According to lunar folklore, the full moon of May is the Flower Moon. Between the evening of August 11 2022 and the morning of August 12 we can see the last supermoon of 2022. The next one will rise in August 2023. The side of the moon that faces Earth will be fully illuminated by the sun, because the moon arrives at a position opposite the Sun. This allows the Sun’s light to fully fall on the area of the moon facing our planet. A Full Moon is six times as bright as the Half Moon.
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See the big picture, they say. No, better be detail oriented. Actually no, details weigh us down, considering the overall situation is the way forward, the perspective.
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Thinking of the heroes from Romanian folktales, and any tales, they achieve so much more than rescuing the princess or defeating the dragon who endangers an entire kingdom. Heroes give readers hope and hope is the seed of dreams, of adventures and achievements.
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Tracing the history of name Furstenberg I discovered some coins, perhaps part of a treasure found in a castle, as well as porcelain fit for a King residing on a Parisian Street.
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The way in which animals and nature are presented in folklore and mythology can tell us a lot about a nation’s cultural profile. Although in most cultures we encounter the belief that all animals were created / put on earth by a higher divinity to teach humans a lesson and challenge them, animal symbology and legends can vary.
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