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  • Kristofer Oliver Uppdal (Norwegian novelist)
    Kristofer Oliver Uppdal, (born February 19, 1878, Beitstad, Norwaydied December 26, 1961, Oppdal), working-class Norwegian novelist whose major work is the 10-volume Dansen gjenom skuggeheimen ...
  • Yao (Chinese mythological emperor)
    Like Fu Xi, Shennong, and Huangdi before him, Yao had special temples dedicated in his honour. He is said to have offered sacrifices and to ...
  • Escocés (Mexican political organization)
    Escoces and Yorkino, Yorkino also spelled Yorquino, members of two rival Masonic lodges that exercised considerable political influence in early 19th-century Mexico; the names mean ...
  • Kâmpóng Thum (Cambodia)
    Kampong Thum, also spelled Kampong Thom, town, north-central Cambodia. Kampong Thum lies along the Sen River and is linked to Phnom Penh, the national capital, ...
  • Gaius Gracchus (Roman tribune)
    Gaius Gracchus, in full Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, (born 160-153? bcedied 121 bce, Grove of Furrina, near Rome), Roman tribune (123-122 bce), who reenacted the agrarian ...
  • Petrel (bird)
    Petrel, any of a number of seabirds of the order Procellariiformes, particularly certain members of the family Procellariidae, which also includes the fulmars and the ...
  • Shango (Yoruba deity)
    The natural forces associated with Shango are fire and lightning. His most prominent ritual symbol is the oshe, a double-headed battle-ax. Statues representing Shango often ...
  • Adi Granth (Sikh sacred scripture)
    The Adi Granth is the central object of worship in all gurdwaras (Sikh temples) and is accorded the reverence paid a living Guru. It is ...
  • Piero Della Francesca (Italian painter)
    Back in Sansepolcro by 1442, Piero was elected to the town council. Three years later the Confraternita della Misericordia commissioned a polyptych from him. The ...
  • Alexander Natalis (French theologian and historian)
    In 1701 Natalis signed the Cas de conscience (Case of Conscience), a document allowing silent submission to a Jansenist asking for absolution, but, when it ...
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