Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia - Mythology
The word mythology (from the Greek μυϑολογία mythología, "storytelling" [1]) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Myths By Region
Mythology - Africa. Akamba mythology - Akan mythology - Alur mythology - Ashanti mythology - Bambara mythology - Bambuti mythology - B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - What Is Mythology?
In order to consider mythology, it is first necessary to consider what is meant by the term myth. The ancient Greek Μυθος originally...   » Read the article

Article - Nimbarka Sampradayis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Nimbarka Sampradayis And Ramanuja Sampradayis
Nimbarka Sampradayis And Ramanuja Sampradayis There are Sadhus of the Nimbarka Sampradaya. There are Vaishnavas. The Sannyasins of the ...   » Read the article

Article - Parinami Sect: Hindu Sects And Cults - Parinami Sect
Parinami Sect: Sri Pirannath is the founder of this sect. He was born in 1675 at Jamnagar, district Rajkot, in Kathiawar. He was the Diva...   » Read the article

Article - Dasanama Sannyasins: Hindu Sects And Cults - Dasanama Sannyasins
Dasanama Sannyasins: Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanat-Kumara and Sanat-Sujata were the four mind-born sons of Lord Brahma. They refused to enter ...   » Read the article

Article - Saivas: Hindu Sects And Cults - Saivas
Saivas: In South India, there are Tamil Sannyasins who belong to the Kovilur Mutt, Thiruvavaduthurai and Dharmapuram Adhinams. They do no...   » Read the article

Article - Nagas: Hindu Sects And Cults - Nagas
Nagas: Nagas are Saiva Sannyasins. They are in a naked state. They smear their bodies with ashes. They have beard and matted locks. &nbs...   » Read the article

Article - Udasis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Udasis
Udasis: Guru Nanaks order of ascetics are called Udasis. They correspond to Sannyasins and Vairagis. They are indifferent to the sensual ...   » Read the article

Article - Vairagis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Vairagis
Vairagis: A Vairagi is one who is devoid of passion. Vairagis are Vaishnavas. They worship Lord Rama, Sita and Hanuman. They read the Ram...   » Read the article

Article - Rama Sanehis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Rama Sanehis
Rama Sanehis: The founder of this order was Ramcharan who was born in the year 1718 in a village near Jaipur in Rajasthan. The Rama Saneh...   » Read the article

Article - Kabir Panthis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Kabir Panthis
Kabir Panthis: Kabir Panthis are the followers of saint Kabir. They are numerous in all the provinces of Upper and Central India. There a...   » Read the article

Article - Dadu Panthis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Dadu Panthis
Dadu Panthis: The Dadu Panthis form one of the Vaishnava cults. Dadu, the founder of this sect, was a disciple of one of the Kabir Panthi...   » Read the article

