Search results for "Hearth" - New World Encyclopedia
From New World Encyclopedia
- 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 ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- Koreans lived in pit dwellings with a hearth typically inside. They wore animal skins, later weaving clothing from fibers and decorating them ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 11:25, 26 June 2022
- 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 ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- 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 ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- 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 ...15 KB (2,313 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- Çatalhöyük ( ʧɑtɑl højyk also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the above without diacritics) was a very large Neolithic and ...13 KB (2,061 words) - 19:11, 29 November 2023
- Category:Image wanted {{Infobox Artist | name = Max Ernst | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birthname = ...13 KB (1,774 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- 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 ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- 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 ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- or unfavorable. Flames leaping up on the hearth indicated that a guest was coming. Many divinatory methods are still used today, especially in ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- 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 ...17 KB (2,374 words) - 02:43, 8 January 2024
- 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. ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 19:45, 4 May 2024
- 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 ...33 KB (5,027 words) - 17:07, 14 May 2024
- and its organization named ocak (literally "hearth"). Suleiman I had 165 ortas but the number over time increased to 196. The Sultan was the ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 16:11, 8 February 2023
- 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 ...20 KB (3,131 words) - 15:26, 4 February 2023
- 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 ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- Another poorly understood early cultural hearth is called the Midvale Complex. The introduction of the horse to the Snake River Plain, around ...26 KB (3,775 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- prospers best when closely guarded at the domestic hearth, which Wycherly proved to be. Wherever he went, the countess followed close behind, and when ...21 KB (3,484 words) - 15:19, 14 May 2023
- columns. In the floor of the hall is a circular hearth paved with pebbles, as is typical in Mycenaean buildings; other unusual architectural features ...22 KB (3,372 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- 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 ...24 KB (3,711 words) - 20:23, 7 June 2023
