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Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
Heaven Official's Blessing (Chinese: 天官赐福, pinyin: Tiān Guān Cì Fú) is a Chinese novel series written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Chinese: 墨香铜臭). The serialization started on Jinjiang Literature City, a popular Chinese website for publishing and serializing web fiction , on June 16, 2017, and was completed on February 25, 2018.
No. Shaolin kung fu ( Chinese: 少林功夫; pinyin: Shǎolín gōngfū ), also called Shaolin Wushu ( 少林武術; Shǎolín wǔshù ), or Shaolin quan ( 少林拳; Shàolínquán ), is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous styles of wushu, or kung fu of Chan Buddhism. It combines Chan philosophy and martial arts.
A growth chimera with the ability to modify her own body, usually taking the form and voice of a woman. She attacks the home of the Crimson Demons, whom she despises for their frequent use of magic. She is the main antagonist in the feature film “KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson”. LN 5.5.4
Odin, in his guise as a wanderer, as imagined by Georg von Rosen (1886). Odin (/ ˈ oʊ d ɪ n /; [1] from Old Norse: Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and ...
Kensei (honorary title) Miyamoto Musashi, Self-portrait, Samurai, writer and artist, c. 1640. Kensei ( Japanese: 剣聖, sometimes rendered in English as Kensai, Ken Sai, Kensei, or Kenshei) is a Japanese honorary title given to a warrior of legendary skill in swordsmanship. The literal translation of kensei is "sword saint". [ 1]
Kamikaze (typhoon) The kamikaze ( Japanese: 神風, lit. 'divine wind') were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan. These fleets attacked Japan in 1274 and again in 1281. [ 1] Due to the growth of Zen Buddhism among Samurai at the time, these were the first events where the typhoons were ...
ASTD retained these points as their official mission, [5] even as the profession evolved and the business world changed. In 1964, the association changed its name to the American Society for Training & Development. ASTD eventually widened its focus to connect learning and performance with business results.