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  2. Fiat justitia ruat caelum - Wikipedia

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    The falling sky clause occurs in a passage of Heauton Timorumenos, by Terence, suggesting that it was a common saying in his time.In the scene, Syrus suggests a scheme through which Clinia might deceive another into taking actions that would further his love interests.

  3. Phaethon - Wikipedia

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    His dead body falls into the river Eridanus, and his sisters, the Heliades, cry tears of amber and are turned to black poplar as they mourn him. Phaethon's tale was commonly used to explain why uninhabitable lands on both sides of extremity (such as hot deserts and frozen wastelands) exist, and why certain peoples have darker complexions, while ...

  4. Icarus - Wikipedia

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    Icarus ignored Daedalus's instructions not to fly too close to the sun, causing the beeswax in his wings to melt. Icarus fell from the sky, plunged into the sea, and drowned. The myth gave rise to the idiom, "fly too close to the sun." In some versions of the tale, Daedalus and Icarus escape by ship. [1] [4]

  5. Henny Penny - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "The sky is falling!" features prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. Similar stories go back more than 25 centuries [ 1 ] and "Henny Penny" continues to be referred to in a variety of media.

  6. The Astrologer who Fell into a Well - Wikipedia

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    The story of Thales falling into a well while gazing at the stars was originally recorded in Plato's Theaetetus (4th century BCE). [2] Other ancient tellings sometimes vary the person or the rescuer but regularly retain the rescuer's scoffing remark that it would be better to keep one's mind on the earth. [3]

  7. This Is What October’s Full Moon—the Hunter’s ... - AOL

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    As October's Hunter's Moon ascends into the sky, it brings about a sense of mystery and intrigue, along with a dark element that foreshadows its lunation and the cold months ahead, hinting at the ...

  8. What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky - Wikipedia

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    The book centers "on female protagonists exposed to a cruel world that pushes them to take certain steps to fit in, or make them realize, they just might not fit in," [7] offering "a humanizing portrait of both the Nigerian citizen and first generation young female immigrant", showcasing "their flaws, their desires, their victories, and their attempts at carving out a place in a country whose ...

  9. Decline and fall in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien built a process of decline and fall in Middle-earth into both The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings.. The pattern is expressed in several ways, including the splintering of the light provided by the Creator, Eru Iluvatar, into progressively smaller parts; the fragmentation of languages and peoples, especially the Elves, who are split into many groups; the successive falls ...