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81Sphinx — This article is about sphinxes in general. For the sphinx at Giza in Egypt, see Great Sphinx of Giza. For other uses, see Sphinx (disambiguation). The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafra in the background …
82Thyrsus — In Greek mythology, a thyrsus (thyrsos) was a staff of giant fennel ( Ferula communis ) covered with ivy vines and leaves, sometimes wound with taeniae and always topped with a pine cone. Where these emblems were, there was the spirit of Dionysus …
83Virginity — Virgin and Maiden redirect here. For other uses, see Virgin (disambiguation) and Maiden (disambiguation). Invocation by Frederick Leighton White has traditionally been associated with ritual purity, innocence and virginity. Virginity refers to… …
84Kachina — Kachinas (also spelled Katsina, the plural katsinam ) exist in Hopi and in Pueblo cosmology and religious practices.In Hopi, the word Kachina (Katsina or Qatsina) means literally life bringer , and can be anything that exists in the natural world …
85Amunet — For the Stargate character, see Amonet (Stargate). In Egyptian mythology, Amunet (also spelled Amonet, Amaunet, Amentet, Amentit, Imentet, Imentit, and Ament) was a deity having several different characteristics during the long history of the… …
86Unification Theological Seminary — The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS), is the main seminary of the international Unification Church. It is located in Barrytown, New York and with an Extension Center in midtown Manhattan. Its purpose has been described as training leaders… …
87Ritual — For other uses, see Ritual (disambiguation). Part of the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard in Whitehall, London. A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value. It may be prescribed by a religion or by the traditions… …
88Chiswick House — Chiswick House …
89Gourd — This article refers to the dried fruit shell. For the alternative country musical group of a similar name, see The Gourds.A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, or a name given to the hollow, dried shell of a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae… …
90Singular value decomposition — Visualization of the SVD of a 2 dimensional, real shearing matrix M. First, we see the unit disc in blue together with the two canonical unit vectors. We then see the action of M, which distorts the disk to an ellipse. The SVD decomposes M into… …
