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3 days ago · Overview and history. Because the social acceptance of homosexuality has varied in many world cultures throughout history, LGBT literature has covered a vast array of themes and concepts. LGBT individuals have often turned to literature as a source of validation, understanding, and beautification of same-sex attraction.
May 23, 2024 · She woke the plants, insects, caves, and everything on the Earth until it was finished. The Father of All Spirits was pleased with the Sun Mother’s work. Later, the Sun Mother gave birth to two children, the Morning Star, and the moon. Those two gave birth to the children that later became humanity’s ancestors. 24.
1 day ago · Public holiday. Chinese New Year is observed as a public holiday in some countries and territories where there is a sizeable Chinese population. Since Chinese New Year falls on different days of the week each year, some of these governments opt to shift working days in order to accommodate a longer public holiday.
2 days ago · Macaria (Μακαρία), daughter of Hades and goddess of blessed death (not to be confused with the daughter of Heracles) Melinoe (Μελινόη), daughter of Persephone and Zeus who presided over the propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead. Menoetes (Μενοίτης), an Underworld spirit who herded the cattle of Hades.
May 21, 2024 · 1930-1935 New Nambu M60: Minebea.38 Special: 5 Japan: 1960-1999 NRP9 Police Revolver: Norinco: 6 China: 2014-? OTs-01 Kobalt: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 9×18mm Makarov.380 ACP: 6 Soviet Union: 1992-? [citation needed] OTs-20 Gnom: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 12.5×40mm STs-110 5 Russia: 1994-? OTs-38 Stechkin silent revolver: KBP ...
5 days ago · Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monograph in German, is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a single ...
2 days ago · The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System : 193 UN member states , [1] 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states ...
