Thomas Nuttall
Thomas Nuttall 1786-1859, American naturalist, b. England. He was a pioneer in American paleontology and was curator (1822-32) of the Harvard botanical garden. He accompanied several scientific expeditions to the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and the Pacific coast and published his findings in The Genera of North American Plants (2 vol., 1818) and A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada (1832). In 1842 he returned to England. He also wrote an account of his travels (1819) into the Arkansas territory.
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Arts: The Cultural Significance of... The Moon: The monster raving lunar party Why have so many artists been so totally moonstruck? Because, suggests Kevin Jackson in the second of our series on cultural icons, the moon became like the white whale in Moby-Dick: an object of obsession and a symbol of imagination and darker human urges
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/11/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...connected with primitive moon-worship. This sounds crazy, and I...could hardly bear to keep the moon out of his stanzas). In his...involuntary Gravesian act of worship to the huge Mediterranean moon. An extreme act, but hardly...
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Moon struck Celestial body given props for better fishing
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 7/24/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...good times are during a quarter-moon. Early in the year, peak times in...he said. He's not alone in his moon worship. Fishing authorities, such as In...charted the positive impact of the moon on fishing success. Dozard became...
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Some farmers swear by traditional moon-phase gardening
Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press; 3/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...humans have an intrinsic relationship with the moon is an old one that can be traced back to the moon worship of ancient Babylonians and the Greeks and Romans who worshiped the moon goddess Diana, or Artemis. "We go through...
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Moon Festival; Lighting up the autumn sky
Newspaper article from: International Examiner; 10/5/2004; ; 634 words
; ...this year, is believed to have the roundest moon of the year. Chinese worship the moon with incense-sticks, candles, fruits and...to the moon. She became the goddess of the moon. People worship her on the day of the full moon since it is...
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Theater; Familiar Trip Back To `Moon'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/21/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...a Pieta-like tableau. If "Moon" is full of chesty Madonna imagery...poignancy. What could save this "Moon" from its heroine-worship, though, is a nod to the unredemptive...in forgiveness and peace." A Moon for the Misbegotten, by Eugene...
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Watching the moon turn red; Catch a glimpse of the red moon.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 1/9/2001; 536 words
; ...or a kind of red.' LUNAR FACTFILE The moon, which is the earth's satellite, is...month, it waxes and wanes from a full moon to a thin crescent. In ancient times, the moon was an object of worship and the times for killing animals for...
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Watching the moon turn red ; Catch a glimpse of the red moon
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 1/9/2001; ; 506 words
; ...or a kind of red.' LUNAR FACTFILE The moon, which is the earth's satellite, is...month, it waxes and wanes from a full moon to a thin crescent. In ancient times, the moon was an object of worship and the times for killing animals for...
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Moon Fest Memories
Newspaper article from: AsianWeek; 9/29/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...tradition because," he explains, "men do not worship the moon." In China, a full moon is also symbolic of family reunion, so that day...continues with a reunion on the evening of the Moon Festival. "We have a banquet, and all of the...
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Questions swirl around Rev. Moon
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/31/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...tour of interfaith pastors that Moon has helped organize. It has been...p.m. for a night of music, worship and talks by Moon and other ministers. Using WVCY...night. "We know that Reverend Moon is a false prophet," Dallas said...
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Malacanang belies Oplan: August Moon.
News Wire article from: Philippines News Agency; 6/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...this special night. The August Moon Festival is often called the Women's Festival. The moon symbolizes beauty and elegance. While Westerners worship the sun (yang or male) for...people in the Far East admire the moon. The moon is the 'yin' or...
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moon worship
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
moon worship Although the moon has not had great prominence in the history of religion, the worship...particularly among certain African and Native American groups. Moon worship is founded on the belief that the phases of the moon and the...
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moon
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...was to be done (Lev. 23: 24 f.). The moon was a celestial object of awe (Job 31: 26) and moon-worship was practised by Israel's neighbours. The modern superstition that the moon affects the mind (‘lunatics...
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Moon
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...that deals with the charting of the moon’s surface. —...selenographical , adj. selenolatry the worship of the moon. selenology the branch of astronomy...physical characteristics of the moon. —selenologist , n...
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Sumu and Miskito
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Other forces of nature, including the Moon and the wind, were also worshiped. A...traditional religion involved Sun and Moon worship and a belief in both good and evil spirits...spirits (lasas) and omens in addition to worship of t
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astrology
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...mdash;the stars, the planets, the sun, and the moon—influence human affairs and determine the...object of religious sentiment since earliest times (see moon worship ; sun worship ). The Chaldaeans and the Assyrians were the first...
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