Carina: 1. A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus.
2. Any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on
the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom.
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carina : keel (Latin)
carina : customs duty (Serbo-Croatian)
cariña : sweetie, honey (Spanish)
Cariña, ya estoy en casa. = Honey, I'm home.
O carina : That's nice (Italian)
[Finnegans Wake 7.3] And all the livvylong night,
the delldale dalppling night, the night of bluerybells,
her flittaflute in tricky trochees (O carina! O carina!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocarina wrote:
<<The
ocarina is an ancient flute-like wind instrument typified by an oval-shaped enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouth tube projecting out from the body. The word
ocarina is derived from Bolognese (Italian) dialect meaning "
little goose."
The
ocarina is a very old family of instruments, believed to date back some 12,000 years.
Ocarina-type instruments have been of particular importance in Chinese and Mesoamerican cultures. For the Chinese, the instrument played an important role in their long history of song and dance. Different expeditions to Mesoamerica, including the one conducted by Cortés, resulted in the introduction of the
ocarina to the courts of Europe. Both the Mayans and Aztecs had produced versions of the
ocarina, but it was the Aztecs who brought the song and dance that accompanied the
ocarina to Europe. The
ocarina went on to become popular in European communities as a toy instrument. After featuring in the Nintendo Legend of Zelda games, the
ocarina attracted a marked increase in interest, and a dramatic rise in sales.>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishing_well wrote:
<<A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the idea that water housed deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods, since water was a source of life and often a scarce commodity. Water was seen to have healing powers and therefore wells became popular with many people drinking, bathing or just simply wishing over it. People believe that the guardians or dwellers of the well would grant them their wish if they paid a price. After uttering the wish, one would generally drop coins in the well. That wish would then be granted by the guardian or dweller, based upon how the coin would land at the bottom of the well. Traditionally coins were made of copper or silver and had biocidal properties which kept the water from going sour (bacteria produces various acidic compounds which affect the taste, notably Hydrogen sulfide). It was thus lucky to throw coins in the well. The tradition of dropping pennies in ponds and fountains stems from this.
The Germanic and Celtic peoples considered springs and wells sacred places. Sometimes the places were marked with wooden statues possibly of the god associated with the pool. Germanic peoples were known to throw the armour and weapons of defeated enemies into bogs and other pools of water as offerings to their gods. This may be a left over from ancient mythology such as Mímir's Well from Nordic myths, also known as the ¨Well of Wisdom¨, a Well that could grant you infinite wisdom provided you sacrificed something you held dear. Odin was asked to sacrifice his right eye which he threw into the well to receive not only the wisdom of seeing the future but the understanding of why things must be. Mímir is the Nordic god of wisdom, and his well sits at the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree which draws its water from the well.>>
[c][b][color=#FF0000]Carina[/color][/b]: 1. A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus.
2. Any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on
the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom.
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[b][color=#FF0000]carina[/color][/b] : keel (Latin)
[b][color=#FF0000]carina[/color][/b] : customs duty (Serbo-Croatian)
[b][color=#FF0000]cariña[/color][/b] : sweetie, honey (Spanish)
[b][color=#FF0000]Cariña[/color][/b], ya estoy en casa. = [b][color=#FF0000]Honey[/color][/b], I'm home.
[b][color=#FF0000]O carina[/color][/b] : That's nice (Italian)
[Finnegans Wake 7.3] [b][i][color=#0000FF]And all the livvylong night,
the delldale dalppling night, the night of bluerybells,
her flittaflute in tricky trochees ([/color][color=#FF0000]O carina! O carina![/color])[/i][/b][/c][quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocarina"]
<<The [b][color=#FF0000]ocarina[/color][/b] is an ancient flute-like wind instrument typified by an oval-shaped enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouth tube projecting out from the body. The word [b][color=#FF0000]ocarina[/color][/b] is derived from Bolognese (Italian) dialect meaning "[b][color=#FF0000]little goose.[/color][/b]"
The [b][color=#FF0000]ocarina[/color][/b] is a very old family of instruments, believed to date back some 12,000 years. [b][color=#FF0000]Ocarina[/color][/b]-type instruments have been of particular importance in Chinese and Mesoamerican cultures. For the Chinese, the instrument played an important role in their long history of song and dance. Different expeditions to Mesoamerica, including the one conducted by Cortés, resulted in the introduction of the [b][color=#FF0000]ocarina[/color][/b] to the courts of Europe. Both the Mayans and Aztecs had produced versions of the [b][color=#FF0000]ocarina[/color][/b], but it was the Aztecs who brought the song and dance that accompanied the [b][color=#FF0000]ocarina[/color][/b] to Europe. The [b][color=#FF0000]ocarina[/color][/b] went on to become popular in European communities as a toy instrument. After featuring in the Nintendo Legend of Zelda games, the [b][color=#FF0000]ocarina[/color][/b] attracted a marked increase in interest, and a dramatic rise in sales.>>[/quote][quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishing_well"]
[float=right][img3="[b][color=#0000FF]NGC 3532, also known as the[/color][/b] [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100226.html]Wishing Well Cluster[/url][b][color=#0000FF], is an open cluster in the constellation Carina. It got the name because through a telescope's eyepiece it appears like dozens of silver coins twinkling at the bottom of a wishing well. About 1,321 light years distant and consisting of approximately 150 stars of 7th magnitude & fainter, NCG 3532 was the first target ever observed by the Hubble Space Telescope on May 20, 1990.[/color][/b]"]http://www.docdb.net/img/dso/ngc/3/ngc_3532_dany_duprez_200908.jpg[/img3][/float]
<<A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the idea that water housed deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods, since water was a source of life and often a scarce commodity. Water was seen to have healing powers and therefore wells became popular with many people drinking, bathing or just simply wishing over it. People believe that the guardians or dwellers of the well would grant them their wish if they paid a price. After uttering the wish, one would generally drop coins in the well. That wish would then be granted by the guardian or dweller, based upon how the coin would land at the bottom of the well. Traditionally coins were made of copper or silver and had biocidal properties which kept the water from going sour (bacteria produces various acidic compounds which affect the taste, notably Hydrogen sulfide). It was thus lucky to throw coins in the well. The tradition of dropping pennies in ponds and fountains stems from this.
The Germanic and Celtic peoples considered springs and wells sacred places. Sometimes the places were marked with wooden statues possibly of the god associated with the pool. Germanic peoples were known to throw the armour and weapons of defeated enemies into bogs and other pools of water as offerings to their gods. This may be a left over from ancient mythology such as Mímir's Well from Nordic myths, also known as the ¨Well of Wisdom¨, a Well that could grant you infinite wisdom provided you sacrificed something you held dear. Odin was asked to sacrifice his right eye which he threw into the well to receive not only the wisdom of seeing the future but the understanding of why things must be. Mímir is the Nordic god of wisdom, and his well sits at the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree which draws its water from the well.>>[/quote]