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41Nona (mythology) — Les Parques ( The Parcæ ), Alfred Agache, c 1885 Nona was one of the Parcae, the three personifications of destiny in Roman mythology (the Moirae in Greek mythology and in Germanic mythology, the Norns), and the Roman goddess of pregnancy. The… …
42Dwayne A. Day — Dwayne Allen Day is an American space historian and policy analyst and served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Day works for the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences,… …
43Morta (mythology) — For other uses, see Morta (disambiguation). In Roman mythology, Morta was the goddess of death. She is one of the Parcae, related to the Roman conception of the Fates in Greek mythology, the Moirae. She is responsible for pain and death that… …
44Mors (mythology) — Mors (Death) coming for a miser in a painting by Bosch In ancient Roman myth and literature, Mors is the personification of death equivalent to the Greek Thánatos. As the Latin noun for death , mors, genitive mortis, is of feminine gender, but… …
45Naval Ocean Surveillance System — NOSS redirects here. For Scottish island, see Noss. The NOSS 3 4 duo (2007 027A C) crossing through the Pleiades. Movement in this 10 second exposure is from top to bottom, the A object is leading. The Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS),… …
46Haydn and Mozart — The composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn were friends. Their relationship is not very well documented, but the evidence that they enjoyed each other s company and greatly respected each other s work is strong.BackgroundHaydn was… …
47The Fates — were three mythological goddesses and may refer to: *Moirae, the Fates of Greek mythology *Parcae, the Fates of Roman mythology *Norns, numerous female beings who determine the fate or future of a person in Germanic paganism *Three Witches,… …
48Decima (mythology) — This article is about the Roman goddess. For other uses, see Decima. In Roman mythology, Decima was one of the Parcae, or the Fates. She measured the thread of life with her rod. She was also revered as the goddess of childbirth. Her Greek… …
49Neorxnawang — (also Neorxenawang, Neorxnawong; possibly field of contentment [1]) is an Old English term used to translate the Christian concept of paradise in Anglo Saxon literature.[2] The term is often theorized as originally having referred to a… …
50Orfeo (Rossi) — Orfeo (Orpheus) is an opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue by the Italian composer Luigi Rossi. The libretto, by Francesco Buti, is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orfeo was first performed at the Palais Cardinal, Paris on 2 …
