Household+gods
51Dickens, Charles — ▪ British novelist Introduction in full Charles John Huffam Dickens born Feb. 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng. died June 9, 1870, Gad s Hill, near Chatham, Kent English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His …
52Di — may refer to: The diminutive form of the name Diana, Diane and Dianne. Dai is the Welsh diminutive form of the name David. Diana, Princess of Wales. Di (ethnic group) (氐), an ancient ethnic group in China. di , a Greek numerical prefix meaning… …
53Masonry (Freemasonry) — Masonry (Freemasonry) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masonry (Freemasonry) The subject is treated under the following heads: I. Name and Definition; II. Origin and Early History; III. Fundamental Principles and Spirit; IV.… …
54Graven image — Deut. 27:15; Ps. 97:7 (Heb. pesel), refers to the household gods of idolaters. Every nation and city had its own gods...Yet every family had its separate household or tutelary god …
55Gaul — ( la. Gallia) was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine. In English, the word… …
56Gauls — The Gauls were a Continental Celtic people of Classical Antiquity, the inhabitants of Gaul (roughly corresponding to modern France, Belgium, Switzerland and northern Italy), speakers of the Gaulish language. Archaeologically, they were the… …
57Dasain — Dashain Goddess of Victory of Good over Evil Observed by Hindus and Buddhists, mainly in Nepal and India Begins Ashvin Shukla Pratipada …
58Cofgodas — ( cove gods ) were Anglo Saxon household gods related to the German kobolds and equivalent to the Roman penates . [Dowden 229.] It is generally accepted that the English hob and Scottish brownie are the modern survival of the cofgod . [ Cove Gods …
59Aeneas — This article is about the Roman hero. For other uses, see Aeneas (disambiguation). In Greco Roman mythology, Aeneas (Greek: Unicode|Αἰνείας, Aineías ; pronEng|ɪˈniːəs in English) was a Trojan hero, the son of prince Anchises and the goddess Venus …
60Liber — In Roman mythology, Liber was originally associated with husbandry and crops, but then was assimilated with Dionysos. He is the consort of Ceres and the father of the goddess Libera. His festival, the Liberalia , was on 17 March when young men… …
