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weather god in Proto-Indo-European mythology. The
deity was
connected with
fructifying rains, and his name was
probably invoked in
times of drought. In a widespread...
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attributes that were
typically ascribed to
deities of
weather and war,
fructifying the Land of
Israel and
leading a
heavenly army
against the nation's enemies...
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evolved at
least 4.19 million
years ago and has been a
symbol for the
fructifying and
destructive powers of the
rivers since the
Vedic period. It was first...
- works), Kriyamana, Agami, or
Vartamana (current works), and
Prarabdha (
fructifying works),
which are ****ociated with past,
present and ****ure respectively...
- and
heavenly gods, in a
relationship of
contrast and union,
since the
fructifying rains of Dyēus
might bring nourishment and
prosperity to
local communities...
- winter. The
Punjabi saying Phaggan phal
laggan (Phagun is the
month for
fructifying)
exemplifies the
seasonal aspect of Holi.
Trees and
plants start blossoming...
- "friendly, beneficial" (cf. aveo, "to be
eager for, desire"), for the god's
fructifying power. Livy is the sole
source for
identifying Inuus as the form of Faunus...
- of the west wind. The
gentlest of the winds,
Zephyrus is
known as the
fructifying wind, the
messenger of spring. It was
thought that
Zephyrus lived in...
- "Alas! at the
thought that a
people so gifted,
which has
served as the
fructifying soil for the
renovation of the
Ottoman Empire, is on the
point of disappearing...
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compose poetry in Awadhi.
Shiva also
predicted that Tulsidas'
poetry would fructify like the Sama Veda. In the Ramcharitmanas,
Tulsidas hints at
having the...