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	Spirit of Old :: Pendants
		It has been carved from Hazel wood gathered at the site of the spring which is the source of the River Itchen in Hampshire, a place with ancient fertility connections and associated with the ancient British Goddess Ica.
		It has been carved from Blackthorn wood gathered at the site of the spring which is the source of the River Itchen in Hampshire, a place with ancient fertility connections and associated with the ancient British Goddess Ica.
		This Goddess pendant has been carved from Hazel wood gathered at the site of the spring which is the source of the River Itchen in Hampshire, a place with ancient fertility connections and associated with the ancient British Goddess Ica.
	www.spiritofold.co.uk /general_shop/pendants.htm (1001 words)

	basara1.html
		He reached the serene kumaranchala hills on the banks of river Godavari and meditated and propitiated the Goddess who eventually appeared before him and granted her presence in the form of the divine trinity.
		Basara Temple is situated 150 Kms from Adilabad,Adilabad District, Sri Gyana Saraswathi temple at Basara on the banks of river Godavari is the only temple in South India dedicated to the Goddess of learning.
		Children are brought here for the ceremony of Akshara puja to start their education with the blessings of the Goddess of Knowledge.The Vedavathi Sila, the Ashtateerth are other places of interest around Basar.
	adilabad.ap.nic.in /basara1.html (1001 words)

	saraswati.htm
		Saraswati is the first river who was granted status as a Vedic Goddess.
		While the river may have disappeared Saraswati continues as a Goddess who inspires and kindles the sparks of wisdom.
		The mother of all Vedic knowledge, she is also known as Vach, the Goddess of speech and learning.
	timepiece.shubhkaamna.com /saraswati.htm (1001 words)

	Karnataka Panaroma
		Of all the rivers, this one came nearest of defining a river goddess: a being of beauty who blesses the land and inspires the people she waters.
		The river Cauvery is quite often referred to as the Ganga of the South.
		This occurs very conveniently during the annual October fair when the spring at a moment predicted by the priests surges up and overflows miraculously to re-enact the symbolism of the goddess emptying her pot.
	www.karnataka.com /tourism/panaroma (1001 words)

	Cauvery.com - The Call of the Cauvery - Page 2
		She chose to come in the form of a river goddess so she could bless more people and the experience of the whole course of the river is one of physical bounty.
		earby is the lovely musical township of Thiruvaiyru where the music of Thyagraja gave unstinted worship to the river goddess.
		Here she meets the sea and a statue of the goddess appears to rule the waves.
	www.cauvery.com /thecall2.html (829 words)

	Altar Stones of Ilkley
		It has been suggested that the Mavilly goddess is "Hygieia, goddess of health, or the river goddess Sequana (the healing springs of the source of the Seine are only thirty-five miles to the north of Mavilly)." (MacKendrick: 156) My guess is that her Gaulish name was similar to 'Verbeia', and was Latinised by Clodius Fronto.
		Other river goddesses, such as the Irish Boand ('She Who Has White Cows'), make this line of thought more compelling.
		She recalls being taught to respect and revere the powers of the river, and says that her family is part of a long local tradition involved in simple May Day celebrations held at the source of the Wharfe.
	www.northernearth.co.uk /78/ilkley.htm (2392 words)

	House of Hades
		The river Styx was named after the river-goddess Styx, the eldest daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
		Styx was the river goddess of one of the Underworld rivers, and the goddess Hecate, had also dwelled in this domain.
		Aeacus was the son of Zeus and the nymph, Aegina, daughter of the river god Asopus.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/hades.html (2392 words)

	Goddess Knotwork: tying together everything relating to the concept of Goddess and more goddess greek psyche
		we keep and update the Psyche _(disambiguation) page, and use Psyche for an article on psyche /mind...
	goddess.permahost.com /index/goddess/goddess-greek-psyche.htm (2392 words)

	Goddess Knotwork: tying together everything relating to the concept of Goddess and more goddess greek psyche
		Psyche, Lilith, Lillith,Hecate, Hecate, hecate, hecate, Diana, Artemis, Diana, Moon, moon goddess,Archetypes of ancient Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek...
		The goddess then sent her son Eros to make Psyche fall in love...
	goddess.permahost.com /index/goddess/goddess-greek-psyche.htm (2392 words)

	Var
		Var is bounded on the north by the département of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (the Verdon[?] river forming the boundary), on the east by that of the Alpes-Maritimes, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the west by the département of the Bouches-du-Rhône.
		Var was formed in 1790 of a part of Lower Provence, but in 1860 it was reduced by the transfer of the district of Grasse to the newly formed département of the Alpes-Maritimes, which is why the Var River does not now flow in the département to which it gives its name.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/va/Var.html (2392 words)

