The Moon as seen from Earth Ammonia Carbon dioxide The Moon is the planet Earth's only natural satellite. It has no formal name other than "The Moon", although in English it is occasionally called Luna (Latin for moon), or Selene, to distinguish it from the generic "moon" (natural satellites of other planets are also called moons). Its symbol is a crescent (Unicode: ☾). The terms lunar, selene/seleno-, and cynthion (from the Lunar deities Selene and Cynthia) refer to the Moon (apo ...

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• Moon - The two sides
• Moon - Orbit
• Moon - Earth & Moon
• Moon - Origin and history
• Moon - Physical characteristics
• Moon - Composition
• Moon - Selenography
• Moon - Presence of water
• Moon - Magnetic field
• Moon - Atmosphere
• Moon - Eclipses
• Moon - Occultation of stars
• Moon - Observation of the Moon
• Moon - Exploration of the Moon
• Moon - Human understanding of the Moon
• Moon - Myth and folk culture
• Moon - The Moon as muse
• Moon - Astrology
• Moon - Scientific understanding
• Moon - Meteor impact on the Moon
• Moon - Legal status
• Moon - Satellites
• Moon - Surface installations
• Moon - Lunar location listings

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Moon, Moon - The two sides of the Moon, Moon - Orbit, Moon - Earth & Moon, Moon - Tidal Effects, Moon - Double-planet hypotheses, Moon - Origin and history, Moon - Physical characteristics, Moon - Composition, Moon - Selenography, Moon - Presence of water, Moon - Magnetic field, Moon - Atmosphere, Moon - Eclipses, Moon - Occultation of stars, Moon - Observation of the Moon, Moon - Exploration of the Moon, Moon - Human understanding of the Moon, Moon - Myth and folk culture, Moon - The Moon as muse, Moon - Astrology, Moon - Scientific understanding, Moon - Meteor impact on the Moon, Moon - Legal status, Moon - Satellites, Moon - Surface installations, Moon - Lunar location listings

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Moon - Myth and folk culture. Moon - The Moon as muse. The Moon has been the subject of many works of art and literature and the inspiration for countless others. Moon - Astrology. Moon - Scientific understanding. A 5,000 year old rock carving at Knowth, Ireland may represent the ...

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Moon, Moon - The two sides, Moon - Orbit, Moon - Earth & Moon, Moon - Origin and history, Moon - Physical characteristics, Moon - Composition, Moon - Selenography, Moon - Presence of water, Moon - Magnetic field, Moon - Atmosphere, Moon - Eclipses, Moon - Occultation of stars, Moon - Observation of the Moon, Moon - Exploration of the Moon, Moon - Human understanding of the Moon, Moon - Myth and folk culture, Moon - The Moon as muse, Moon - Astrology, Moon - Scientific understanding, Moon - Meteor impact on the Moon, Moon - Legal status, Moon - Satellites, Moon - Surface installations, Moon - Lunar location listings

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Creation Myths and The Story of Life

Three hundred years ago in the cold, rocky, wind swept recesses of the North Atlantic, our ancestors' way of life was in its twilight.

A steady insurgence from powerful tribes had driven our tiny clan to the verge of extinction. Our largely unconscious adoption of attractive filaments from these cultures had left us struggling for what remained of our identity. But was that such a tragedy? Would the world really be worse off if the Celts were lost into oblivion? Wouldn't it be better if we were all the same?

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Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet affected by mass communication and the commercialization of culture. It normally was shared by the entire community (and its performance not strictly limited to a special class of expert performers), and was transmitted by word of mouth. During the 20th and 21st century, the term folk music took on a second meaning: it describes a particular kind of popular music which is culturally desc ...

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• Folk music - Defining folk song
• Folk music - Subjects of folk music
• Folk music - Variation in folk music
• Folk music - The decline of folk traditions in modern societies
• Folk music - Stage I: Urban influence
• Folk music - Stage II: Replacement of folk music by popular music
• Folk music - Stage III: Loss of musical ability in the community
• Folk music - Regional variation
• Folk music - Fieldwork and scholarship on folk music
• Folk music - Folk revivals
• Folk music - The emergence of popular folk artists
• Folk music - The blending of folk and popular genres
• Folk music - Pastiche and parody
• Folk music - Media

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Folk religion consists of beliefs, superstitions and cultural practices transmitted from generation to generation. It could be contrasted with the "organized religion" or "historical religion" in which founders, creed, theology and ecclesiastical organizations are present. The term is also applied to the blending of folk practices with those of major religions, so that folk practices amongst people in Christian countries are called Folk Christianity, in Islamic countries "Folk Islam", and so on. The term is also used, es ...