Article - Gorakhnath Panthis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Gorakhnath Panthis
Gorakhnath Panthis: Gorakhnath was a contemporary of Kabir. He is regarded as the incarnation of Lord Siva. He calls himself as the son o...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Sects: Hinduism - A Fellowship Of Faiths And A Federation Of Philosophies - About Hindu Sects And Cults
The term Hinduism is most elastic. It includes a number of sects and cults, allied, but different in many important points. Hinduism has,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salamander: Encyclopedia - Salamander
Cryptobranchoidea Salamandroidea Sirenoidea Salamander is the common name applied to approximately 500 amphibian vertebrates with slender...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hare: Encyclopedia - Hare
Many, see text Hares and jackrabbits belong to family Leporidae, and mostly in genus Lepus. Very young hares are called leverets. They ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nymph: Encyclopedia - Nymph
In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, sometimes bound to a particular location or landfor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia - Bear
Ailuropoda Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus (extinct) A bear is a large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae. The adjective, ursine, is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia - Shark
Hexanchiformes Squaliformes Pristiophoriformes Squatiniformes Heterodontiformes Orectolobiformes Carcharhiniformes Lamniformes Sharks are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star: Encyclopedia - Star
A star is a massive body of plasma in outer space that is currently producing or has produced energy through nuclear fusion. Unlike a pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia - Cat
The cat, also called the domestic cat or house cat, is a small feline carnivorous mammal of the subspecies Felis silvestris catus. Its mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tree: Encyclopedia - Tree
A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generally ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia - Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest within our solar system. Some have described the solar system as consisti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salamander: Encyclopedia Ii - Salamander - Mythology
The mythical salamander resembles the real salamander somewhat in appearance, but makes its home in fires, the hotter the better. (Simila...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Physical Attributes
Common characteristics of bears include a short tail, excellent senses of smell and hearing, five un-retractable claws, and long, dense, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Bears In Popular Culture
Bears, usually anthropomorphized, appear frequently as characters in popular culture; see List of fictional bears. Some bears have been f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Classification
The genera Melursus and Helarctos are included in the genus Ursus. The Asiatic Black Bear and the Polar Bear used to be placed in their o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star: Encyclopedia Ii - Star - Star Classification
There are different classifications of stars according to their spectra ranging from type O, which are very hot, to M, which are so cool ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Bears In Mythology
There is some evidence for prehistoric bear worship, see Arctic, Arcturus, Great Bear, Berserker, Kalevala. Anthropologists such as Josep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Habitats
Bears live in a variety of habitats from the tropics to the Arctic and from forests to snowfields. They are mainly omnivorous, although s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Other
Many bears of northern regions are assumed to hibernate in the winter. In fact, they don't hibernate. Their body temperature sinks a mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Evolutionary Relationships
Bears are members of the order Carnivora, suborder Caniformia, and family Ursidae. Other members of the Caniformia include wolves and oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Physical Attributes
Common characteristics of bears include a short tail, excellent senses of smell and hearing, five un-retractable claws, and long, dense, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Sharks In Mythology
Sharks figure prominently in the Hawaiian mythology. There are stories of shark men who have shark jaws on their back. They could change ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Behavior
Bears mostly live alone, except for mothers and their cubs, or males and females during mating season. Bears form temporary groups only w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat - Scientific Classification
The domestic cat was named Felis catus by Carolus Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae of 1758. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber named the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Shark Attacks
The fear of sharks has been fueled worldwide by a few unusual instances of unprovoked attack, such as the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Etymology
Until the late 16th century sharks were usually referred to in the English language as sea-dogs. The name "Shark" first came into use aro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Classification
Sharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The Elasmobranchii also include...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Shark Fishery
Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people in commercial and recreational fishing. In the past they were fished simply for the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Shark Attacks
The fear of sharks has been fueled worldwide by a few unusual instances of unprovoked attack, such as the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Classification
Sharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The Elasmobranchii also include...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Reproduction
The sex of a shark can be easily determined. The males all have their pelvic fins modified into a pair of claspers. The name is somewhat ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Shark Fishery
Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people in commercial and recreational fishing. In the past they were fished simply for the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Shark - Characteristics
Sharks have keen olfactory senses, with some species able to detect as little as one part per million of blood in seawater. They are even...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat - Reproduction And Genetics
Cats are seasonally polyestrous, which means they may have many heat periods over the course of a year. A heat period lasts about 4 to 7 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat - Domestication
Like some other domesticated animals, cats live in a mutualistic arrangement with humans. Cats, however, have done so for a much shorter ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat - Varieties Of Domestic Cat
The list of cat breeds is quite large. Each breed has distinct features and heritage. The owners and breeders of show cats compete to see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat - History And Mythology
Main article History of cats Cats have been kept with humans since at least the days of Ancient Egypt through various cultures. In Ancien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat - History And Mythology
Main article History of cats Cats have been kept with humans since the days of Ancient Egypt through various cultures. A person who loves...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star: Encyclopedia Ii - Star - Star Formation And Evolution
Star formation occurs in molecular clouds, large regions of high density in the interstellar medium (though still less dense than the ins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star: Encyclopedia Ii - Star - Appearance And Distribution Of Stars
All stars except the Sun appear to the human eye as shining points in the nighttime sky that twinkle because of the effect of the Earth's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star: Encyclopedia Ii - Star - Age And Size Of Stars
Many stars are between 1 billion and 10 billion years old. Some stars may even be close to 13.7 billion years old, which is the observed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star: Encyclopedia Ii - Star - Naming Of Stars
Most stars are identified only by catalogue numbers; only a few have names as such. The names are either traditional names (mostly from A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - Classification
The rivers of India can be classified on the basis of origin and on the type of basin that they form Major Rivers of India - On the basi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Indus River System
Main article : Indus River The Indus orginates in the northern slopes of the Kailash range in Tibet near the Mansarovar lake. It fol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Ganges River System
