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  2. Tantalus - Wikipedia

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    Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for revealing many secrets of the gods and for trying to trick them into eating his son, he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he ...

  3. Straw dog - Wikipedia

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    Another Taoist text, the Zhuangzi provides a more detailed description for the treatment of the straw dogs in its 14th chapter, "The Turnings of Heaven": [6]. Before the grass-dogs [芻狗 chu gou] are set forth (at the sacrifice), they are deposited in a box or basket, and wrapt up with elegantly embroidered cloths, while the representative of the dead and the officer of prayer prepare ...

  4. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    To kill someone Literary: Go/send to Belize To die/to kill somebody Euphemism From Season 5 of the television series Breaking Bad: Send (or go) to the farm To die Euphemism Usually referring to the death of a pet, especially if the owners are parents of young children e.g. "The dog was sent to a farm." Sewerslide To commit suicide Humorous

  5. This Common Fruit Can Kill Your Dog - AOL

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    Dog owners know that sometimes dogs tend to linger around the kitchen — particularly at mealtime, likely hoping for a scrap to haphazardly make its way onto the floor and into their belly. Well ...

  6. Dogs in religion - Wikipedia

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    Dogs are found in and out of the Muthappan Temple and offerings at the shrine take the form of bronze dog figurines. [21] The dog is also the vahana or mount of the Hindu god Bhairava. In the Mahabharata, when Yudhishthira reaches the gates of heaven (Swarga), Indra allows him to enter but refuses entry to the dog that accompanied him.

  7. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Man proposes, heaven disposes; Manners maketh man; Many a little makes a mickle; Many a mickle makes a muckle; Many a true word is spoken in jest; Many hands make light work; March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb; Marriages are made in heaven [16] [17] [18] Marry in haste, repent at leisure; Memory is the treasure of the mind

  8. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    Dog: Hecate Hecuba, the queen of Troy and wife of King Priam, following the fall of Troy at the hands of the Greeks, was given as prize of war to Odysseus. In one version, as they had stationed in Thrace, Hecate took pity in the former queen and transformed her into a female dog, who then ran way and escaped. Helice: Bear: Zeus

  9. Forbidden fruit - Wikipedia

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    Rabbi Meir says that the fruit was a grape, made into wine. [13] The Zohar explains similarly that Noah attempted (but failed) to rectify the sin of Adam by using grape wine for holy purposes. [14] [15] The midrash of Bereishit Rabah states that the fruit was grape, [16] or squeezed grapes (perhaps alluding to wine). [17]