Congenital anomalies of the limbs in mythology and antiquity
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DOI: 10.1007/s00264-018-3776-3
Abstract: Congenital anomalies of the limbs have been observed since ancient human civilizations, capturing the imagination of ancient physicians and people. The knowledge of the era could not possibly theorize on the biologic aspects of these… read more here.
Keywords: congenital anomalies; limbs mythology; mythology antiquity; anomalies limbs ... See more keywords
Creation Mythology and Enlightenment in Sanskrit Literature
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DOI: 10.1007/s10781-020-09437-y
Abstract: Accounts of creation in Sanskrit literature include a number of hymns in the R̥gveda principal among which are R̥V 10.72, 10.81–82, 10.90, 10.121, and 10.129. Later accounts appear in the Mānavadhārmaśāstra , the Mahābhārata ,… read more here.
Keywords: sanskrit literature; mythology; creation; creation mythology ... See more keywords
Ayurvedic inheritance – a reader's companion
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2017.09.004
Abstract: *Charles Sturt University, PO Box 883, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia, Email: [email protected] From the desk of a highly respected cardiothoracic surgeon and a higher-education leader of India, Marthandavarma Sankaran Valiathan (MSV), another book on the… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; ayurvedic inheritance; yurveda; inheritance reader ... See more keywords
Idealizing adventure tourism experiences: tourists’ self-assessment and expectations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jort.2021.100379
Abstract: Abstract Travelers often idealize and develop individual expectations for their adventure experiences through a romanticized “adventure mythology”. The research has focused primarily on the motivations (why); on the feelings of the participants during this type… read more here.
Keywords: adventure tourism; tourism; experiences tourists; mythology ... See more keywords
The human sciences, models and metrological mythology
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DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2019.107346
Abstract: Abstract Measurement concepts and vocabulary have become commonplace in the human sciences. To this end, the field of educational measurement has largely concerned itself with the development and use of a family of mathematical, “psychometric”… read more here.
Keywords: sciences models; metrological mythology; human sciences; measurement ... See more keywords
Nathaniel Berman. Divine and Demonic in the Poetic Mythology of the Zohar: The “Other Side” of Kabbalah. Leiden: Brill, 2018. xiv + 312 pp.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0364009420000240
Abstract: Evil is the theological scandal that won’t go away. In Zohar scholarship, Isaiah Tishby’s twofold approach to the problem of evil has largely been a settled matter. Tishby proffered two options—the Neoplatonic and the dualistic… read more here.
Keywords: mythology; berman divine; berman; divine demonic ... See more keywords
The complex web behind the siting of power plants
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-017-07511-2
Abstract: Politics, vested interests, historical dependencies and even mythology can trump the most logical and efficient power-grid plan. Politics, vested interests, historical dependencies and even mythology can trump the most logical and efficient power-grid plan. Illustration read more here.
Keywords: complex web; behind siting; power; web behind ... See more keywords
Australia and the Great War: Identity, Memory and Mythology
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DOI: 10.1080/1031461x.2017.1302287
Abstract: aged thirty-two, to the consternation of more senior officials. He left the bureaucracy in 1950, stood unsuccessfully as a Labor candidate in the 1951 election and incurred the scrutiny of ASIO due to his progressive… read more here.
Keywords: great war; australia great; war; identity memory ... See more keywords
Western & Cangaço: Close Genres, Similar Narratives
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DOI: 10.1080/10509208.2019.1680064
Abstract: The conquest of the West is a piece of the United States’ history made of many episodes and stages, but the far West was the most documented of all. From Jamestown in 1607 to statehood… read more here.
Keywords: close genres; canga close; genres similar; similar narratives ... See more keywords
Friedrich Shelling and Alexei Losev
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DOI: 10.1080/10611967.2018.1529975
Abstract: This article outlines the main threads in the reception of Friedrich Schelling’s ideas by Alexei F. Losev as reflected in his philosophical works. The author singles out three main sets of issues where Schelling’s influence… read more here.
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Multiplicity of Heads in Indian Mythology.
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DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000005831
Abstract: 6 iving beings in the animal kingdom are designed by nature with L a head and specific set of organs which are evolved for various functions which also includes the human being. Logically, multitasking needs… read more here.
Keywords: hinduism; multiplicity; multiplicity heads; mythology ... See more keywords