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Snowflake Obsidian: Snowflake obsidian is a striking black, lustrous opaque stone with grayish/white bold markings, much like the beautiful patterns of snowflakes on a black background. It is a form of volcanic, amorphous, siliceous glassy rock. This form of obsidian is found in Utah.
 
Snowflake obsidian is said to sharpen both the external and the internal vision. It is one of the most important “teachers” of the New Age stones. It is the warrior of truth, and shows the self where the ego is at, and what it must change in order to advance to the next step of evolutionary growth.

 
(See also: Snowflake Obsidian, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca )

Rosalind, a young woman in hiding, takes on the disguise of a man and the name of Ganymede in Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It. Ganymede is a reluctant music fan in Kurtis Blow's 1980 song Way Out West. After hours of rap by "The Stranger" (Kurtis), he eventually gets up to dance. Ganymede from the real Greek mythology makes an appearance in K.A. Applegate's fantasy series Everworld (more precisely in Everworld VI: Fear the Fantastic), together with the god Dionysus. Ganymede is described as attracting both males and ...

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• Kathakali - Kathakali plays
• Kathakali - Music
• Kathakali - Performance
• Kathakali - Acting
• Kathakali - Famous Kathakali actors
• Kathakali - Other forms
• Kathakali - Make-up

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In Greek mythology, Ganymede (Greek: Γανυμήδης, Ganumêdês) was a divine hero whose homeland was the Troad. As a beautiful Trojan prince, son of eponymous Tros himself, Ganymede became Zeus's lover and cupbearer to the gods. For the etymology of his name Robert Graves (The Greek Myths) offers ganuesthai + medea, "rejoicing in virility." Ganymede - Story. Ganymede was kidnapped by Zeus from Mount Ida in Phrygia, the setting for more than one myth-element bearing on the e ... Including:

• Ganymede - Story
• Ganymede - Ganymede in ancient arts
• Ganymede - Renaissance and Baroque Ganymede
• Ganymede - Audio file of the myth
• Ganymede - Moon
• Ganymede - Ancient sources
• Ganymede - Modern sources

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Ajanta takes the name after the village Ajinţhā in Aurangabad district in the state of Maharashtra (N. lat. 20 deg. 32' by E. long. 75 deg. 48'). It is celebrated for its cave art and architecture. As of 1983, the Ajanta Caves have been an UNESCO World Heritage Site specifically nominated for the international World heritage program. Ajanta - Introduction. The caves are in a wooded and rugged horseshoe-shaped ravine about 3 1/2 m. from the village of Ajinthā. It is situated in the Aurangābād district o ... Including:

• Ajanta - Introduction
• Ajanta - Cave 1
• Ajanta - Cave 2
• Ajanta - External link

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Hair is a filamentous outgrowth of the skin found only in mammals. In some species it is absent at certain stages of life. It projects from the epidermis, though it grows from follicles deep in the dermis. So-called "hairs" (trichomes) are also found on plants. The projections on insects and spiders are actually bristles. The hair of non-human species is commonly referred to as fur. There are varieties of cats, dogs, and mice bred to have little or no visible hair. Hair serves a number of different functions. It provides insula ... Including:

• Hair - Human hair
• Hair - Structure
• Hair - Types of hair
• Hair - Hair change with aging
• Hair - Androgenic hair
• Hair - Other information

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Flax, or L. usitatissimum, is grown both for seed and for fibre. The seeds produce linseed oil, which is one of the oldest commercial oils and which has been used for centuries as a drying oil in painting and varnishing. The use of flax seed and flax seed oil (which is high in omega-3 linolenic acid) as a nutritional supplement is increasing. Consuming one to two tablespoons of ground flax seeds (from a coffee or spice grinder) or one teaspoon of fresh flax seed oil daily is a possible alternative to oily fish or fish oil supplements ...

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