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[Norse] Syn was a Norse goddess invoked by defendants on trial. She was an attendant of Frigg and guarded the door of her palace.
a folk dance from Zonguldak region(a city in the north of Turkey).Zonguldak yöresine ait bir halk oyunu.
An african dance. In Turkish: Bambula, Afrika kökenli bir dans.
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A kind of Turkish knight, Turkish local folk dance. In Turkish: Efe, Haksızlığa karşı halkı koruyan. Acemi Zeybek; Kızan
[Islamic] The Arabic name for John the Baptist. He was given as a child to his old father Zakariya (Qur'an 19). He was humble before god, loving and fearing, and became God's twenty-third prophet.
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[Other] In Gnosticism the father of Demiurgos.
[African] The creator god of the Efik (Nigeria), Abassi was instructed by his wife, Atai, to allow a human couple to settle on the Earth, but forbade them to procreate or work, for fear that they might excel Abassi in wisdom. For some time the humans observed this rule, but eventually they began to work and have children, for which Atai slew the man and his wife, and caused strife and discord between their children.
[Greek] The son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, queen of Argos. According to some he was the founder of Abae in Phocis. The companion of Diomedes. Because of his pride, directed towards Aphrodite, he was turned into a swan by the goddess (Ovid XIV, 505). A companion of Perseus (Ovid V, 126). The names of two friends of Aeneas, a Trojan and an Etruscan (Virgil I, 121; X, 427).
[Judaic] Rabbi Loeb and the Golem of Prague. Of all the Golem legends, none is as famous as the story cycle of the Golem of Prague. There had been books, plays, and even films depicting it, and often they included the creator of the Golem of Prague, Rabbi Loeb. Prague was home to many Jewish scholars and mystics; Rabbi Loeb was probably the most famous. He lived a long life, 1513-1609, and defended his people valiantly against their enemies. His followers loved him so much they called him "The Exalted One." Even to a holy man, or a great mystic, creating life is forbidden. It can only be justified if many lives would be saved by doing so, and not always even then. But Rabbi Loeb was instructed to try the horrifying task. He created his Golem with divine help, using Kabbalistic formulas communicated to him in dreams. Acquiring this God-given knowledge was neither simple nor easy. The formulas were given, but deciphering them had to be done by the person himself. Worse, he had to ...
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