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St. Jude: Patron Saint of lost causes amongst Roman Catholics.
His name was too similar to the traitor Judas Iscariot and as a result "Judas Thaddaeus" was changed by the Church in order to venerate the forgotten disciple
Depicted holding a club/axe as a reminder of his death pic.twitter.com/lkLhNtF69N
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) January 2, 2020
Calliope: the superior of the Nine Muses and mother to Orpheus
She is the protector of heroic poems and rhetoric art
Homer requested help from Calliope to inspire his writing of the Iliad and Odyssey
Kings and princes use her in order to impose justice and serenity pic.twitter.com/qiZ6hqiFXm
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) December 19, 2019
Pyroclastic flow: A dense, fast-moving flow of solidified lava pieces, volcanic ash, and hot gases
Aka "The Wall of Death" made up of blackened, billowing clouds of superheated gas, ash and rock thunder that entombed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii pic.twitter.com/IKBYqgi4ee
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) December 12, 2019
The Nephilim: "Children of the fallen angels" Giant Offspring of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Man
A race of earth-born giants who lived before the creation of man They are the group who revolted against the gods & are also the ones responsible for the creation of mankind pic.twitter.com/xHQ54bQVff
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) November 28, 2019
Arbitrage: the simultaneous buying & selling in different markets in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset & turn a profit
Flavor text: "buy low sell high" stock market strategy/moneymaking advice
Feint: movement made to confuse an opponent "fake out" pic.twitter.com/9FAGN63cGr
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) November 21, 2019
Járnglófar: "Iron grippers." The iron gloves of the god Thor, needed to handle his hammer Mjöllnir
One of his three crucial possessions, according to the Norse mythology/literature, Prose Edda, book Gylfaginning
His three mythic items are his hammer gauntlets and power belt pic.twitter.com/QyKjs6HdPI
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) November 14, 2019
Quality Cut: The precise cut to a diamonds shape which gives brilliance & fire
Higher cut quality = higher value*Seen in concept art,
Trilobite: Extinct fossil marine animals (arthropods), 1st appeared at the beginning of the "Cambrian Explosion", when they dominated the seas. pic.twitter.com/Q7z4mZk8K8
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) November 7, 2019
Xenophage: changes in established patterns of biological consumption
Xenophagy: "strange eating"
In insects, this is a complete change in diet, the herbivorous diet becoming carnivorous or vice versa
Predators becoming necrophagous, coprophages or carnivorous and so on pic.twitter.com/2hfRivxBuz
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) October 31, 2019
Cuttlefish: A cephalopod related to squids and octopus
Intelligent animals which have a ring of arms surrounding their head, a beak made of chitin and a cuttlebone
The (cuttlebone siphuncle) is made of tiny narrow layers, giving the ability to fly and glide through the ocean pic.twitter.com/mikYavy1s4
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) October 24, 2019
Four degrees of separation: the theory you are now connected to everyone on Earth by only 4 rounds of introductions, due to a globally shared network
Based off well-known six degrees of separation (theory of inter-connectedness of all people)
Example: 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon pic.twitter.com/KxmAbexjwM
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) October 17, 2019
Fènghuáng: "Chinese Phoenix" aka "August Rooster" mythological birds from East Asian myth that reign over all other birds
Now known as a feminine entity so that the bird can be paired with the Chinese dragon, (traditionally male)
Represents loyalty, justice, goodness & honesty pic.twitter.com/OdGPtmCVaP
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) October 10, 2019
Aleksey Nikolayevich Khvostov:
Russian statesman and politician, an anti-semite who opposed constitutional reforms and with the help of Illidor (Sergei Trufanov) plotted to assassinate Grigori Rasputin
This marked the Twilight of the Romanov dynasty pic.twitter.com/G9KSLCaBuY
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) October 3, 2019
Eidolon: ancient Greek, means double, idol, ghost, a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form
It has been used as a literary word to describe a souls passage into another state of existence or the ascension towards an afterlife
Can also mean a look-alike or death double pic.twitter.com/SqOLAfB1ki
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) September 19, 2019
Sgian dubh: Gaelic, means "Black Blade"
A Highlander's knife worn on the side of a kilt, originally used for hunting and cutting
History suggest it was first a hidden armpit blade, made visible when in the company of friends
It is now ornate and intended only for formal dress pic.twitter.com/yNWGkiKCFV
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) September 12, 2019
Egbe: Origin, (Egbe- eluigwe) or (Ogba egbe eluigwe) meaning gun of the sky or Gunner in the sky
African, Igbo language, pulled from the God of thunder and lightning (Amadioha)
Also means: Hawk and is synonymous with other large birds in the sky that strike pic.twitter.com/F35c5avTJl
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) September 5, 2019
PS-1: Sputnik, official designation “PS-1” aka Russian “Elementary Satellite 1”
First Satellite to successfully orbit earth, launched from what is now Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct. 4, 1957