	AMystical1...The Craft
		The goddess of the River Styx that wound beneath the earth in the land of the dead is also called Styx "the hated one," who prevented the living from crossing into the realm of Persephone without first undergoing death's torments.
		Eris is the goddess of discord, evil, infatuation, mischief and strife and the daughter of Zeus and Hera.
		Eos was the goddess of dawn, daughter of the Titans, Hyperion and Theia, and sister of Helios and Selene.
	www.amystical1.com /greekgodsgoddesses.htm (2392 words)

	boyne
		It was also said that the river was named after the goddess Bóinn or Boann ('queen' or 'goddess'), according to F. Dinneen, lexicographer of the Irish Gaelic language, and Boyne is an anglicised form of the name.
		This river was known since ancient times, and according to some authors, the geographer Ptolemy of Egypt draw a map of Ireland in the 2nd.
		The Boyne is a river in Leinster, Ireland, which course is about 70 mi (112 km) long.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /boyne.html (311 words)

	Ritual - Invoking the River Goddess, indian rituals, prayers, culture in india, people of india, rice , food for godess kaveri river
		Ritual - Invoking the River Goddess, indian rituals, prayers, culture in india, people of india, rice, food for godess kaveri river
		Goddess Kaveri is supposed to be in the third month of her pregnancy and like all pregnant women, she has a craving for delicacies.
		The festival name translates as Adi (month) swell or 18th day swell because the waters of the Kaveri river invariably rise dramatically, often to the 18th step on the 18th day of the month of Adi, corresponding with the second or third of August every year.
	www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/river-godess.htm (992 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Mab - Myths
		The 'river of stars' created by our edge-on view into the central portion of our galaxy was seen as a river of sparkling, life-giving Goddess milk by ancient civilizations, and in Celtic lands as the Track of the White Cow.
		An early goddess of the Celts, worshipped in Britain and Gaul where her name survives in the River Marne, near the source of which she had a sanctuary (#102).
		(môy moor'hev ni) A plain extending from the River Boyne to the mountains of Cualgne; CuChulain's inheritance.
	www.celt.net /Celtic/celtopedia/m.html (992 words)

	WaterWitch
		Celtic Goddess of the Braint and Brent rivers.
		Boann ("she of the white cows") is the Irish goddess of the River Boyne.
		The river Ogun is associated with her because the water of this river is considered to be a remedy for infertility.
	www.waterwitch.org /deities.html (2909 words)

	Top 50 sights
		At the foot of Flying Phoenix Peak across the river from Goddess Peak there is something shaped like a platform which is known as Shou'Shu'Tai or Platform for Presenting Books which is said to be where the Goddess presents books to Yu the Great.
		Where the river flows through a wider part, the mountain slopes on both banks are more spacious and less steep and there are human habitations as well as cultivated fields and groves of trees.
		Twenty-five km down the river after the ship has cleared the Wu Gorge is the county town Zigui which is the native place of Qu Yuan (340-278 B.C),the ancient patriotic poet of the Kingdom of Chu during the Warring States Period in Chinese history.
	www.chinatravelclub.com /topsight/36.asp (2170 words)

	Styx River In Greek Mythology Greece
		STYX was the eldest of the OKEANIDES and the goddess of the greatest of the UNDERWORLD RIVERS of Hades.
		Greek Mythology: STYX River-Goddess of Hades& Oceanid & Titaness
		Styx (ironically named for the river in Greek mythology that runs through 50 for a ticket, time stopped in 1979, when Styx's "Babe" was at the top of the charts Review:
	www.addgr.com /styx-river-in-greek-mythology.html (2170 words)

	Intro to Plants and Animals of Egypt
		Fauna was a mythological goddess connected with fauns-those half goat and half man beings.
		The flora and fauna in Egypt differ drastically between the Nile River Valley and the vast desert regions.
		"Flora" is a word derived from the name of the Roman goddess of flowers and we now use her name when discussing the plants or plant life characteristic of a region.
	www.website1.com /odyssey/week3/fyib.html (367 words)

	Brentford.html
		The root 'Bregent-', naming the river is thought to originate from the name of the Celtic goddess 'Brigantia', tutelary goddess of the Brigantes tribe (who didn't live in Brentford).
		A spur line from the GWR at Southall was constructed to the dock to facilitate easy transferral of freight from lighters and barges on the Thames to GWR served destinations in the west of the United Kingdom.
		It has been suggested that Brentford was also a main fording point on the River Thames, and was the point where Julius Caesar crossed the Thames during his invasion of Britain.
	alas.matf.bg.ac.yu /~mr04046/Brentford.html (851 words)

	Encyclopedia of Lirith Kai--S
		Siluona: a minor river goddess worshipped along the lower Silu Tan River.
		Shikana Road: runs west from the Tal Kang ferry on the An-Kiu River in Miroi Province; it is (on maps, at least) a continuation of the Ninotiran Road to the east of the River.
		Simira: a minor goddess, probably of Drahnore origin, who is now known only as the "Lady of the Flowers." If she had some specific function in the lives of her worshippers, it is no longer remembered.
	www.reality.com /dmback/enclirs.htm (2783 words)

