Mask Of The Sun
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Mask Of The Sun
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Author : Philip Thatcher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-10-01
Mask Of The Sun written by Philip Thatcher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-01 with Mythology, Celtic categories.
Mask Of The Sun The Science History And Forgotten Lore Of Eclipses
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Author : John Dvorak
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-03-07
Mask Of The Sun The Science History And Forgotten Lore Of Eclipses written by John Dvorak and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with Science categories.
They have been thought of as harbingers of evil as well as a sign of the divine. Eclipses—one of the rarest and most stunning celestial events we can witness here on Earth—have shaped the course of human history and thought since humans first turned their eyes to the sky. What do Virginia Woolf, the rotation of hurricanes, Babylonian kings and Einstein’s General Theory Relativity all have in common? Eclipses. Always spectacular and, today, precisely predicable, eclipses have allowed us to know when the first Olympic games were played and, long before the first space probe, that the Moon was covered by dust. Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They were recorded on ancient turtle shells discovered in the Wastes of Yin in China, on clay tablets from Mesopotamia and on the Mayan “Dresden Codex." They are mentioned in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and at least eight times in the Bible. Columbus used them to trick people, while Renaissance painter Taddeo Gaddi was blinded by one. Sorcery was banished within the Catholic Church after astrologers used an eclipse to predict a pope’s death. In Mask of the Sun, acclaimed writer John Dvorak the importance of the number 177 and why the ancient Romans thought it was bad to have sexual intercourse during an eclipse (whereas other cultures thought it would be good luck). Even today, pregnant women in Mexico wear safety pins on their underwear during an eclipse. Eclipses are an amazing phenomena—unique to Earth—that have provided the key to much of what we now know and understand about the sun, our moon, gravity, and the workings of the universe. Both entertaining and authoritative, Mask of the Sun reveals the humanism behind the science of both lunar and solar eclipses. With insightful detail and vividly accessible prose, Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur—as well as insight into the forthcoming eclipse of 2017 that will be visible across North America.
The Mask Of The Sun
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Author : Fred Saberhagen
language : en
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date : 1987-03-01
The Mask Of The Sun written by Fred Saberhagen and has been published by Tor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-03-01 with categories.
The Mask Of The Sun
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Author : Fred Saberhagen
language : en
Publisher: JSS Literary Productions, LLC
Release Date : 2022-02-04
The Mask Of The Sun written by Fred Saberhagen and has been published by JSS Literary Productions, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-04 with Fiction categories.
The finding of a valuable ancient Aztec mask off the coast of Key West leads the Gabrieli brothers on a harrowing adventure. Mysteriously transported to the 16th century Inca empire where the fate of an alternate timeline lies in the balance, Mike Gabrieli finds himself pitted against a most formidable Conquistador. Will it pay to have reached too fast for gold? Some additional time travel novels by Saberhagen: A Century of Progress After the Fact Pyramids Merlin’s Bones
Masks Of The Spirit
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Author : Peter T. Markman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1989-01-01
Masks Of The Spirit written by Peter T. Markman and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Drawing on secondary works in archaeology, art history, folklore, ethnohistory, ethnography, and literature, the authors maintain that the mask is the central metaphor for the Mesoamerican concept of spiritual reality. Covers the long history of the use of the ritual mask by the peoples who created and developed the mythological tradition of Mesoamerica. Chapters: (1) the metaphor of the mask in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica: the mask as the God, in ritual, and as metaphor; (II) metaphoric reflections of the cosmic order; and (III) the metaphor of the mask after the conquest: syncretism; the Pre-Columbian survivals; the syncretic compromise; and today's masks. Over 100 color and black-&-white photos.
Harrison Birtwistle The Mask Of Orpheus
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Author : Jonathan Cross
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Harrison Birtwistle The Mask Of Orpheus written by Jonathan Cross and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Music categories.
Hailed at its premiere at the London Coliseum in 1986 as the most important musical and theatrical event of the decade, The Mask of Orpheus is undoubtedly a key work in Harrison Birtwistle's output. His subsequent stage and concert pieces demand to be evaluated in its light. Increasingly, it is also viewed as a key work in the development of opera since the Second World War, a work that pushed at the boundaries of what was possible in lyrical theatre. In its imaginative fusion of music, song, drama, myth, mime and electronics, it has become a beacon for many younger composers, and the object of wide critical attention. Jonathan Cross begins his detailed study of this 'lyric tragedy' by placing it in the wider context of the reception of the Orpheus myth. In particular, the significance of Orpheus for the twentieth century is discussed, and this provides the backdrop for an examination of Birtwistle's preoccupation with the story in a variety of works across his creative life. The sources and genesis of The Mask of Orpheus are explored. This is followed by a close reading of the work's three acts, analysing their structure and meaning, investigating the relationship between music, text and drama, drawing on Zinovieff's textual drafts and Birtwistle's compositional sketches. The book concludes by suggesting a range of contexts within which The Mask of Orpheus might be understood. Its central themes of time, memory and identity, loss, mourning and melancholy, touch a deep sensibility in late-modern society and culture. Interviews with the librettist and composer round off this important study.
The Golden Mask Of King Tut The Code
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Author : Jesús Ariel Aguirre
language : en
Publisher: Editorial Autores de Argentina
Release Date : 2021-07-16
The Golden Mask Of King Tut The Code written by Jesús Ariel Aguirre and has been published by Editorial Autores de Argentina this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-16 with Social Science categories.
The book focuses on the inauguration of the New Great Egyptian Museum, in which the death mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamun is stolen. The archeology professor Thomas Dee will begin his search throughout Egypt and some cities of the Muslim world, together with the South African journalist Anne Lein. The plot suspects the black market of anti-grand theft, a Catholic Cardinal and several magnates as potential buyers. In the search they visit Vatican City, Luxor, Abu Dhabi, Southeast Asia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Morocco, the Greek islands of Skorpio, Mykonos, Santorini and the Alhambra itself in Spain.
The Mask Of Enlightenment
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Author : Stanley Rosen
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1995-09-29
The Mask Of Enlightenment written by Stanley Rosen and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-29 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Soon to become the definitive study of Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra.
Ethnology Of The Ungava District
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Author : Lucien M. Turner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Ethnology Of The Ungava District written by Lucien M. Turner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Indians of North America categories.
Annual Report Of The Bureau Of Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution
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Author : Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Annual Report Of The Bureau Of Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with America categories.