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• Folk religion - Examples

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The term Blue Moon has at least three different meanings, which are described below. One is a common phrase for a rare event, that really has little to do with the moon itself. Another is a description of the apparent color of the moon, which is frequently yellowish and rarely bluish. Full moons are given names in folklore, and two definitions of blue moon are a name for a rare full moon that does not have a folk name. One modern blue moon definition is for a second, extra full moon that occurs in a calendar month. The o ...

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• Blue moon - Earliest use in English
• Blue moon - Visibly blue moons
• Blue moon - Farmer's Almanac Blue Moons
• Blue moon - Calendar blue moons
• Blue moon - Time Zone Problems
• Blue moon - Calendar vs. Farmers' Almanac: 2004 – 2010

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Chinese folk religion comprises the religion practiced in much of China for thousands of years which included ancestor worship and drew heavily upon concepts and beings within Chinese mythology. It is a constituent part of Chinese traditional religion. Folk religions have been practiced alongside Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism by Chinese people throughout the world for thousands of years. Worship, legends, festivals and various devotions associated with different folk gods and goddesses form an important part of Chinese cul ...

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Catalan myths and legends are the traditional myths and legends of the Catalan-speaking world, especially Catalonia itself, passed down for generations as part of that region's popular culture. Among the figures of Catalan mythology are: Aloja Catalan mythology about witches Dip Dona d'aigua Donyet Dragons Drac (generally male) Víbria (specifically female) Encantaria Follet Gambutzí Goja Home de ...

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The Jesus-Myth is a sceptical position on the historicity of Jesus, claiming that Jesus did not exist as a historical character, but functioned instead as an abstract, symbolic, and metaphorical allusion to a higher knowledge. The theory has not found widespread acceptance among mainstream scholars and historians. Jesus-Myth - Background. The first scholarly proponent of the Jesus Myth idea was probably nineteenth century historian Bruno Bauer, who argued that the true founder of Christianity was the Alexan ...

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• Jesus-Myth - Background
• Jesus-Myth - Arguments in support of the Jesus myth
• Jesus-Myth - Arguments against the Jesus myth

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•Sailor Moon Musicals (Seramyu): 25 musicals based on the Sailor Moon franchise were released between 1993 and 2005. •Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, •Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Super •Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Super S Sailor 9 Senshi Shuuketsu! Black-Dream-Hole no Kiseki •Ami-chan no Hatsukoi (Theatrical short) •Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - a 49 Episode live action series directed by Ryuta Tazaki ran from October 4, 2003 to September 25, 2004. There were also two direct-to-video releases: a seque ...

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• Sailor Moon - Story
• Sailor Moon - Manga
• Sailor Moon - Anime adaptations
• Sailor Moon - Musical stage show adaptations
• Sailor Moon - Televised live action drama Adaption
• Sailor Moon - Video Games
• Sailor Moon - English adaptations
• Sailor Moon - English-dubbed anime
• Sailor Moon - English-language manga
• Sailor Moon - English-language reference
• Sailor Moon - Characters
• Sailor Moon - Major protagonists
• Sailor Moon - Notes on antagonists
• Sailor Moon - Trivia

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The Cherokee Moons Ceremonies were the ancient seasonal round of ceremonies practiced during ancient times by the Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya or Cherokee People in the ancient culture. Although a modern calendar year is comprised of 12 months, there are actually 13 cycles or phases of the moon each year. The seasonal round of ceremonies was based on 13 moons, and was considered a necessary spiritual element for growth and fostered social interaction among ...

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• Cherokee Moons Ceremonies - Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni Seasonal Moon Ceremonies
• Cherokee Moons Ceremonies - Modern Cherokee Moons Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya Sv-no-yi-hi
• Cherokee Moons Ceremonies - Customary and Traditional Events Associated With The Moons

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Initially dismissed as benign lowbrow entertainment targeting consumers' basic instincts, turbo folk began to acquire a deeper social dimension during mid-to-late 1990s. Two events that triggered this in large part were the relationship of Ceca & Arkan and the launch of Pink TV. The former was viewed as more than just a matrimonial union between two individuals, one of whom happens to be a popular singer and other a paramilitary commander with checkered past. In addition to being a supreme media event covered live on Pink TV, in the eyes of some, their ...

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Turbo-folk, Turbo-folk - Origins, Turbo-folk - Influences, Turbo-folk - Social and pop-culture aspects of Turbo-folk, Turbo-folk - Left wing criticism, Turbo-folk - Right wing criticism, Turbo-folk - General non-ideological criticism, Turbo-folk - Turbo-folk today, Turbo-folk - Regional variations, Turbo-folk - Greece

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The American version of Queer as Folk quickly became the number one show on the Showtime roster. The network's initial marketing of the show was primarily targeted at gay male audiences, yet a sizeable segment of the viewership turned out to be straight women. Groundbreaking scenes abounded in Queer as Folk, beginning with the first episode, containing the first simulated explicit sex scene between two men shown on American television (including mutual masturbation, anal sex, and rimming), albeit more tame than the scene ...