	Shri Vidyadhiraj Teertha
		The Godddess Ganges apeared in the Bhima river and the Shri Vidyadhi Raja Teertharu offered pooja to the goddess and had a holy dip in Bhima along with his disciples.
		The Goddess Ganga told him in a dream that he need not travel all the way to Ganges and that she would appear to him in the river Bhima itself the very next day.
		Once when he went on tour to northern India he came to River Bhima.
	www.uttaradimath.org /vidhyadhiraj.htm (2783 words)

	Classical Mythology on Demodocus.com: Legends of the Argolid
		Phoroneus was said to have first sacrificed to the goddess, Hera, and to have made the goddess a suit of armor.
		Â The god of the river, along with his consort, Melia, fathered Phoroneus, the first man, and Io, whose importance to the local legend will be seen later.
		Now, Belus had two sons, Aegyptus and Danaus, who did not get along.
	www.demodocus.com /myth/sagas/argolid.html (2783 words)

	Cosmos and Logos:The Re-Telling & Re-Visioning of Daphoene / Daphne / Pasiphae
		[Apollo’s] pursuit of Daphne the Mountain-nymph, daughter of the river Peneius, and priestess of Mother Earth, refers apparently to the Hellenic capture of Tempe, where the goddess Daphoene (‘bloody one’) was worshipped by a college of orgiastic laurel-chewing Maenads [].
		It was told that Daphne was a daughter of the river-god Ladon and of Earth.
		No, my love of the earth, sea, sky, and of the river puts me not at odds with mother or father, and questions of who really are my parents should be directed to the bibliographer.
	www.cosmosandlogos.com /category/000051.php (2783 words)

	Mirrors of the Heart-Mind - Yamuna Essay
		This Nepalese fire gilt copper sculpture represents the goddess Yamuna, the personification of the Yamuna, or Jumna, River in India.
		Frequently Yamuna is shown standing directly on the tortoise which serves as her vahana, or vehicle.1 In South Asia many rivers are personified as goddesses and worshipped as symbols of fertility and abundance.
		When paired with the goddess Ganga, the personification of the Ganges River, Yamuna assists in marking the entrances to both Buddhist and Hindu sacred spaces and monuments such as temples and shrines.
	kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu /exhib/sama/Essays/NM92.045Yamuna.html (314 words)

	Zhao Mengjian: Narcissus (1973.120.4) Object Page Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art
		The fragrant blossoms are associated with the two goddesses of the Xiang River and, by extension, with Qu Yuan (ca.
		Offering the promise of spring, the narcissus is known in Chinese as the "water goddess" (shuixian) or "the goddess who stands above the waves" (lingbo xianzi).
		Qu Yuan, a loyal minister of the state of Chu, drowned himself in a tributary of the Xiang River after failing to alert his prince of the imminent danger threatening the state.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/ssong/hod_1973.120.4.htm (233 words)

	River from LiveJournal
		You need company and so if you were the Water Goddess then you would go to the ocean, a river, or a lake and you would spend time with the animals that live there.
		They must have bought replacements for the ones River broke while she was gone.
		Even Simon and River were allowed since the planet was far out of the Alliance’s view.
	www.ljseek.com /search/River (662 words)

	ScreenSaver, Wallpaper, Desktop Theme, ICQ skin, Winamp Skin, Free Screen Saver, Hot Bar, Incredimail
		Shannon Desktop Theme - Sinead, the river goddess from the Shannon River in Ireland.
		Sea Goddess Desktop Theme - 2 beautiful Goddess of the sea set in an underwater paradise will decorate your desktop in the theme and screensaver.
		Includes beautiful and soft wallpaper of a snow goddess on a cold mountain top, matching icons with a folder replacement, cursors and an animated snow screen saver.
	screensaver.tierranet.com /fsnet/dt/Fantasy/S_dtFantasy.html (8176 words)

	River Boyne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was also said that the river was named after the goddess Boann ('queen' or 'goddess'), according to F. Dinneen, lexicographer of the Irish Gaelic language, and Boyne is an anglicised form of the name.
		The River Boyne is a river in Leinster,
		Battle of the Boyne took place near the banks of the Boyne in 1690.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boyne (8176 words)

	What's In a Name? -- The Guide to Harry Potter Name Etymology
		She is the sister of the goddess of the Ganges river, Padma.
		Padma (Ganga) is the Hindu goddess of the Ganges, India's most sacred river.
		Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope.
	www.theninemuses.net /hp/4.html (8176 words)

	Samos
		The first shrine to the Goddess Artemis was probably built around 800 B.C. on a marshy strip near the river at Ephesus.
		Situated at the mouth of the Cayster River on a gulf of the Aegean sea, it flourished as an important commercial and export centre for Asia
		The Ephesus Goddess Artemis, sometimes called Diana, is not the same figure as the Artemis worshiped in Greece.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /AncGreece/new_page_25.htm (1494 words)

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