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A basic smithy contains a forge, sometimes called a hearth for heating ... A forge of this type is essentially a hearth or fireplace designed ...

from the embers carried from their own hearth fires.Firoze M. Kotwal, ... oldest passages of that liturgy, it is the hearth fire that speaks to "all ...

counter-earth. He named it "estia," the hearth of the universe, the house of Zeus, and the mother of the gods, after the goddess of fire and ...

of tule, grass, and bark. They had a central hearth and a hole in the roof for ventilation. Excavations in the Eagle Lake area have revealed rock ...

of human modification, fire cracked rocks from a hearth, or plant material used for food. Interestingly, one of the most common artifacts found is garbage. ...

In the Roman Empire, the Vestal Virgins (sacerdos Vestalis), were holy female priests who honored Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Their primary ...

megaron, or throne room, with a raised central hearth under an opening in the roof, which was supported by four columns in a square around the hearth ...

burnt on the bonfires. On Beltane Eve, all hearth fires and candles would be ... a community Beltane fire from which each hearth fire is then relit is observed ...

When Fire whistled or cracked in the hearth, they bowed to the flame ... extension of the sun (Heavenly Fire). The hearth in the center of the yurt ...

*** Open hearth furnace *** Basic oxygen furnace *** Electric arc furnace ... As of July 2006, the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA ...

and the universe. In the inner hestia ("hearth") of the Temple of Apollo, an eternal flame burned. After the Battle of Plataea (479 B.C ...

* Wing, Daniel, and Alan Scott. 1999. The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Pub. Co. ISBN ...

"La Gatta Cenerentola" or "The Hearth Cat" which appears in the book "Il Pentamerone" by the Italian fairy-tale collector ...

by a door and contains a central communal hearth and a place for dancing. ... or packed earth and there was a central hearth for the fire. There was no ...

:For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, :Or busy housewife ply her evening care: :No children run to lisp their sire's return, ...

Veritas (goddess of truth), Vesta (goddess of the hearth and home), Pluto (god of the underworld), Neptune (god of the waters), and Juno (eventual queen ...

and tile manufacture, is the Roller-hearth kiln, in which ware, placed ... pottery. The ware is set on a refractory hearth, or slab, over which a box ...

against the comfortable excesses of hearth and home, and the explicit repudiation of such a life in favor of Christian askesis, is a common feature ...

go the temple of Vesta--the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family--to offer her a sacrifice, or even to devote herself as one of the Vestal ...

turf. In some places, people doused their hearth fires on Samhain night. Each ... #039;s name. Nuts were roasted on the hearth and their behavior interpreted ...

Kemosh and for Moab. And I brought back the fire-hearth of his uncle from there; and I brou- # -ght it before Kemosh in Qerioit, and I settled ...

Koreans lived in pit dwellings with a hearth typically inside. They wore animal skins, later weaving clothing from fibers and decorating them ...

a great gift. He stealthily stole fire from the hearth of the gods and brought it to humans in a hollow wand of fennel that served him in place of a ...

Poplar wood also, particularly when seasoned, makes a good hearth for a bow drill. It was picked as the material for the bones of "Buster ...

example, Janus and Vesta watched over the door and hearth, Saturn (Greek God) the sowing, Lares the field and house, Pales the pasture, Ceres the growth ...

Çatalhöyük ( ʧɑtɑl højyk also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the above without diacritics) was a very large Neolithic and ...

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ceiling, the oldest blackened by many years of hearth fires. Some believe that keeping a cross in the ceiling or roof is a good way to preserve the home ...

fire was seen as a gift from heaven, and the hearth and the sauna oven were its altars. There still exists an old saying, saunassa ollaan kuin ...

or unfavorable. Flames leaping up on the hearth indicated that a guest was coming. Many divinatory methods are still used today, especially in ...

that period, but they fell out of favor as the hearth was revived under Stalinism, and women were back in the kitchen. The styles of the old world ...

twenty feet long and elliptical in shape, with a hearth set in the center for a fire. The Jomon used chestnut trees for the framework of these pit dwellings. ...

quot; is the goddess of childbirth, the hearth and of life force; she protects ... goat stables, the space between the hearth and the back wall of houses ...

and its organization named ocak (literally "hearth"). Suleiman I had 165 ortas but the number over time increased to 196. The Sultan was the ...