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Queer as Folk U.S., Queer as Folk U.S. - General description, Queer as Folk U.S. - Awards, Queer as Folk U.S. - Character descriptions plot details, Queer as Folk U.S. - Cultural implications, Queer as Folk U.S. - Criticisms of Queer as Folk, Queer as Folk U.S. - Cast, Queer as Folk U.S. - Season filmography, Queer as Folk U.S. - Season 1 2000-2001, Queer as Folk U.S. - Season 2 2002, Queer as Folk U.S. - Season 3 2003, Queer as Folk U.S. - Season 4 2004, Queer as Folk U.S. - Season 5 2005

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Folk art is kept alive in organizations all over the country. In Switzerland it is mostly expressed in music, dance, poetry, wood carving and embroidery. There are also a great number of regional and local rites demarcating times of the year. Yodelling, despite being stereotypical for Switzerland, is not widely spread and limited to some mountain areas. The same is true for the accordion which is sometimes called Schwiizerörgeli rather than Handorgel in Germ ...

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Culture of Switzerland, Culture of Switzerland - Media, Culture of Switzerland - Folk Arts, Culture of Switzerland - Architecture, Culture of Switzerland - Visual arts, Culture of Switzerland - Literature, Culture of Switzerland - Music, Culture of Switzerland - Science, Culture of Switzerland - Leisure

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myth: Traditional story, usually ancient and of no known author, involving Gods, devas and heroes, and serving to illustrate great principles of life, customs, the origin of the universe, etc.

See: folk narratives, katha.

(See also: Myth, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Conventionally, the film stands firmly within the genre of official goes native stories such as Local Hero. A stuffy bureaucrat is sent to resolve a perceived problem in a community but becomes socialised into a more permissive way of life. When the official's superiors come to audit him, conflicts in values are exposed with results comic or tragic. Perhaps Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is the prototype of such tales. However, in the occupation of Japan, the US were aiming to nurture democracy, respect for hum ...

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The Teahouse of the August Moon, The Teahouse of the August Moon - Production, The Teahouse of the August Moon - Cultural impact, The Teahouse of the August Moon - Plot summary, The Teahouse of the August Moon - Quotes

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The book is the origin of the acronym TANSTAAFL ("There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"), and helped popularize the constructed language Loglan, which is mentioned in the story as being used for precise human-computer interaction. The setting of the novel was re-used much later by Heinlein for his late-period novel, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. The minor character of Hazel Stone was from the earlier book, The Rolling Stones aka Space Family Stone ...

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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Cultural influence, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Other cultural references

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National myth - Albania. Skanderbeg remains the cornerstone of Albanian national identity. His figure is clothed with such mystical powers that all national movements since the birth of Albanian nationalism have evoked Skanderbeg's deeds against the Ottomans in the fifteenth century. Legends abound of Skanderbeg prowess; his fiery steed who could jump from one mountaintop to the next, his powerful arm that could cut his enemy in half with a single blow, his exceptional cunning in luring the enemy and achieving the impossible, and especially his ability to have never been wounded in bat ...

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National myth, National myth - Examples of national myths, National myth - Albania, National myth - Australia, National myth - Canada, National myth - China, National myth - England, National myth - Ethiopia, National myth - Finland, National myth - France, National myth - Germany, National myth - Iran, National myth - Japan, National myth - Korea, National myth - Mexico, National myth - Portugal, National myth - Serbia, National myth - Switzerland, National myth - United States

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The term turbo folk itself was coined by Rambo Amadeus, who used it jokingly during late 1980s in order to describe his own strange smorgasboard sound combining various styles and influences. At the time, the term was nothing more than a humorous soundbite thought up by a clever musician with a knack for comedy. Obviously, the phrase was somewhat funny since it combined 2 clashing concepts - "turbo", invoking an image of modern, industrial progress and "folk", a symbol of tradition and rural conservatism, suspicious of any inovation. All in all, it was good for a ...

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Turbo-folk, Turbo-folk - Origins, Turbo-folk - Influences, Turbo-folk - Social and pop-culture aspects of Turbo-folk, Turbo-folk - Left wing criticism, Turbo-folk - Right wing criticism, Turbo-folk - General non-ideological criticism, Turbo-folk - Turbo-folk today, Turbo-folk - Regional variations, Turbo-folk - Greece

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