls with Happy's grandfather's clubs, Happy takes a swing (so to s ...

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Happy Gilmore, Happy Gilmore - Main cast, Happy Gilmore - Description, Happy Gilmore - Notes

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Keats was born on October 31, 1795 in the Swan and Hoop Inn at Moorgate, London, where his father was an ostler. The pub is now called "The John Keats at Moorgate", only a few yards from Moorgate station. The first seven years of Keats's life were happy. The beginnings of his troubles occurred in 1804, when his father died from a fractured skull after falling from his horse. His mother remarried soon afterwards, but as quickly left the new husband and moved herself and her children to live with Keats' grandmother. There, Keats attended a sch ...

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John Keats, John Keats - Life, John Keats - Career and Criticism, John Keats - Bibliography

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Billy Sheehan's first instrument was an acoustic guitar that he borrowed incessantly from his sister. Legend has it that Sheehan wanted an electric guitar, but his grandmother said: "Over my dead body!" Sadly, she died soon after, and some of the life insurance money was used to buy him an electric guitar. However, Sheehan says that when he saw Tim Bogert of the band Vanilla Fudge using a Fender Precision bass with a maple fing ...

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Billy Sheehan, Billy Sheehan - Early Years, Billy Sheehan - Post-Talas

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