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St. Olav’s Shrine was the resting place of the earthly remains of St. Olav, Norway’s patron saint, behind the high altar of Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, from the mid 11th century. For nearly five centuries the shrine was of major religious importance to Norway and the other Nordic countries , and also to other parts of Northern ...
Poppies also frequently adorned statues of Apollo, Asklepios, Pluto, Demeter, Aphrodite, Kybele and Isis, symbolizing nocturnal oblivion. [72] The opium poppy was a magical ritual plant among the Germanic tribes. [75] [better source needed] Pituri: Duboisia hopwoodii, Duboisia myoporoides, Nicotiana spp. Nicotine, tropane alkaloids: Stimulant
The Burney Relief (also known as the Queen of the Night relief) is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions.
La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), officially re-branded in Mexico as La Noche Victoriosa [2] ("The Victorious Night"), was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
Goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars. Ἀστραῖος (Astraîos) Astraeus: God of dusk, stars, and planets, and the art of astrology. Ἄτλας (Átlas) Atlas: God forced to carry the heavens upon his shoulders by Zeus. Presumed to be the god of endurance and astronomy. Also Son of Iapetus. Διώνη (Diṓnē) Dione
On the Feast of the Assumption, 15 August 1934, the Bishop of Northampton, Laurence Youens celebrated the first public Mass in the Slipper Chapel for four hundred years, and two days later Cardinal Francis Bourne led a national pilgrimage of the Catholic bishops of England and Wales and more than 10,000 people to the shrine.
View of the Sanctuary of Arantzazu. The name of the sanctuary, the place, and the Virgin are all related to the legend of her appearance. The word arantzazu itself is Basque, made up of "arantza" which means "thorn" [1] and the suffix "zu" indicating "abundance", [2] making the translation "abundance of thorns", making reference to the abundant thorny bushes that grow in the area.
Sul, Attrebus, and the Khajiit press on. Unable to catch up to Umbriel by traveling on foot, they travel through the Planes of Oblivion using a shortcut that Sul had discovered previously. They are mostly successful, but are intercepted in the realm of the Daedric prince Hircine. The Khajiit sacrifice themselves so Sul and Attrebus can escape.