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Research Results For 'Tau'

TAU EMPEROR

The Tau Emperor (Aglia tau) is a moth of the family Saturniidae (although due to certain morphological differences with the true Emperor moths, some naturalists class the species in a family of its own) with a wing span of between 50 and 65 mm found in deciduous forests in the entire Palaearctic except Britain. The moths fly during April or later in mountainous regions.
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AMULET

An amulet is an object employed to protect the wearer, from harmful influences or to attract good fortune, money and the like. Scientific knowledge would suggest that amulets are superstitious nonsense with no basis in fact. However, psychology may indicate that amulets do indeed function, though not quite by 'magic'. Psychologists have long established that that attitude and belief can affect a person. Salesmen chant mantras of success, and believe in their ability. This belief makes them confident and more effective at selling. Former cancer patients who believe they are free from the disease following operations are significantly less likely to redevelop the disease compared to those who believe the disease may come back. There is then a scientific basis for the functionality of amulets. If the wearer of an amulet believes in the power of the amulet, this belief will affect their behaviour, albeit unconsciously, and in turn will improve the immune system to protect against illness, or increase confidence to help attract a mate, or increase confidence and make perception
more positive to allow the wearer to realise 'good luck'. Classic amulets include the Utchat, or 'Eye of Horus'; Ankh; Scarab; The Tau; The Tet; Swastika; Crescent and Hand.
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ANGATUPYRY

In Guarani mythology, Angatupyry is the spirit of good. Together with Tau they guide people which road to follow.
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PORASY

In Guarani mythology, Porasy was a daughter of Rupave and Sypave. She was the mother of beauty, a woman of great physical strength who sacrificed herself to save her people from the domination of the seven evil sons of Tau and Kerana.
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TAU

In Guarani mythology, Tau is the spirit of evil.
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THE TAU

Picture of The Tau

The Tau or St Anthony's Cross is an ancient amulet for protection against sickness and ill-health.
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LEPTON

In nuclear physics, a lepton is any member of a class of charged or uncharged elementary particles of small mass, such as an electron, positron, neutrino, tau; or a member of the muon family (muon, negative muon, and muon neutrino). Each member of the lepton class has an antiparticle. Although all leptons are relatively light, they are not alike. The electron, for example, carries a neutral charge, but is indivisible; the muon, also neutral, has a mass many times greater than that of an electron and can be broken down into smaller particles.
Leptons interact with other particles because of the weak force and gravitational forces.
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TAU

TAU is an abbreviation for Thousand Astronomical Units
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TAU

Picture of Tau

In heraldry, the tau is a charge consisting of a form of cross in the shape of a T.
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