Main article : Ganga River The Ganga acquires its name after its two headstreams - the Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi join at Devpraya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Bramhaputra River System
Main article : Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra originates in the Mansarovar lake, also the source of the Indus and the Satluj. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Narmada River System
Main article : Narmada River The Narmada or Nerbudda is a river in central India. It forms the traditional boundary between North In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Tapti River System
Main article : Tapti River The Tapti is a river of central India. It is one of the major rivers of peninsular India with the lenth o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Krishna River System
Main article : Krishna River The Krishna is one of the longest rivers of India (about 1300 km in length). It originates at Mahabales...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Kaveri River System
Main article : Kaveri River The Kaveri (also spelled Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Mahanadi River System
Main article : Mahanadi River The Mahanadi is a river of eastern India. The Mahanadi rises in the Satpura Range of central India, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Godavari River System
Main article : Godavari River The second largest river in India, Godavari is often referred to as the Vriddh (Old) Ganga or the Daks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - Rivers In Mythology
Major Rivers of India - Ganga. The Ganga is personified in Hinduism as a goddess: Maa Ganga (Mother Ganga). Hindu legend makes her the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat - Characteristics
Cat - Physical. Cats typically weigh between 2.5 and 7 kg (5.5–16 lb); however, some breeds, such as the Maine Coon can exc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boto: Encyclopedia Ii - Boto - Taxonomy
The first type specimen was described by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1817. Rice's 1998 classification lists a single species, I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star: Encyclopedia Ii - Star - Nuclear Fusion Reaction Pathways
A variety of different nuclear fusion reactions take place inside the cores of stars, depending upon their mass and composition (see Stel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Overview
Jupiter has been known since ancient times and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered the four...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Physical Characteristics
Jupiter - Planetary composition. Jupiter is composed of a relatively small rocky core, surrounded by metallic hydrogen, surrounded by l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Exploration Of Jupiter
A number of probes have visited Jupiter. Jupiter - Pioneer flyby missions. Pioneer 10 flew past Jupiter in December of 1973, followed b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Natural Satellites
Jupiter has at least 63 moons. For a complete listing of these moons, please see Jupiter's natural satellites. For a timeline of their di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tree: Encyclopedia Ii - Tree - Life Stages
The life cycles of trees, especially conifers, are divided into the following stages in forestry for survey and documentation purposes: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tree: Encyclopedia Ii - Tree - Classifications
A tree is a plant form and trees occur in many different orders and families of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tree: Encyclopedia Ii - Tree - Morphology
The basic parts of a tree are the roots, trunk(s), branches, twigs and leaves. Tree stems consist mainly of support and transport tissues...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tree: Encyclopedia Ii - Tree - Champion Trees
The world's champion trees can be considered on several factors; height, trunk diameter or girth, total size, and age. It is significant ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tree: Encyclopedia Ii - Tree - Major Tree Genera
Tree - Flowering plants Magnoliophyta; angiosperms. Anacardiaceae (Cashew family) Cashew, Anacardium occidentale Mango, Mangifera in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Overview
Jupiter has been known since ancient times and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered the four...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Physical Characteristics
Jupiter - Planetary composition. Jupiter is composed of a relatively small rocky core, surrounded by metallic hydrogen, surrounded by l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Exploration Of Jupiter
A number of probes have visited Jupiter. Jupiter - Pioneer flyby missions. Pioneer 10 flew past Jupiter in December of 1973, followed b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Natural Satellites
Jupiter has at least 63 moons. For a complete listing of these moons, please see Jupiter's natural satellites. For a timeline of their di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cryptozoology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cryptozoology - Justifications For Cryptozoology
Scientists have demonstrated that some creatures of mythology, legend or local folklore were rooted in real animals or phenomena. Thus, c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Paganism - Terminology
Paganism - Common Word Usage. The term has historically been used as a pejorative by adherents of monotheistic religions (such as Judai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crater Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Crater Constellation - Notable Features
γ Crateris is a close double star, with a PA of 96° and a separation of 52". The fainter companion is magnitude 9.6. This system is loc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Locative Media: Encyclopedia Ii - Locative Media - Examples Of Locative Media Projects
Galloway and Ward state that "various online lists of pervasive computing and locative media projects draw out the breadth of current cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norse Saga: Encyclopedia Ii - Norse Saga - On The Plots And Writing Style
Some Norse Sagas live between Christianity and Paganism (Njál's saga is an example; see also Norse mythology.) Aside from Christian infl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Peoples - Culture
See Germanic mythology, Germanic paganism, Migration Period art The Germanic tribes were each politically independent, under a hereditary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Peoples - Culture
See Germanic mythology, Germanic paganism, Migration Period art The Germanic tribes were each politically independent, under a hereditary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sea Serpent: Encyclopedia Ii - Sea Serpent - Ancient History
In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (often anglicized as Jormungand) was a sea serpent so long that it encircled the entire world; stories w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Perspectives On Zoophilia
Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives. DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) stated that sexual contact with animals is almost never a cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Perspectives On Zoophilia
Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives. DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) stated that sexual contact with animals is almost never a cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native Americans In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Native Americans In The United States - Early History
See also: archeology of the Americas, models of migration to the New World, and indigenous people of the Americas for more detailed histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native Americans In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Native Americans In The United States - European Colonization
Native Americans in the United States - Initial impacts. The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Definition
In order to consider mythology, it is first necessary to consider what is meant by the term myth. Myths are generally narratives passed d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Religion And Mythology
Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion. Some use the words myth and mytholo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Modern Mythology
Film and book series like Star Wars and Tarzan have strong mythological aspects that sometimes develop into deep and intricate philosophi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Related Concepts
A fairy tale itself is not a myth. Myths are not the same as fables, legends, folktales, fairy tales, anecdotes or fiction, but sloppy us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Formation Of Myths
What forces create myths? Robert Graves said of Greek myth: "True myth may be defined as the reduction to narrative shorthand of ritual m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Myths As Depictions Of Historical Events
Although myths are often considered to be accounts of events that have not happened, many historians consider that myths can also be acco...   » Read the article