Primary use was to place a radio transmitter into orbit around the Earth pic.twitter.com/YTM6QuYcd2
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) August 29, 2019
Wendigo: Native American cryptid "the evil spirit that devours mankind"
A decaying, gaunt, emaciated, skeleton like forest monster with glowing eyes and claws
Legend states they are malevolent humanoid creatures or spirits, born from acts of cannibalism, murder or greed pic.twitter.com/0a9dz5BGvt
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) August 22, 2019
Ronin: wandering samurai who had no lord or master
Drifter or vagrant feudal Japanese warriors serving no Daimyo (teacher)
Usually happens when a master dies, falls from power or when the samurai loses his master's favor or patronage and must be cast off pic.twitter.com/Kq8vfOj31t
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) August 15, 2019
Chela: hinged pincer-like claws like a crab or scorpion, (used to grab or cleave)
Flavor text:
Thomas Kyd: Playwright older than William Shakespeare and writer of the "The Spanish Tragedy" and what is thought to be a play he wrote called "Ur-Hamlet" before Shakespeare's "Hamlet" pic.twitter.com/48MeMqj8YF— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) August 8, 2019
Caduceus: Ancient herald's wand with two serpents twined around it
Origin: Sumerian, Egyptian and then later In Greek/Roman mythology was carried by the messenger god Hermes aka Mercury
Represents healing, rebirth & 3 basic elements of the House of Life
Practiced by Cleopatra pic.twitter.com/SiQUov73i8
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) July 18, 2019
Proteus: "The Old Man of the Sea"
a primordial Greek deity and personification of the sea
(hero Achilles' grandfather)He is the protector of the Sea and master of Sea monsters. Able to shapeshift into many forms; a lion, a serpent, a leopard, or even water pic.twitter.com/wCzlKYAmgV
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) July 11, 2019
Baikonur Cosmodrome:
Launch complex of Sputnik 1(Earth's 1st art. satellite) & Yuri Gagarin(1st human in orbit)All Russian crewed missions, geostationary, lunar, planetary & ocean surveillance missions start here
Named after a mining town in Kazakhstan to hide its location pic.twitter.com/fyO3tusWPl
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) July 4, 2019
Calypso: Greek mythology
means "to conceal, decieve, hide knowledge"A sea nymph in Homer's Odyssey
The goddess keeps Odysseus prisoner for 7 years on an island, by enchanting him with songs and weaving on her loom with a golden shuttle in hopes to make him an immortal husband pic.twitter.com/oBfGGBLHw2
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) June 27, 2019
Árma Mákhēs: "combat chariot"
A type of horse carriage used in both peace and war as a prime vehicle to many ancient people
Later evolved into a supreme military weapon and was even believed to be used by the Gods pic.twitter.com/V7zcJeUyPG
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) June 20, 2019
Oviraptor: a dinosaur misnamed "egg thief"
Oviraptor was a misunderstood dinosaur, when the remains were found they were near a nest of eggs, which led scientists to believe it was stealing them
It is now known the Oviraptor was actually protecting its own brood of eggs pic.twitter.com/88oPj3Reiz
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) June 13, 2019
Jiān 鹣: A mythical bird with one eye and one wing
A pair of Jiān are dependent on each other, inseparable, representing union
Their survival demands they pair up and stay together pic.twitter.com/n6fnPWAhbO
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) June 6, 2019
Perfluorocarbon: (PFC),
Synthetic liquid fluorinated hydrocarbon capable of holding 3x's the amount of oxygen than found in human bloodUsed for liquid ventilation (breathing an oxygen-rich liquid instead of air)
1st studied in WWI & later developed w/ the
(Manhattan Project) pic.twitter.com/VUwnKmGWbk— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) May 30, 2019
Thorium: element named after the Norse god of thunder
Thorium energy/weapon research began in 1940's under the code name "The Manhattan Project", an American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II
Resulted in discovering a safer nuclear power plant pic.twitter.com/E5NQQcMBBn
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) May 23, 2019
Patient Zero: aka (The index case)
The first documented case patient in the onset of an epidemic or a person thought to be the first affected in an outbreak pandemic
Patient Zero was a concept born out of a controversial claim to have identified the single origin point for AIDS pic.twitter.com/fwNZ3WGiEP
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) May 16, 2019
Cocytus: "River of lamentation"
1 of the 5 rivers of the underworld
Held the souls that Charon (ferryman of Hades) refused to ferry which had not received a proper burial. And so were doomed to wander about its banks for a 100 years
Also the site where murderers are punished pic.twitter.com/zR1mWNd77q
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) May 9, 2019
Qingming Festival:
1 of 24 Chinese Solar terms, (Tomb-sweeping Day aka Pure Brightness Festival), April 4th or 5thA day for celebrating new light & paying respect to the dead
Commemorates Jie Zitui, who cut a piece of meat from his own leg in order to save his hungry lord pic.twitter.com/IHOQWCTF5y
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) May 2, 2019
Arion: Ancient Greek "moon-creature on high"
A divinely-bred, extremely swift immortal horse endowed with speech
Arion is said to have wings for flight, is either black, gold or a combination of the two with the "Power of Light" and because of this gift he could not be killed pic.twitter.com/SVoFgvPB2n
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) April 25, 2019
