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Giant Tree Rat
The giant tree-rat (''Toromys grandis'') is a species in the family Echimyidae, the spiny rats. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Toromys''. It is endemic to Brazil, where it occurs in the flooded forest along the banks of the Amazon River and its tributaries. This species was formerly considered to be a member of the genera ''Loncheres'' and ''Makalata''. In 2005 it was reclassified as the only member of the new genus ''Toromys''. The etymology of the genus name derives from the onomatopoeic Portuguese word , referring to the vocalizations of this rodent, and the ancient greek word (), meaning "mouse, rat". Phylogeny ''Toromys'' is the sister genus to ''Pattonomys''. These taxa are closely related to ''Echimys'', ''Phyllomys'', and ''Makalata'', reflecting the fact that ''Toromys grandis'' and ''Pattonomys occasius The bare-tailed armored tree-rat (''Pattonomys occasius'') is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in lowland tropi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Rheingold or Rhinegold may refer to: Arts * ''Das Rheingold'', an 1869 opera by Richard Wagner * Rheingold (band), a German new wave band, part of the movement Neue Deutsche Welle * Rheingold (Grave Digger album), ''Rheingold'' (Grave Digger album), a 2003 heavy metal recording * Rheingold (Klaus Schulze album), ''Rheingold'' (Klaus Schulze album), a 2008 space music recording * Rhine Gold (album), ''Rhine Gold'' (album), a 2012 album by Danish chamber pop band Choir of Young Believers * Rhinegold (1978 film), ''Rhinegold'' (1978 film), by Niklaus Schilling * Rhinegold (2022 film), ''Rhinegold'' (2022 film), a Fatih Akin film * Rheingold, a treasure in the ''Nibelungenlied'' mythology * A novel by Stephan Grundy * Rheingold Theatre, a 1953–1957 American/UK TV series hosted by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. * "The Rheingold", the seventh episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * Ms. Rheingold, a Peter, Paul and Mary song from the alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Geomythology
Geomythology (also called “legends of the earth," "landscape mythology," “myths of observation,” “natural knowledge") is the study of oral and written traditions created by pre-scientific cultures to account for, often in poetic or mythological imagery, geological events and phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, tsunamis, land formation, fossils, and natural features of the landscape. Dorothy Vitaliano, a geologist at Indiana University, coined the term in 1968. :"Geomythology indicates every case in which the origin of myths and legends can be shown to contain references to geological phenomena and aspects, in a broad sense including astronomical ones (comets, eclipses, meteor impacts, etc.). As indicated by Vitaliano (1973) 'primarily, there are two kinds of geologic folklore, that in which some geologic feature or the occurrence of some geologic phenomenon has inspired a folklore explanation, and that which is the garbled explanation of some actual geologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Orestes
In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (; ) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia. He was also known by the patronymic Agamemnonides (), meaning "son of Agamemnon." He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness, revenge, and purification, which retain obscure threads of much older works. In particular Orestes plays a main role in Aeschylus' '' Oresteia.'' Etymology The Greek name Ὀρέστης, having become "Orestēs" in Latin and its descendants, is derived from Greek ὄρος (óros, "mountain") and ἵστημι (hístēmi, "to stand"), and so can be thought to have the meaning "stands on a mountain". Greek literature Homer In the Homeric telling of the story, Orestes is a member of the doomed house of Atreus, which is descended from Tantalus and Niobe. He is absent from Mycenae when his father, Agamemnon, returns from the Trojan War with the Trojan princess Cass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Herodotus
Herodotus (; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the '' Histories'', a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. He has been described as " The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero, and the " Father of Lies" by others. The ''Histories'' primarily cover the lives of prominent kings and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale. His work deviates from the main topics to provide a cultural, ethnographical, geographical, and historiographical background that forms an essential part of the narrative and provides readers with a wellspring of additional information. Herodotus was criticized in his times for his inclusion of "legends an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
