Named after the goddess of plant growth
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Origins of Month Names - Fact Monster  January: named after Janus, protector of the gateway to heaven; February: named ... May: named after Maia, the goddess of growth of plants; June: from junius,...
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What Are The Origins Of The Names Of Our Months? - Astronomy Trek  January: named after Janus, a two faced god of doors and gateways whose one face ... May: named after Maia, a goddess of the earth and of plant growth,...
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The Names of the Months - Infoplease  January: named after Janus, the god of doors and gates; February: named after ... May: named after Maia, the goddess of growth of plants; June: from junius,...
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List of nature deities - Wikipedia  In nature worship, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature such as water deity, .... Yum Caax, god of agriculture, wild plants and animals ... Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness and health and growth in all things; Liber, cognate for...
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PLANTS & FLOWERS OF GREEK MYTH 1 - Theoi Greek Mythology  Illustrated Guide to the plants and flowers of Greek mythology. ... In Phrygia there was born an hermaphroditic deity named Agdistis. The gods were fearful and .... After his accidental death the god transformed him into the saffron flower.
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Ecology: Plant Bugs Stories - Story-Lovers SOS Story Lists  And because they do not share their Truth with other people and other beings, .... The Italian name for the sunflower is "girasole" (from the Italian girare, "to turn," and sole, "sun") because the garden flower turns its head to follow the sun as it ... 13) The Fall-Winter issue of Wild Earth has a piece on a survey of calling frogs:...
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Persephone - Wikipedia  In Greek mythology, Persephone also called Kore or Cora is the daughter of Zeus and the ... Persephone as a vegetation goddess and her mother Demeter were the .... was related to the female vegetation divinity Ariadne who died every year. ... just like Ariadne in Greek mythology, who was hanged from a tree when she...
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Full text of "Plant names, scientific and popular, including in the case ...  Herbs, shrubs or even trees. ..... The genus includes many species of edible Mushrooms. a. ... Greek name of an aromatic plant, "not growing old. ...... Herbs with coated corms and showy flowers; among the most beautiful of American wild ..... Named for Charlemagne, whose army found in the plant a remedy for the plague.
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RR: goddesses by sgrildrig on DeviantArt  Aug 24, 2016 ... And Aphrodite because she went out of her way to get idiots into ... I like to believe that any worship of Nut involved women getting ... that old Almond-Joy song in my head: "sometimes you feel like a nut. ... And then there is Inanna, the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, ... Now if only she had been 500' tall.
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Lotus Symbol - Egyptian Gods  As a symbol of the sun it is closely associated with Atum-Ra, the Sun god and later ... The lotus flower, water lily, was also used to symbolize the deceased upon ... to ancient Egyptian mythology the Lotus symbolized the sun, of creation, rebirth...
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MINTHE - Mint-Plant Naiad Nymph of Greek Mythology  In Greek mythology Minthe was a Naiad-nymph of Mount Mintha in Elis (southern ... to be superior to his wife Persephone, the angry goddess transformed her into a mint plant. ... MINTHA or MENTHA (Minth), a Cocythian nymph, and beloved by Hades, was ... And from the earth spray the weak herb that bears her name.".
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Flora and Fauna  Podictionary Word of the Day | OUPblog  Feb 5, 2009 ... Flora is not only a goddess but also a Latin word that means flower. Before she was a Roman goddess, Flora was a Greek goddess by the name of ... Roman goddess but her brother was more famous, his Roman god name...
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IRIS- Greek Goddess of the Rainbow by Raphael Williams on Prezi  Sep 20, 2012 ... Transcript of IRIS- Greek Goddess of the Rainbow ... The iris of the eye is named after her as she was the goddess of the rainbow, to reflect the...
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Flora, Roman Goddess of Flowers, Springtime, and Sex - Thalia Took  Flora is the Roman Goddess of flowering plants, especially those that bear fruit. ... In later times Flora became the Goddess of all flowering plants, including the...
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Show #5197 - Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - J! Archive  Mar 27, 2007 ... Probably named for the Roman goddess of marriage, this month is one of the most popular for ... A rose has long been a symbol of love; rearrange its letters & you get the name of this Greek god of love .... Though born on Long Island, in his poetry he was "Walt Whitman, a Kosmos, of" this island "the Son"...
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Ceres (mythology) - Wikipedia  In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and ... The Romans saw her as the counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, ... the root for Latin crescere "to grow" and through it, the English words create and ... Throughout the Roman era, Ceres' name was synonymous with grain and,...
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Capitolo I  Two are the main versions of the myth of Urania, deity who derives her name ... (sky): according to the Herodotean tradition she is daughter of Sky and Light, ... In the best known tradition Urania is the Muse of astronomy, although she does not ... work the Muses are related to the art of foretelling, that he calls the science of...
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Plant - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Gardenia This flower's name didn't come from just any old garden, but from a botanist, Dr. Alexander Garden. Gernaium ivy lady washington These garden or...
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Narcissus poeticus - Wikipedia  Narcissus poeticus was one of the first daffodils to be cultivated, and is frequently identified as ... The earliest mention of poet's daffodil is likely in the botanical writings of Theophrastus ... Linnaeus, who gave the flower its name, quite possibly did so because he .... The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
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10 Badass Goddesses Who Are The Heroes Of Their ... - Pinterest  Mami Wata is one of many African water deities linked with the deep and .... them as those who beneath the earth punish whosoever has sworn a false oath. ... She is a Goddess of Orchards, whose name means "Great Lady and Fruitful. ...... the concept of the panacea in medicine, a substance meant to cure all diseases.
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Romanisation and Aquae Sulis Part 1 - Pyrrha's Roman Pages  The naming of Aquae Sulis and the goddess worshipped there. .... Minerva, Apollo, Venus, Diana, goddess of hunting, also known as Luna, the Moon goddess; ... Sulis, Nemetona, Rosmerta (often depicted holding a bucket-like container and...