Saturnalia: an ancient Roman pagan festival held in mid-December honoring the agricultural god Saturn
It was a time of gambling, singing, playing music, gift giving and feast
Cerei (wax candles) were given to one another, to signify light returning after the solstice pic.twitter.com/UcPygHcKKx
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) April 18, 2019
Lapine: fictional language used by the Rabbits within the novel (Watership Down), by Richard Adams
A group of rabbits struggle to break from their failing, violent community to form a utopian society. The book blends poetic mysticism and dark realism & has many interpretations pic.twitter.com/t3mTUUo4Go
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) April 11, 2019
Christiaan Huygens: leading scientist/mathematician
He invented the pendulum clock and was the first person to theorize that light travels in waves. (Observed through water/liquids)
He discovered Saturn’s largest moon Titan, which has now been visited by a probe named after him pic.twitter.com/1qFJRIZ3Zp
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) April 4, 2019
Vostok: any of a series of manned Soviet spacecraft
Responsible for carrying "the first human being", "the first woman" and "the longest solo spaceflight" recorded
Created by Nikolai Belousov, who studied the possibility of launching a piloted rocket on a ballistic arc pic.twitter.com/FLRIEFq57G
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) March 28, 2019
Vimana Pushpaka: means (aircraft) from ancient text meaning space flying vehicle aka "Jains"
Can be as large as a temple or house and is said to be the chariot used by the ruling Gods to ascend and descend the heavens pic.twitter.com/fU8q9LXEjO
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) March 21, 2019
Ozymandias: aka "Ramesses the Great" most powerful Egyptian Pharaoh who ever lived
It is also a 14 line sonnet by British Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
circa 1817Synonymous with a radical, social & political change, shedding light on the establishment & tyrannical rule pic.twitter.com/s622C1xMhD
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) March 14, 2019
Zambezi: means “Great River”
Southern African river, flowing from Zambia between Angola/Zimbabwe, through Mozambique and into the Indian Ocean
It is a "Source of life", yet it has also been a host to several deadly wars, air strikes and ground battles between many countries pic.twitter.com/CWgTQahO0Z
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) March 7, 2019
Khepri: Egyptian Solar deity (rebirth) associated with the "Scarab aka Dung Beetle"
Legend states Egyptians witnessed the scarab beetle rolling dung into a ball pushing it along the ground to its burrow
Leading Egyptians to connect it with the movement of the sun across the sky pic.twitter.com/r44OSLr2gl
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) February 28, 2019
Hoosegow: Old American slang term for a jail, (place you go after 'stirring up trouble') used by the cowboys of the Wild West 🤠
Origin: Mexican Spanish juzgao, a jail, which came from the word juzgado "a tribunal or courtroom" and later morphed over time to mean the same thing pic.twitter.com/Hj7Eu1Ka0D
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) February 21, 2019
Kitsune: legendary and immortal foxes, Japenese mythology
Every hundred years, a Kitsune grows a new tail and can have up to a total of nine tails. Once achieved they can shapeshift into any form, but they must always wear or carry an orb that contains their soul (hoshi no tama) pic.twitter.com/ZtnApSgmUU
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) February 14, 2019
Galliard: one of the most iconic dances of late Renaissance, in Europe
A six count dance consisting of five steps: four kicks and a large jump
Queen Elizabeth I’s favorite dance and was also used by Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/iC88P5Coqn
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) February 7, 2019
Acantha: (thorn/flower) Greek mythology,
A nymph loved by the god of (light and prophecy) Apollo, who was transformed into a (flowering tree with thorns) after scratching his face while refusing his love ♥
Acantha appears as both male and female in the myths pic.twitter.com/ClIvH6erhl
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) January 31, 2019
"Antediluvian civilizations'': Civilizations believed to have existed before a "Great flood" and have been recorded in many of our oldest cultures
They speak of civilizations living inside of vast cavern-cities, within the earth that had survived a global deluge and cataclysm pic.twitter.com/4Rb4uA3DSA
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) January 24, 2019
Grim Foxx: Play on words swapping between surnames, from (The Brother's Grimm) and (Mr. Fox) a protagonist used within several of the Fairytales collected by the legendary (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm)
The Fox is always sly, weaving in & out of trouble, yet locked within his own fate pic.twitter.com/PEBuvEovT1
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) January 17, 2019
Galahad, Arthurian legend: The bravest warrior in the world divinely selected and sanctioned to search for the Holy Grail
He passed a test of drawing out a sword from a stone just like King Arthur
Galahad found the Holy Grail and ascended to the heavens on his own wish pic.twitter.com/awrPyzPUfJ
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) January 10, 2019
PEGASOS: (Pegasus) immortal winged horse born from the blood of Medusa's severed head
When Bellerophon owned Pegasus he felt that he was to powerful to live amongst mortals and attempted to fly to the heavens & live amongst the other gods, but Zeus struck him down for his hubris pic.twitter.com/JwaoFIVhiF
— R Y N O ꙮ (@Ryno_666) January 3, 2019