An ongoing theme in Lovecraft's work is the complete irrelevance of mankind in the face of the cosmic horrors that apparently exist in the universe, with Lovecraft constantly referring to the " Great Old Ones ": a loose pantheon of ancient, powerful deities from space who once ruled the Earth and who have since fallen into a deathlike sleep.

There have been attempts at categorizing this fictional group of beings, and Phillip A. Schreffler argues that by carefully scrutinizing Lovecraft's writings a workable framework emerges that outlines the entire " pantheon " – from the unreachable " Outer Ones " ( e. g. Azathoth, who apparently occupies the centre of the universe ) and " Great Old Ones " ( e. g. Cthulhu, imprisoned on Earth in the sunken city of R ' lyeh ) to the lesser castes ( the lowly slave shoggoths and the Mi-go ).

Smith's works consist of: a single novel, originally published in two volumes in edited form as The Planet Buyer, also known as The Boy Who Bought Old Earth ( 1964 ) and The Underpeople ( 1968 ), and later restored to its original form as Norstrilia ( 1975 ); and 32 short stories ( collected in The Rediscovery of Man ( 1993 ), including two versions of the short story " War No. 81-Q ").

For instance, the name " Lord Sto Odin " in the story " Under Old Earth " is derived from the Russian words for " One hundred and one ", сто один.

*" Under Old Earth " ( available online )

* 1970, Under Old Earth and Other Explorations ( short sf stories )

Major-General Thomas Harrison, who had commanded the troop which aided Oliver Cromwell in dissolving the Rump, suggested that there be a ruling body based upon the Old Testament Sanhedrin of 70 selected " Saints ", which was based on his beliefs, as a Fifth Monarchist, that the rule of the Saints would usher in the reign of Christ on Earth.

Sometime between the time after Same As It Ever Was, was released, and Truth Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again, House of Pain made a demo tape with the following songs on it: Intro, 3rd Stone From The Sun, Choose Your Poison ( remix ), Irish Pride, Reaching Out, Same Old Game, and Womb To The Tomb.

* 1942 – Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer ( Earth Opera and Old and in the Way )

The runes a: miþkarþi for Old Norse à Miðgarði meaning " in Midgard "-" in Middle Earth ", on the Fyrby Runestone ( Sö 56 ) in Södermanland, Sweden.

* Progressive creationism, a form of Old Earth creationism

Smalley believed in Old Earth creationism, which supports the theory that the Earth that is billions of years old:

Following his death, the publishers of the Old Earth creationism book " Who Was Adam " issued a news release that said: " Evolution has just been dealt its death blow.

" Old Earth creationist and astronomer Hugh Ross spoke at Smalley's funeral, November 2, 2005.

A year ( from Old English gēar ) is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun.

* Publication of the Anglo-Genevan metrical psalter including the " Old 100th ", the version of the hymn " All People That on Earth Do Dwell " made from Psalm 100, attributed to the probably-Scottish clergyman and biblical translator William Kethe, exiled in Geneva.

The grid layout of the streets of Old Tallangatta are clearly visible in Google Earth.

Lazarus assists Ira in the migration to Tertius ; settles the latter ; and attempts a trans-temporal journey to Earth, circa 1919-1929 ; but mistakenly arrives in 1916, there to insinuate himself into his parents ' family under the name of " Ted Bronson ", whom his grandfather Ira ( resembling " The Old Man " of Heinlein's earlier work The Puppet Masters ) suspects to be an illegitimate nephew or son of his own.

The ancient Jewish ouranography that one can find in the Bible ( Old Testament ) pictured a flat Earth over which was put a dome-shaped rigid canopy, named firmament ( רקיע-rāqîa ').

In Norse mythology, according to the Gylfaginning, Annar ( Old Norse Annarr ' second, another ') is the father of Jörð ( Mother Earth ) by Nótt ( the Night ).

* Things Will Never be the Same: Selected Short Fiction 1980 – 2005 (" best of " collection from Old Earth Books, 2007, ISBN 1-882968-36-0, trade paperback ; ISBN 1-882968-35-2 for 300 copy limited edition hardcover )

* Other Worlds, Better Lives: Selected Long Fiction 1989-2003 ( Old Earth Books, 2008, ISBN 1-882968-38-7, trade paperback ; ISBN 1-882968-37-9 for 300 copy limited edition hardcover )

They called her the Old Mother, who represented both Moon and Earth simultaneously.

It is clear that, while most writers enjoy picturing the Negro as a woolly-headed, humble old agrarian who mutters `` yassuhs '' and `` sho' nufs '' with blissful deference to his white employer ( or, in Old South terms, `` massuh '' ), this stereotype is doomed to become in reality as obsolete as Caldwell's Lester.

All but the most rabid of Confederate flag wavers admit that the Old Southern tradition is defunct in actuality and sigh that its passing was accompanied by the disappearance of many genteel and aristocratic traditions of the reputedly languid ante-bellum way of life.

As Sir Charles Oman once said, `` it is no longer fashionable to declare that we can say nothing certain about Old English origins ''.

The New English Bible ( the Old Testament and Apocrypha will be published at a future date ) has not been planned to rival or replace the King James Version, but, as its cover states, it is offered `` simply as the Bible to all those who will use it in reading, teaching, or worship ''.

Old Chris is my ideal.

Old Order, acted and atonally sung by Grunnfeu Arapacis, the lovely Serbantian import, then entered and delivered the well-known invocation to the god Phineoppus, whereupon the stage is quite unexpectedly visited by a company of wandering Gorshek priests, symbolizing Love, Lust, Prudence and General Motors, respectively.

Old Mr. Pocket's frantic response to life imprisonment with a useless, social-climbing wife is to `` put his two hands into his disturbed hair '' and `` make an extraordinary effort to lift himself up by it '', whereas Joe Gargery endures the shrewish onslaughts of Mrs. Joe by apologetically drawing `` the back of his hand across and across his nose ''.

The party is to raise money for the Old Town Art center and to plant more crabapple trees along the streets of Old Town.

The house is on Old Annapolis road a mile south of Severna Park, at Jones Station, police said.

Stagecoach Days is the theme for the weekend on the Old Chisholm Trail.

`` A Toast To The Bride '', sung by Clarence Nordstrom, playing a character called Old Man Toomey, is quite simple, direct and touching.

Old Mr. Thom is already down on Wally, and we simply can't afford to get Ken mad at us '' --

It is the belief of Old Babylonian scholars such as Carruccio that Old Babylonians " may have used the abacus for the operations of addition and subtraction ; however, this primitive device proved difficult to use for more complex calculations ".

Some adaptations of the Latin alphabet are augmented with ligatures, such as æ in Old English and Icelandic and Ȣ in Algonquian ; by borrowings from other alphabets, such as the thorn þ in Old English and Icelandic, which came from the Futhark runes ; and by modifying existing letters, such as the eth ð of Old English and Icelandic, which is a modified d. Other alphabets only use a subset of the Latin alphabet, such as Hawaiian, and Italian, which uses the letters j, k, x, y and w only in foreign words.

Another notable script is Elder Futhark, which is believed to have evolved out of one of the Old Italic alphabets.

The Old Hungarian script is a contemporary writing system of the Hungarians.

The earliest known alphabet in the wider sense is the Wadi el-Hol script, believed to be an abjad, which through its successor Phoenician is the ancestor of modern alphabets, including Arabic, Greek, Latin ( via the Old Italic alphabet ), Cyrillic ( via the Greek alphabet ) and Hebrew ( via Aramaic ).

It is the Atlantic that separates the " Old World " from the " New World ".