Apsû is depicted as a deity only in the Babylonian creation epic, the Enûma Elish. In this story, he was a primal monster made of fresh water and a lover to another primal deity, Tiamat, who was a creature of salt water. After Ea killed Apsû, he began to dwell inside of the dead god. This is considered as the origin of the apsû where Ea lives in myths set during later time periods. Marduk, though called "firstborn son of the apsû," is actually Ea's son, not Apsû's; the title is m ...

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1990s to present: 2005 - Rachel McAdams (The Notebook), Naomi Watts (King Kong) 2004 - Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls) 2003 - Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation), Paris Hilton (The Simple Life) 2002 - Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary), Keira Knightley (Bend It Like Beckham) 2001 - Kirsten Dunst (Bring It On) 2000 - Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Lucy Liu (Shanghai Noon) 1999 - Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted ...

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Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Animation. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is the highest-grossing animated film of all time when adjusted for inflation. Snow White also appeared at #49 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American movies (compiled in 1998), higher than any other animated film. Fantasia (1940) is the only animated film besides Snow White to appear on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest Am ...

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List of Dublin people - Writers composers and philosophers. Samuel Beckett - playwright, novelist, poet. Brendan Behan - poet, short story writer novelist, playwright. George Berkeley - empiricist philosopher. Christy Brown - disabled writer. Austin Clarke - poet, novelist, dramatist, etc. John Field (composer) - pianist, composer, wrote the first nocturnes. Oliver Goldsmith - writer. James Joyce - author, poet. Sean O'Casey - playwrigh ...

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While B-movies are not generally accepted as fine cinema in the first place, some of the films from this genre have seemingly transcended their already expected mediocrity into the realm of "just a really bad movie". Some of these are the result of filmmakers who cannot perceive their own incompetence, or whose creative vision outstrips their technical or financial resources. Popular examples are the movies of Ed Wood and Coleman Francis, and any of the myriad of obscure films featured on th ...

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It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity of pre-modern individuals. In many societies, those whom Western society might consider homosexual or bisexual are or were considered transgendered. Therefore, see also List of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual people. Many of these persons cross-dressed during wartime for various purposes. Such people are covered under the article Crossdressing During Wartime. Elagabalus, Roman Emperor Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat (1728-1810) who claimed that he ...

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In the Vedas, numerous hymns are dedicated to Surya, the Sun personified, and Savitar, "the impeller", a solar deity either identified with or associated with Surya. Even the Gayathri mantra, which is regarded as one of the most sacred of the Hindu hymns is dedicated to the sun god. The Adityas are a group of solar deities, from the Brahmana period numbering twelve. The Mahabharata describes its warrior hero Karna as being the son of Kunti and the Sun God. The Ramayana has its protagonist Ram as being from the Raghu Vam ...

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Precautionary Note: These ethnic names were culled from a variety of ancient and mediaeval sources dating from the middle of the 1st millennium BC to the early 2nd millennium AD. They do not necessarily represent contemporaneous, distinct or Germanic-speaking populations. The peoples referenced do not necessarily have common ancestral populations. Some identities closely fit the concept of a tribe. Others are confederations or even unions of tribes. Some may not have spoken Germanic at all, but were bundled by the sources with ...

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List of Cork people - Historical and/or political figures. Peter Barry - Tánaiste Michael Collins - revolutionary leader, and Chairman of Provisional Government Simon Coveney - Teachta Dála and MEP Hugh Coveney - government minister Eileen Desmond - government minister, Senator, MEP Gerald Goldberg - first Jewish lord mayorSee also:

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The "missing sun" motif is a theme in the myths of various cultures. It may have served to explain any of several natural phenomena, including the disappearance of the sun at night (the Egyptian version of the motif described below is an example), the shorter days during the winter (for example, the Japanese one mentioned below), or even solar eclipses. Most myths following the motif involve the disappearance of a solar deity, through imprisonment, exile or death. Some other tales are similar, such as the Sumerian story of Inanna's descent into the underworld. These may have parallel themes but do not fit in th ...

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Contemporary Hinduism traditionally has four major divisions, Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and Smarthism. According to Adherents.com there are 580,000,000 Vaishnavas, 220,000,000 Shaivites and 22,000,000 neo-Hindus and reform Hindus. Hinduism is a very rich and complex religion. Each of its four denominations shares rituals, beliefs, traditions and personal Gods with one another, but each sect has a different philosophy on how to achieve life's ultimate goal (moksa, liberation) and on their views of the Gods. E ...

