A triad is an association of three kindred or correlated deities. In ancient Egypt, cycles of this type usually arose out of the association with the chief local god of other deities; in some instances the members were deemed to stand in the relationship of father, mother and child. Such were the Theban triad of Amen, Nut and Khons; the Memphite of Ptah, Sekhet and Nefertum; and the Osiris-Isis-Horus triad, which, n the Alexandrian form, comprised Serapis, Isis and Harpocrates.
In Babylonia, triads were derived from early conceptions of a cosmic trinity, such as Anu, Enlil and Ea representing sky, earth and water: and shin, Shamash and Ishtar, representing sun, moon and star. Early Aryan thought moved in the same direction in the Vedic triad of Agni, Indra and Surya, representing fire, wind and sun. out of this emerged the Brahman Trimurti, or three aspects, portrayed as a three-headed image in a famous sculpture at Elephanta, and comprising Brahma, the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Siva the destroyer.
Buddhism adopted the principle in the Triratna, or three jewels, which were at first the Sangha or monastic order, portrayed as a man holding a lotus, the Buddha, and the Dharma, or sacred law.
The Triad Society of China, denoting the union of heaven, earth and man arose in the 18th century and became a powerful anti-dynastic movement. Research Triad
Thothmes I was a king of Egypt of the XVIIIth dynasty. He reigned for about twenty-five years from about 1539 BC until 1514 BC. The first great Egyptian military commander, he invaded Nubia using river craft, fought a naval battle in mid-stream, and extended the Theban power to the 4th cataract. He conducted campaigns in Syria which resulted in obtaining large quantities of riches. He devoted himself to the embellishment of the Amen temple at Karnak. Research Thothmes I
Anna Maria Horsford (also known as Anna Marie Horsford) is an American actress. She was born in 1948 at New York City. She played the role of 'Thelma Frye' in over 100 episodes of the 1980's television series 'Amen'. Research Anna Maria Horsford
Esperanto is an artificial key-language designed as a means of international communication. It was invented by Dr Zamenhof of Warsaw, who first produced his system in 1887 by publication of 'An International Language, by Dr.Esperanto'. The leading characteristics of Esperanto are its simplicity of construction, the facility by which it may be acquired, and the practical ease and euphony of its pronunciation. The alphabet is composed of 28 letters each having an invariable sound. The vocabulary consists of about 900 roots selected from the most familiar languages. There are no exceptions to the rules, perfect regularity being a leading feature of the language.
There are no silent letters. The accent is always on the penultimate syllable. All nouns end in o in the singular, and all adjectives in a. The plural of these is formed by adding j (pronounced y). All derived adverbs end in c. The only case inflexion is n for the objective. The verbal endings are; i for the infinitive; as, is, os for the present, past, and future tenses respectively; us for the conditional; u for the imperative; anta, inta, onta for the present, past, and future participles active respectively; ata, ita, otu for the present, past, and future participles passive respectively. The definite article is la in all cases and numbers, and there is no indefinite article. An ingenious system of prefixes and suffixes enables all shades of meaning to be expressed. Thus; bona, good, malbona, evil; patro, father, patrino, mother; gepatroj, parents; kudri, to sew, kudrilo, needle; arbo, tree, arbaro, forest; bela, beautiful, beleco, beauty; morti, to die, mortigi, to kill.
The following is the Lord's Prayer in Esperanto: - Patro Nia, kiu estas en la cielo, sankta estu Via nomo, venu regeco Via, estu farata volo Via, kielen la cielo, tiel ankau sur la tero. Panon nian ciutagan donu alni hodiau, kaj pardonu alni suldojn niajn, kielni ankau pardonas al niaj suldantoj, Ne konduku nin en teuton; sed liberigu nin de la malbona, car Via estas la regado, la forto, kaj la gloro eterne. Amen! The British Esperanto Association was founded in the autumn of 1904; its official organ was The British Esperantist. Research Esperanto
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