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According to Paracelsus (1493–1541), the three primes or tria prima – of which material substances are immediately composed – are: [2] Sulfur or soul, the principle of combustibility: 🜍 Mercury or spirit, the principle of fusibility and volatility: ☿ Salt or body, the principle of non-combustibility and non-volatility: 🜔 ()
Most water in Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from saline seawater, while fresh water accounts for nearly 1% of the total. The vast bulk of the water on Earth is saline or salt water, with an average salinity of 35‰ (or 3.5%, roughly equivalent to 34 grams of salts in 1 kg of seawater), though this varies slightly according to the amount of runoff received from surrounding land.
Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
According to Vladimir Propp, Rusalka (pl. Rusalki) was an appellation used by the early Slavs for tutelary deities of water who favour fertility, and they were not considered evil entities before the nineteenth century. They came out of the water in spring to transfer life-giving moisture to the fields, thus nurturing the crops. [7]
In traditional Yoruba culture and spirituality, Yemọja is a mother spirit; patron spirit of women, especially pregnant women; She is the patron deity of the Ogun river (Odò Ògùn) but she has other rivers that are dedicated to her throughout Yorùbáland. In addition, she is also worshipped at almost any stream, creek, springs in addition ...
[U 2] They used the term "relative abundance of the elements". Brian Mason also mentioned the term "clarke" in Mason(1952) [ M 1 ] : 42 (mistakenly attributing it to Vladimir Vernadsky , later corrected to Fersman in Mason(1958) [ M 2 ] : 47 ), but the definition slightly differed from Fersman's, limiting it only to the average percentage in ...
In Christianity the term "water of Life" (Greek: ὕδωρ ζωῆς hydōr zōēs) is used in the context of living water, specific references appearing in the Book of Revelation (21:6 and 22:1), as well as the Gospel of John. [1] In these references, the term Water of Life refers to the Holy Spirit. [1] [2] [3] The passages that comprise John ...
The mass of Earth's oceans is estimated to be 1.37 × 10 21 kg, which is 0.023% of the total mass of Earth, 6.0 × 10 24 kg. An additional 5.0 × 10 20 kg of water is estimated to exist in ice, lakes, rivers, groundwater, and atmospheric water vapor. [20] A significant amount of water is also stored in Earth's crust, mantle, and core.