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Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs[1] (also known as the " Wizard of Oz " and, during his reign, as " Oz the Great and Terrible " or the " Great and Powerful Oz ") is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. [2] The character was further popularized by a stage play and ...
t. e. Zarathushtra Spitama, [c] more commonly known as Zoroaster[d] or Zarathustra, [e] was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. [f] Variously described as a sage or a wonderworker; in the oldest Zoroastrian scriptures, the Gathas ...
The fisherman's knot is a bend (a knot for joining two lines) with a symmetrical structure consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other. Other names for the fisherman's knot include: angler's knot, English knot, halibut knot, waterman's knot, and true lovers' knot. Though the fisherman's knot is associated ...
Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (‹See Tfd› German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra, is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche; it was published in four volumes between 1883 and 1885.
The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, os, means "deer"; the second element, car, means "loving" or "friend", thus "deer-loving one" or "friend of deer". The name is borne by a character in Irish mythology — Oscar, grandson of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, and refers to his descent from his grandmother, Sadhbh, who was enchanted ...
The name () is a Greek rendering of the Avestan name . He is known as and in Persian and in Gujarati. 14 The Zoroastrian name of the religion is , which combines with the Avestan word yasna, meaning "worship, devotion". 15 In English, an adherent of the faith is commonly called a Zoroastrian or a Zarathustrian.
Humor, Gag-a-day. The Wizard of Id is a daily newspaper comic strip created by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. Beginning November 16, 1964, [1] the strip follows the antics of a large cast of characters in a shabby medieval kingdom called "Id". The title is a play on The Wizard of Oz, combined with the Freudian psychological ...
Three knots often referred to as "true lover's knot", tied into a single line forming a loop. 1: also known as a Dutch bend; 2: also known as Matthew Walker knot; 3: also known as fisherman's knot /loop. The term true lover's knot, also called true love knot or simply love-knot amongst others, is used for many distinct knots.