ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PYRE
From Latin pyra, from Greek pura hearth, from pur fire.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYRE»
Discover the use of
pyre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pyre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Jonathan Pyre is caught vandalizing a community center by Whittaker, the counselor, but while working for him to make up for the damage he discovers Whittaker's true identity as Shay, a vampire, hiding out from his arch rival Rancour, a ...
James Alfred McCann, 2007
2
Between Poverty and the
Pyre: Moments in the History of ...
67 In the first case the wife is cremated together with the corpseofher husband
onthesame pyre. In the adifferent funeral pile second case the wife immolates
herselfon and atadifferent time. Inthelattercasethe wife cremates herself with ...
Jan Bremmer, Lourens Van Den Bosch, 2002
shuffling clumsily, and even the dullest peasant here could see that they were
drugged. Last of all was Darya. They had taken away her burkha, left her only in
a threadbare salwar kameez, a mean one fit for a servant, while the other queens
...
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Pyre: A Poetics of Fire and Childhood in the Art of Henry Darger
Art making for Henry Darger is a recovery of childhood vision with eyes wide open.
Vampyre's Pyre was a work long in the making. for as long as I could remember I had a fascination with these fictional beings.
Daniel C. Joneikies, 2014
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Encyclopedia of Cremation
The pyre was lit with a torch after a final conclamatio, the calling of the
deceased's name (Servius, In Aen. 6.218). The lighting was done, where
possible, by a close relative such as a spouse or parent. Modern reconstructions
show that the ...
Douglas J. Davies, Lewis H. Mates, 2010
Thirty-two years of his life went by living with the dead. But then somebody's presence changed everything about his existence, for good or for worse? Let us have you decide the same... I promise . . . brings Raghunath's life to a question.
Among the Metal Empire there were eight, Moses, Summer, Puck, Hawk, Spaz,
Pyre, Gale, and Cobra. It is believed by Pyre, the founder of the Metal Empire,
that all eight of the members were born through God's will to rise up against the
evil ...
relate how Croesus narrowly escaped death on the pyre when Cyrus captured
Sardis. There are a number of verbal parallels between the two accounts which
make it possible that Herodotus knew Bacchylides' treatment and is deliberately ...
10
The Alamo Reader: A Study in History
It will not be long before this spot and the one where the other funeral pyre was
built will be the sites of buildings for commercial purposes and the populace, in
all probability, will forget that either place was ever of such historical interest.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYRE»
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pyre is used in the context of the following news items.
Dralms "Pillars and Pyre" (video)
Back when he released a different version of "Pillars and Pyre" under his own name, he used the same metal drummer for the visuals. Watch the new version ... «Exclaim!, May 15»
Open Pyre Cremation
The arrival of Indians to Trinidad first occurred on May 30, 1845. The now famous sailing ship, the SS Fatel Rozack took three months to journey from Howrah in ... «Trinidad Guardian, May 15»
After Nepal quake, river burns with Hindu funeral pyres almost …
The family of Usha Shrestha gathered along the banks of the Bagmati River on Monday to bear her body down to the funeral pyres. They carried her on a ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
Oldest evidence of human cremation in Britain unearthed
Little is known about Mesolithic man's beliefs, but the pit shows that ancient people understood how to create a pyre that was hot enough at over 600 °C to ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
Dralms "Pillars and Pyre"
"Pillars and Pyre" from singer Christopher Smith's 2012 solo LP Earning Keep had been revisited by the developing outfit, and given a fanciful and funky ... «Exclaim!, Apr 15»
Woman sarpanch killed for lighting mother's pyre
A woman sarpanch has lost her life for fulfilling her mother's last wish. On March 31, Geeta Prahlad, sarpanch of Mohda village in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh, ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
Maharashtra: Woman's body found from husband's pyre
The body of a 50-year-old woman was found from her husband's pyre, giving rise to suspicion that she performed 'sati', a banned practice in India, police said ... «Daily News & Analysis, Apr 15»
Maharashtra: Debt-ridden farmer climbs on burning pyre, ends life
Yavatmal (Maharashtra): A debt-ridden farmer from a village in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region climbed on a lit pyre and committed suicide on Wednesday, the ... «Firstpost, Feb 15»
'Dead' pensioner WAKES UP on funeral pyre in front of relatives …
A PENSIONER who was believed to be dead woke up on a funeral pyre in front of ... by a doctor, causing his devastated family to prepare a Hindu funeral pyre. «Express.co.uk, Dec 14»
65-year-old woman commits 'sati' by jumping on funeral pyre of …
"Mandal and other family members ran towards the place and saw that Devi had already jumped into the funeral pyre and died. They then performed her last ... «Daily News & Analysis, Dec 14»
