Epiphany

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Cacasenno
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Epiphany

Postby Cacasenno » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:42 am

In Italian, →Befana is the name of the old woman arriving on a broom and representing Epifania (Epiphany)

Late latin epiphania from greek tà epiphaneia from phadinein, to appare, and epi, over or after (the divinity)

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Postby Slava » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:03 pm

And here is the Dr.'s take on this one.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.

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Re: Epiphany

Postby LukeJavan8 » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:04 pm

In Italian, →Befana is the name of the old woman arriving on a broom and representing Epifania (Epiphany)

Late latin epiphania from greek tà epiphaneia from phadinein, to appare, and epi, over or after (the divinity)
reminds me of Broom Hilda, a local newspaper cartoon.
-----please, draw me a sheep-----


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