Search results for "Figure" - New World Encyclopedia
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- parallel to see Maitreya as an apocalyptic figure, as he may instead be interpreted ... some theorists to speculate that the figure of Maitreya was influenced ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- as Ithun] is a singularly unpopular figure within the Poetic Edda, and ... Though Idun is not a highly prominent figure in Norse mythology, she ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- by Nichifor Crainic, an intellectual figure on the far right who shared ... Sorin Toma (son of the Stalinist literary figure Alexandru Toma)Tismăneanu ...22 KB (3,385 words) - 18:40, 2 May 2023
- Despite significant scholarly research, Loki seems to have been a ... As a figure in Norse mythology, Loki belonged to a complex religious ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- son-in-law as well. Thus, he is a revered figure for all Muslims, although ... and Shi'a Muslims, Ali is also a figure around whom Muslims unite ...25 KB (4,139 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- from two locations on the Earth, they arrived at a figure of about 140 million kilometers. A somewhat more accurate estimate can be obtained by ...8 KB (1,072 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- by many politicians as a controversial figure due to his outspoken opposition ... " and was seen as a truly national figure. This feeling was further ...26 KB (4,032 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- rumors can be found regarding nearly any royal figure. More congenial is the story of how she sheltered a deposed patriarch for 12 years without anyone ...8 KB (1,261 words) - 02:27, 19 April 2023
- Herrick is nonetheless a significantly influential figure. He was widely admired by eighteenth-century poets, both for the breadth of his classical learning ...8 KB (1,326 words) - 05:06, 15 December 2022
- A figure 8 is the common name of a geometric shape, often used in ... caduceus (where two snakes form several figure eights) as stability or balance ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- was named after the tragic Carthaginian figure Sophonisba. ... she could not undertake the complex multi-figure compositions required for ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 22:03, 30 January 2023
- it clear that Saint Peter is to be the central figure of the church after Jesus' death. Thus Jesus gives the keys to the Kingdom of God to Peter ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 04:31, 24 May 2024
- on May 3, 1868, and became the historical figure who not only saved the lives ... Sakamoto Ryoma, a key figure in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 17:15, 5 October 2022
- Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (December 21, 1804 – April 19, 1881) was an English statesman and literary figure ...28 KB (4,114 words) - 23:17, 11 January 2023
- Cornetist, composer, and pianist Bix Beiderbecke was a key figure ... *Eddie Condon, guitarist and banjo player and a leading figure in ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- Using optimization algorithms, a circle-packing figure can be computed for any uniaxial base of arbitrary complexity. Once this figure is computed ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- Daily News. Hadden was a rather carefree figure, who liked to tease Luce ... in an autocratic fashion becoming a major figure in twentieth-century media ...20 KB (2,824 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- That Jeroboam remained an honored figure in the northern kingdom is ... thus wiped out, he remained a respected figure in the northern kingdom, ...17 KB (2,812 words) - 18:48, 23 June 2023
- Kirstein, a writer, art connoisseur, and cultural figure in New York City in the 1930s. He is famous less for his own artistic achievement than for his ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- Birkenau State Museum revised this figure in 1990, and new calculations ... possibilities." Adolf Eichmann gave a figure of 2 million. Soviet and ...26 KB (4,084 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