The holiday is a festival of the hearth and home, and a celebration of the lengthening days and the early signs of spring. Rituals involve hearthfires ...

of fire is conceived in three forms: in the hearth, it is Agni; as lightning it is Vidyut; and in the form of the sun it is Surya. Later on in the ...

Another poorly understood early cultural hearth is called the Midvale Complex. The introduction of the horse to the Snake River Plain, around ...

prospers best when closely guarded at the domestic hearth, which Wycherly proved to be. Wherever he went, the countess followed close behind, and when ...

columns. In the floor of the hall is a circular hearth paved with pebbles, as is typical in Mycenaean buildings; other unusual architectural features ...

stone bowls that were permanently set into a hearth as early as 7000 B.C.E. According to Frank Hamilton Cushing (July 22, 1857- April 10, 1900 ...

them); Hestia, the goddess of home and hearth; and, Dionysus, the god of ... did not, such as Hestia (literally "hearth") and Helios (literally ...

burning away his mortal spirit in the family hearth every night. Unfortunately, Demeter was unable to complete the ritual because one night Metanira ...

group of Christian hermits who left hearth and home to take up residence in the harsh Eyptian desert as a form of imitatio Christi. ...

*Ekwu – the hearth spirit, which is woman’s domestic spirit. ====The afterlife==== There is a strong Igbo belief that the spirits of one& ...

Near the center of the kiva is a fire pit called a hearth. A ventilation shaft on one side supplies floor-level air for the fire. The ventilation shaft ...

#The Siemens-Martin process, using an open hearth furnace #Basic oxygen steelmaking ==Uses of steel== ===Historically=== Steel was expensive and ...

* Hearth * Home-office or study * Kitchen * Larder * Laundry room * Library * Living room * Loft * Nook * Pantry * Parlour * Porch ...

life. Janus and Vesta watched over the door and hearth, while Ceres overlooked the growth of grain and Pomon the ripening of the fruit, for example ...

or tea and bread. People generally eat around the hearth, which in most dwellings is a separate structure made of wood or fronds. ==Notes== ...

entrance was normally on the long side; the hearth was set either near the center of the room or into the back wall. The rock-cut chamber tombs executed ...

after they finish the sprinkling, they clean the hearth of the temple with their wings. Other people say still more, that some of the men who reach ...

**The Cricket on the Hearth (1845) **The Battle of Life (1846) *Martin Chuzzlewit (1843–1844) *Dombey and Son (1846–1848) *David Copperfield ...

Near his hearth a larder hung from the ceiling; gammons and slices of bacon dried and salted were wanting, but old cheeses, their rounded surface ...

on a short side, and has a central hearth, surrounded by pillars and perhaps open to the sky. There is no central court, and other apartments ...

skull were found in the same room as a small hearth, cooking-hole, and cooking-equipment. This skull has been interpreted as the remains of a sacrificed ...

*Pelosi, Nancy, and Amy Hill Hearth. Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters. New York, NY: Doubleday, 2008. ISBN 978-0385525862. ...

deities, ousting the ancient goddess of the hearth, Hestia. It has been written by scholars that Dionysus was a "foreign" deity, brought into ...

Rigel) were arranged by the gods as a triangular hearth, enclosing the smoke of the fire creation--the nebula. * 3 Greek Fates (Moirai, Moirés ...

The open top permits smoke from the central hearth to escape. Temperature and draft can be controlled by a flap that increases or decreases the size ...

marriage, however, is like a fire outside of its hearth, a threat to all concerned. It is uniquely prone to compulsiveness that overrides the conscience ...

. Interior space was organized around the hearth in a central room with separate private quarters for men and women. Most military fortresses ...

a number of households using a common cooking hearth. Traditionally, sons inherit property and status from their fathers and daughters receive a dowry ...

square (about four by four meters), with an open hearth in a corner. Most villages consist of just a handful of dwellings. The Huns were defeated ...