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The God of Small Things is a family drama novel written by Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" prevalent in 1960s Kerala, India. The novel explores how small, seemingly insignificant occurrences, decisions and experiences shape people's ...
God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved. Κρεῖος (Kreîos) Crius: The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Implied to be the god of constellations. Κρόνος (Krónos) Cronus: God of harvests and personification of destructive time.
Family tree of the Greek gods. The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion . Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of the twelve first-generation Titans have a green background.
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
Hephaestus ( UK: ⫽ hɪˈfiːstəs ⫽ hif-EE-stəs, US: ⫽ hɪˈfɛstəs ⫽ hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Greek: Ἥφαιστος, translit. Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes. [1] Hephaestus's Roman counterpart is Vulcan.
Thor, god of thunder, lightning, weather, oak trees, and fertility; Ullr, god of hunting, archery, skiing, and mountains; Germanic folklore. Nøkken, male water spirit, lures foolish children into the lakes at the deepest, darkest parts of the lakes; Elf, beautiful, fairy-like creature that lives in the forest and streams. Greek mythology
Types. Lists. Related concepts. See also. This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. List of deities by classification. Lists of deities by cultural sphere. List of fictional deities. List of people who have been considered deities; see also Apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king.
As Biden's campaign tries to calm nervous Democrats, the DNC is circulating talking points that misleadingly suggest there is no means of replacing the president at the top of the party's ticket.