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- The evil eye is a supernatural belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy. The belief in the evil eye among humans...76 KB (9,805 words) - 23:45, 9 June 2024
- Mourning is the expression of an experience that is the consequence of an event in life involving loss, causing grief. It typically occurs as a result...50 KB (6,257 words) - 12:23, 5 June 2024
- In the epic poem Shahnameh, Tageuo (Persian: تژاو) is one of the Turan heroes in charge of a border state between Iran and Turan. His state was the third...5 KB (429 words) - 08:53, 20 June 2022
- The Invercauld was an 1,100-ton sailing vessel that was wrecked on the Auckland Islands in 1864. The Invercauld was under the command of Captain George...11 KB (1,661 words) - 21:06, 3 February 2023
- Me'ilah (Hebrew: מ֧עילׇה; "misuse of property") is a tractate of Seder Kodashim in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian Talmud. It deals chiefly with the...4 KB (693 words) - 20:40, 7 June 2022
- The Three Rebellions in Shouchun (also known as the Three Rebellions in Huainan) were a series of revolts that occurred in the state of Cao Wei during...15 KB (1,862 words) - 05:02, 10 February 2023
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus (88 BC – May 40 BC) was a Roman senator who served as Consul in 50 BC. He was a friend to Roman senator Cicero and an early opponent...7 KB (620 words) - 20:02, 12 January 2023
- Year 354 (CCCLIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the...3 KB (307 words) - 18:54, 10 May 2023
- Year 418 (CDXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the...2 KB (203 words) - 20:02, 28 September 2022
- Year 254 (CCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year...2 KB (264 words) - 10:40, 27 March 2022
- Year 210 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Laevinus (or, less frequently...4 KB (533 words) - 10:57, 25 March 2023
- Philiphaugh is a village by the Yarrow Water, on the outskirts of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders. Places nearby include Bowhill, Broadmeadows, the Ettrick...2 KB (218 words) - 13:21, 19 September 2022
- Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount Glenawly (c. 1600–1678) was a soldier in Swedish and English service. He was awarded the title of friherre for his service...7 KB (841 words) - 08:27, 1 June 2023
- The Anglo-Norman Text Society is a text publication society founded in 1937 by Professor Mildred K. Pope. The founding aim of the society was to promote...4 KB (421 words) - 13:00, 16 September 2022
- Plavecký Castle (Slovak: Plavecký hrad, Hungarian: Detrekő vára) is a ruined medieval castle in the municipality of Plavecké Podhradie in the Bratislava...4 KB (475 words) - 12:55, 2 September 2022
- Hystaspes (Old Persian: 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 Vištāspa; Ancient Greek: Ὑστάσπης Hustáspēs) was the second son of the Persian king Xerxes I. When his father was...2 KB (156 words) - 11:58, 29 May 2023
- Jerome Bellamy (died 1586), of Uxenden Hall, near London, England, was a member of an old Roman Catholic recusant family noted for its hospitality to missionaries...2 KB (303 words) - 20:45, 17 March 2023
- John Garbrand or Herks (1542–1589) was an English cleric, a prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral and friend of Bishop Jewell. Garbrand was born at Oxford...3 KB (442 words) - 02:55, 28 November 2022
- Drummacoorin (from Irish Droim Achadh an Fhuarain 'ridge of the field of the spring well') is situated in the area of Boho in South West Fermanagh in the...2 KB (150 words) - 17:17, 2 May 2020
- The Royal Prussian Order of Saint John (German: Königlich Preußische St. Johanniter-Orden) was an order of merit in the Kingdom of Prussia. It was set...5 KB (261 words) - 19:59, 8 March 2020