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Taran (other)
Taran may refer to: Places * Tarane, village in northern Lebanon * Taran, Bulgaria, a village in Smolyan municipality * Taran, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Taran District, the name of a district of Kazakhstan; also, the capital of Taran District * Taran Plateau, Antarctica People * Taran (name), includes people with the given name and surname Other uses * ''Taran'', Russian term for aerial ramming in wartime * A Welsh god, associated with the Gaulish Taranis * ''Rutilus heckelii'' or ''taran'', a species of fish commonly known as roaches *Taran (character), the main character in ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' books ** The character appears in Disney's adaptation, '' The Black Cauldron'' *SU-152 "Taran", a 1965 experimental Russian tank destroyer See also * *Taran Taran (other) *Tarn Taran (other) Tarn Taran may refer to: * Tarn Taran Sahib, a city in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, India * Tarn Taran district, a district in Punjab, India * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tarane
Tarane () is a village located in the Miniyeh-Danniyeh District, in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It had 1,593 eligible voters in the 2009 elections. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as ''Taran'', located in the Ed-Dunniyeh area. Demographics In 2014, Islam in Lebanon, Muslims made up 99.84% of registered voters in Tarane. 99.62% of the voters were Lebanese Sunni Muslims, Sunni Muslims.https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الشمال/المنية-الضنية/طاران/المذاهب/ References Bibliography * External linksTarane Localiban {{Miniyeh-Danniyeh District Populated places in Miniyeh-Danniyeh District Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Taranis
Taranis (sometimes Taranus or Tanarus) is a Celtic thunder god attested in literary and epigraphic sources. The Roman poet Lucan's epic ''Pharsalia'' mentions Taranis, Esus, and Teutates as gods to whom the Gauls sacrificed humans. This rare mention of Celtic gods under their native names in a Latin text has been the subject of much comment. Almost as often commented on are the scholia to Lucan's poem (early medieval, but relying on earlier sources) which tell us the nature of these sacrifices: in particular, that the victims of Taranis were burned in a hollow wooden container. This sacrifice has been compared with the wicker man described by Caesar. These scholia also tell us that Taranis was perhaps either equated by the Romans with Dis Pater, Roman god of the underworld, or Jupiter, Roman god of weather. Scholars have preferred the latter equation to the former, as Taranis is also equated with Jupiter in inscriptions. Both identifications have been studied against Caes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tarn Taran (other)
Tarn Taran may refer to: * Tarn Taran Sahib, a city in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, India * Tarn Taran district, a district in Punjab, India * Tarn Taran, Pakistan, a village in Punjab, Pakistan * Tarn Taran (Lok Sabha constituency) Tarn Taran was a Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab (India), Punjab, India. This constituency was dissolved in 2009 and replaced by Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency, Khadoor Sahib. Members of Parliament ^By-Poll 2008 onwards : Khadoor Sahi ... * Tarn Taran (Assembly Constituency) See also * Taran (other) * Tarn (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
