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Uriel / ˈ ʊər i ə l /, Auriel (Hebrew: אוּרִיאֵל ʾŪrīʾēl, "El/God is my flame"; [5] Greek: Οὐριήλ Oúriḗl; Coptic: ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ Ouriēl; [6] Italian: Uriele; [7] Geʽez and Amharic: ዑራኤል ʿUraʾēl [8] or ዑርኤል ʿUriʾēl) [9] or Oriel is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in the post-exilic rabbinic tradition and in certain ...
Jinn (Arabic: جِنّ ), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture and beliefs. [1] Like humans, they are accountable for their deeds and can be either believers or disbelievers (), depending on whether they accept God's guidance.
Lesser flamingos flying in formation. When in gliding flight, the upward aerodynamic force is equal to the weight.In gliding flight, no propulsion is used; the energy to counteract the energy loss due to aerodynamic drag is either taken from the potential energy of the bird, resulting in a descending flight, or is replaced by rising air currents ("thermals"), referred to as soaring flight.
Pla-ween-noo - turtle spirit, mother of Gluskab, patron spirit of the Sokwakis; Agaskw (also Nokemis) - ("woodchuck", also known as Nokemis, "my grandmother") is a very wise woodchuck-spirit of the Abenaki. She is the grandmother of Gluskab. Moos-bas - mink spirit, adopted son on Gluskab, powerful fletcher, sometimes fulfills wishes
In esoteric cosmology, a plane is conceived as a subtle state, level, or region of reality, each plane corresponding to some type, kind, or category of being.. The concept may be found in religious and esoteric teachings which propound the idea of a whole series of subtle planes or worlds or dimensions which, from a center, interpenetrate themselves and the physical planet in which we live ...
After Venus and Mars, the band embarked on a highly successful world tour in 1975. Their fifth album, Wings at the Speed of Sound, was recorded and released in between legs of the tour. The album saw the first time a Wings' album featured every member on lead vocals at least once. [14]
Io Matua Kore, the supreme being; personification of light and the world of the living and the forest. Kahukura, a war god who appears as the upper bow of a double rainbow. Kiwa, one of several divine guardians of the ocean. Makeatutara, the father of Māui and guardian of the underworld. Maru, the god of freshwater, southern god of war.
Birds "of a feather" (in this case red-winged blackbirds) exhibiting flocking behavior, source of the idiom. Birds of a feather flock together is an English proverb. The meaning is that beings (typically humans) of similar type, interest, personality, character, or other distinctive attribute tend to mutually associate.