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Merrymount Colony
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Merrymount Colony

Merrymount Colony (1624-1630 CE) was a settlement first established in New England as Mount Wollaston in 1624 CE but renamed Mount Ma-re (referred to as Merrymount) in 1626 CE by the lawyer, writer, and colonist Thomas Morton (l. c. 1579-1647...
Nymph
Definition by Gabriel H. Jones

Nymph

A nymph (Greek: νύμφη, nymphē) in Greek and in Roman mythology is a young female deity typically identified with natural features such as mountains (oreads), trees and flowers (dryads and meliae), springs, rivers, and lakes (naiads) or the...
Pilgrimage in the Byzantine Empire
Article by Mark Cartwright

Pilgrimage in the Byzantine Empire

Pilgrimage in the Byzantine Empire involved the Christian faithful travelling often huge distances to visit such holy sites as Jerusalem or to see in person relics of holy figures and miraculous icons on show from Thessaloniki to Antioch...
Mount Kazbeg in the Caucasus Mountains, Georgia
Image by Carole Raddato

Mount Kazbeg in the Caucasus Mountains, Georgia

View of the 14th-century Gergeti Trinity Church with Mount Kazbek (or Mount Kazbegi) in the background. Mount Kazbek is associated in Georgian folklore with the mighty hero Amirani, the Georgian version of Prometheus, who was chained on the...
Ancient Handicrafts in Rural Lebanon
Article by Maya Shames

Ancient Handicrafts in Rural Lebanon

Traditional Lebanese handicrafts are considered to be a major sector of the living cultural heritage in the rural areas of Lebanon. Transmitted from one generation to another, traditional rural Lebanese handicrafts have been able to persist...
Mount Athos
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Mount Athos

Mount Athos, located on the Chalkidike peninsula near Thessalonica, Greece, is a holy site which first saw hermit monks living there in the 9th century CE. Regarded as one of the most important monastic sites in the Byzantine Empire, there...
St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England
Image by Viktorija

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England

St Michael's Mount is a tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the shore by a causeway, passable between mid-tide and low water. The castle and chapel have been in ownership since 17th...
Mount Athos
Image by Horia Varlan

Mount Athos

Mount Athos in northeastern Greece, home of 20 monasteries, the first of which was built probably in the 9th century CE.
Mount Sinai
Definition by Rebecca Denova

Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai (Hebrew: Har Sinay, Arabic: Jabal Musa, "mountain of Moses") is a holy site for the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. It has traditionally been located in the center of the Sinai Peninsula, between Africa...
Mount Koya
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Mount Koya

Mount Koya (aka Koyasan), located in the Wakayama Prefecture, south of Osaka, Japan, is the site of a temple complex founded in 819 CE by the scholar monk Kukai as the headquarters for Shingon Buddhism. There are temples and sacred buildings...
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