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The Gods of neutrality often take a passive, hands-off role in Dragonlance. Gilean in particular takes this approach, he rarely acts before considering all possible consequences. He is loath to do anything that might change history, preferring instead to observe. Reorx is the exception to this rule, frequently causing mischief and mayhem. Other than Gilean and Reorx, and Lunitari's role to the wizards of High Sorcery, the other neutral Gods are not very prominent in the Dragonlance world. ...

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Unlike many other cultures, the Chinese do not personify nor worship the sun or the moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence of Taoism and I Ching in Chinese culture because the moon represents Yin and the Sun represents Yang which are the basis of everything in nature. (See Yin and yang.) In Chinese mythology (cosmology), there were nine suns in the sky in the beginning. The world was so hot that nothing grew. A hero called Hou Yi shot down eight of them with bow and arrows. The world became better ever since. In an ...

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List of Faroese people - Authors and poets. Jógvan Arge (also a radio director, football reporter and politician) Heðin Brú Regin Dahl Marianna Debes Dahl Hans Andrias Djurhuus Janus Djurhuus Sigri Mitra Gaïni (also an actress) William Heinesen (also a painter, graphical artist and musician) Gunnar Hoydal Karsten Hoydal Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen Martin Joensen Poul F. Joensen Hanus KambanSee also:

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Main list of visual artists: List of Irish artists List of Irish people - Architecture. Eileen Gray James Hoban, designer of White House Kevin Roche Sam Stephenson Edward Lovett Pearce List of Irish people - Actors. Patrick Bergin Pierce Brosnan, Navan-born James Bond Gabriel Byrne Cyril Cusack, born in South Africa Niamh Cusack Sorcha Cusack Daniel Day-Lew ...

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"Considered the worst ever" must be taken with a grain of salt. In all fairness, some of the movies listed here may be mediocre rather than utterly wretched (cf. hyperbole). There are also productions in existence which did not receive major distribution (if any), were therefore not expected to be successful, and in turn have been excluded from this list. An interesting psychological question is why filmgoers often delight in mocking bad movies (cf. Schadenfreude). After all, we do not laugh at poor paintings (tho ...

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The "missing sun" motif is a theme in the myths of various cultures. It may have served to explain any of several natural phenomena, including the disappearance of the sun at night (the Egyptian version of the motif described below is an example), the shorter days during the winter (for example, the Japanese one mentioned below), or even solar eclipses. Most myths following the motif involve the disappearance of a solar deity, through imprisonment, exile or death. Some other tales are similar, such as the Sumerian story of Inanna's descent into the underworld. These may have parallel themes but do not fit in th ...

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Unlike many other cultures, the Chinese do not personify nor worship the sun or the moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence of Taoism and I Ching in Chinese culture because the moon represents Yin and the Sun represents Yang which are the basis of everything in nature. (See Yin and yang.) In Chinese mythology (cosmology), there were nine suns in the sky in the beginning. The world was so hot that nothing grew. A hero called Hou Yi shot down eight of them with bow and arrows. The world became better ever since. In an ...

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List of Swiss people - A-F. Firmin Abauzit, (1679-1767), scientist Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835-1910), American man of science Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), work on ice ages, glaciers Jacob Amsler (1823-1912), mathematician and inventor of measuring instruments Werner Arber (born 1929), 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Johann Georg Baiter (1801-1877), philologist Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840-1914) archaeologist Jean-Françoi ...

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Iranian peoples - Past. Persians Medes (ancient people speaking a precursor to the modern Iranian language) Parthians Parni Cimmerians (ethnicity as Iranians specifically unknown) Sigynnae (uncertain, known only by obscure reports) Scythians Sarmatians, including the Rhoxolani, Iazyges, Siraces, and some regard the Alans as a subset of the Sarmatians as well Bactrians Khwarezmians Alans Saka Sogdians Massagetae Kambojas Pallavas, descended fr ...

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List of French people - A-C. Louis Agassiz -- geologist André-Marie Ampère -- scientist François Arago -- physicist, astronomer (and also politician) Antoine Arbogast -- mathematician Jean-Baptiste Biot -- physicist Jean-Charles de Borda -- mathematician, physicist, political scientist Henri Braconnot -- chemist and pharmacist Louis de Broglie -- 1929 Physics Nobel Prize winner. Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot -- physicist ...

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