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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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Tithonus

Language; Encyclopedias

In the Greek mythology son of Laomedon, who was wedded to Eos, who begged Zeus to confer on him immortality but forgot to beg for youth, so that his decrepitude in old age became ...

Titans

Language; Encyclopedias

In the Greek mythology sons of Uranos and Gaia, beings of gigantic strength, and of the dynasty prior to that of Zeus, who made war on Zeus, and hoped to scale heaven by piling ...

Thetis

Language; Encyclopedias

In the Greek mythology the daughter of Nereus and Doris, who being married against her will to Peleus, became the mother of Achilles; she was therefore a Nereid, and gifted with ...

Themis

Language; Encyclopedias

In the Greek mythology the goddess of the established order of things; was a daughter of Uranos and Gaia, and the spouse of Zeus, through whom she became the mother of the ...

Surya

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In the Hindu mythology the sun conceived of as a female deity.

Smriti

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In the Hindu religion the name given to traditional usage, as opposed to Sruti, or revelation, and from which proceeded, at a later date, the body of laws, such as that of Manu, ...

Thor

Language; Encyclopedias

In the Norse mythology "the god of thunder; the thunder was his wrath, the gathering of the black clouds is the drawing down of Thor's angry brows; the fire-bolt bursting out of ...