How did Devil's Tower get its name?
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contact devils tower\n\n\n\nHow is Devils Tower\nA Sacred Site to American Indians?\n\n\nGeorge L. San Miguel\nAugust 1994\n\n\n"A review of the ethnographic literature demonstrates that Devils Tower was a sacred area for several Plains Tribes, and that it has been encoded as an important landmark in tribal narratives."1\n\nAccording to the National Park Service, over twenty tribes have potential cultural affiliation with Devils Tower National Monument. 1\n\n    * Assiniboine & Lakota (MT)\n    * Blackfeet\n    * Blood (Canada)\n    * Crow\n    * Cheyenne River Lakota\n    * Crow Creek Lakota\n    * Devil's Lake Lakota\n    * Eastern Shoshone\n    * Flandreau Santee Dakota\n    * Kootnai & Salish\n    * Lower Brule Lakota\n    * Northern Arapaho\n    * Northern Cheyenne\n    * Oglala Lakota\n    * Pigeon (Canada)\n    * Rosebud Lakota\n    * Sissteon-Wahpeton Dakota\n    * Southern Arapaho\n    * Southern Cheyenne\n    * Standing Rock Lakota\n    * Three Affiliated Tribes\n    * Turtle Mountain Chippewa\n    * Yankton Dakota
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We used to meet there & Devil worship in the 70's. Frightening stuff! A couple of people died there!
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Chicago is known as "The Windy City". Some theories on the origin of the nickname are here:\n\nhttp://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/chicago-nickname.htm
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because the name[ harry potter ]was taken
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You can probably search up all those questions on google or something. But I think Venus got it's name from the Roman/Greek God Venus.
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very interesting theory..\n\nhow on earth did you come up with it?\n\ni am sure there are more names throughout history that add up to 666 as well tho!
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i saw a show once on these old mysterious structures. they had a map of the world and all of these structures were marked on the map. I couldn't believe what I saw… it formed a circle, actually two circles. The inner circle (dots) were exactly spaced between the dots of the upper circle.\n\nIt's hard to explain but what I saw was this... instead of drawing a circle around you would connect by going down then back up (like the letter V), down then back up, over and over again in a clockwise fashion. If you can envision what I am saying it turned out to be like a pie cut into several times…an arrow pointing to the middle!(no dot in the middle)\n\nI was screaming at the tv saying can't you see it, aren't you going to point it out? Nothing was said!!!\nI don't remember what show it was and I didn't have enough time to exactly see where it was pointing to.\nI wonder what mystery could be found in the center of that map?\n\nHas anyone else seen this????\n\nI just searched the web for an image to help visualy. looks something like the image in the link below.
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in north america we call them "devil sticks" and i believe they originate from china
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This name probably comes from the name Griselda, which is derived from the Germanic elements gris "grey" and hild "battle".\n\nSee the link below for more info.\n\nWK
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It is called the philtrum.  The name comes from the Greek word "philtron" meaning "love potion".
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It is an Irish short form of "William", which is from the Germanic name Wilhelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection". The name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.\n\nWK
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Epyon means "the devil".
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Well, since the Jews didn't have a concept of hell, I'm guessing that early Christianity probably picked it up from the Greek Hades. The name Hell, however, originally stems from the name for the Norse underworld, Hel. Since English is a Germanic language, it makes sense that the idea for the Christian underworld would borrow that name.
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Legend has it that the nickname dates back to the American Civil War. Supposedly, during a battle in Virginia, the North Carolinian troops held their ground while supporting troops retreated. After the battle, supporting troops asked the victorious North Carolinians: "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" and they replied: "No, not a bit; old Jeff's bought it all up." The supporting troops continued: "Is that so? What is he going to do with it?" The North Carolinian troops' response: "He is going to put it on you'ns heels to make you stick better in the next fight."
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it was called Monsters
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The Name we use today derives from the Pyramid of Pepy I at Saqqara, which is Mennufer (the good place), or Coptic Menfe. Memphis is the Greek translation. But the City was originally Ineb-Hedj, meaning "The White Wall". \n\nSome sources indicate that other versions of the name may have even translated to our modern name for the country, Egypt. During the Middle Kingdom, it was Ankh-Tawy, or "That Which Binds the Two Lands".
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From Wikipedia:\n\nThe name appears to derive from the Saxon here meaning army and hlaw meaning hill that was the meeting point of the local Saxon tribe. The village was noted later in Magna Carta and developed as a typical rural area.\n\nHope that's "original" enough!\n\nYour best bet for more detail is the Museum of Harlow ( http://www.tmoh.com ) but there's little available online - you'll need to go there.