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A voice from heaven told Peter to kill and eat, but since the vessel (or sheet, ὀθόνη, othonē) contained unclean animals, Peter declined. The command was repeated two more times, along with the voice saying, "What God hath made clean, that call not thou common" (verse 15) and then the vessel was taken back to heaven (verse 16).
Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of ...
Up to 26,000 plants have been introduced into New Zealand. This list is a few of the more common and more invasive species. Gorse from Scotland; Common broom – Cytisus scoparius; Blackberry; Lupin; Ragwort; Cotton thistle; Creeping thistle – Cirsium arvense; Mistflower – Ageratina riparia; Kahili ginger – Hedychium gardnerianum ...
The second meaning implies that Jesus, speaking in the open air, pointed to some birds nearby while speaking these lines. Birds of the sky literally translates as "birds in heaven," but this was a common expression for birds in flight through the air and does not imply the birds were with God. There are several debates over this verse.
The combination of a fish and a lotus-blossom (lian 莲) is used to express the wishes of living in affluence (yu) year after year (lian nian). [3]: 124 The combination of a boy with a fish beside a lotus is interpreted as the wish to have "abundance (yu) year in and out (lian)". [3]: 203
In Norse mythology, four stags or harts (male red deer) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The morning dew gathers in their horns and forms the rivers of the world. Their names are given as Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. An ...
A showy flower. While the Salinas Valley is known as the “Salad Bowl of the World” for its vegetable production, it also grows cut flowers, such as marigolds, and foliage to the tune of $8.3 ...
Tagetes lemmonii, or Lemmon's marigold, [1] is a North American species of shrubby marigold, in the family Asteraceae. Other English names for this plant include Copper Canyon daisy, mountain marigold, and Mexican marigold. [2] It is native to the states of Sonora and Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico as well as southern Arizona in the United ...