Scholar Rudolf Simek comments that the pagan Yule feast " had a pronounced religious character " and comments that " it is uncertain whether the Germanic Yule feast still had a function in the cult of the dead and in the veneration of the ancestors, a function which the mid-winter sacrifice certainly held for the West European Stone and Bronze Ages.

Scholar Rudolf Simek comments that kvasir likely originally referred to juice squeezed from berries and then fermented.

Scholar Rudolf Simek says that since Óðr appears in a kenning employed by the 11th century skald Einarr Skúlason ( in Skáldskaparmál ) and in the Poetic Edda poems Völuspá and Hyndluljóð, Óðr is not a late invention.

Scholar Rudolf Simek comments that the names were young when recorded, and may have been inventions of Snorri.

Scholar Rudolf Simek opines that identification with Inanna, Nannar or Nana is " hardly likely " due to the large distances in time and location between the figures.

Scholar Rudolf Simek theorizes that Auðr is the invention of Snorri, but says that Snorri's reason for doing so is unknown.

Scholar John Lindow theorizes that a common noun may have existed in Old Norse, nanna, that roughly meant " woman ".

Scholar H. R. Ellis Davidson states that Sif may have been an ancient fertility goddess, agreeing with a link between her lustrous hair and fields of golden wheat.

Scholar Georges Dumézil further cites various tales of havmennesker ( Norwegian " sea people ") who govern over sea weather, wealth, or, in some incidents, give magic boats are likely connected to Njörðr.

Scholar Britt-Mari Näsström says that this reference likely does not refer to Óðr, rather being the product of the amendments of Sophus Bugge, and that the line simply points to Freyja's lust.

Scholar F. O. Matthiessen originated the phrase " American Renaissance " in his 1941 book American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman.

Dr. Ilan H. Meyer, Williams Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law and expert on minority stress, has found through several empirical studies that gays and lesbians encounter a disproportionate level of stress and mental health difficulties because of discrimination and oppressive laws, and that these stresses amplify the social stigma that makes them more susceptible to depression, suicide and substance abuse.

In 2009 Reputation Institute, which " recognizes individuals who have greatly contributed to the field of reputation through both scholarship and practice ", nominated Hofstede as the Best Scholar of the year.

He passed the jinshi (" Presented Scholar ") level of the imperial civil service examination in 827 at the age of 25, and went on to hold many official positions in various locales through the years.

Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson comments that " some of the power of the old tale of Gefjon, creator of the islands, has been superbly expressed in the great fountain at the water's edge in Copenhagen, depicting her ploughing through the sea in a cloud of rising spray with her giant beasts.

Scholar officials were chosen through an Imperial examination system.

Advanced undergraduate students may participate in a rigorous course of study through the James Scholar Honors Program and earn highest distinctions with University Honors.

Scholar John Dart ( 2004 ) has proposed a complex theory of ' chiasms ' ( or ' chiasmus ') running through the Gospel of Mark -- a type of literary devices he finds in the text.

Honors students also have the opportunity to meet various students and professors from four year colleges and universities through events such as the Scholar to Scholar Symposium.

The Foundation has also given grants to Tarbut V ' Torah, Chapman University, the Orange County High School of the Arts ( OCHSA ), the Ocean Institute, El Viento, THINK Together, Orangewood ’ s Guardian Scholar Program, KOCE, the Discovery Science Center and Hope University, all of which have a mission dedicated to improving the lives of others through education.

To qualify for a Summa Scholar honor, a student must have, at minimum, an overall 4. 3 grade point average, or a 98 % average for grades 9 through the first two quarters of grade 12.

Scholar John Lindow comments that the episode in Gylfaginning detailing Loki's antics with a goat may have associations with castration and a ritual involving making a goddess laugh.

Scholar Ronald Hutton argues in his Triumph of the Moon that Gardner's tradition was largely the inspiration of members of the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship and especially that of a woman known by the magical name of " Dafo ".

Scholar Isabelle Onians asserts that although " the Mahāyāna ... very occasionally referred contemptuously to earlier Buddhism as the Hinayāna, the Inferior Way ," " the preponderance of this name in the secondary literature is far out of proportion to occurrences in the Indian texts.

Scholar Brooke Westcott notes that this reference to the author of the single prophetic book of the New Testament illustrates the distinction Justin made between the role of prophecy and fulfillment quotations from the gospels, as Justin does not mention any of the individual canonical gospels by name.

Within the school, an Oppidan Scholar is entitled to use the letters OS after his name.

Scholar M. Gaston Paris draws attention to the phenomenon that, since Gawain is known in multiple tales as “ the Maidens ’ Knight ”, his name is thus attached to no female in particular.

* King's Scholar, scholar of Eton College denoted by the letters " KS " after the name in school lists

Scholar Stephan Grundy comments that while it is conceivable that Óðr may have been invented as a separate figure from Odin after Christianization, the notion is implausible because a separate, independent figure by the name of Wod survives in folklore involving the Wild Hunt in areas as far south from Scandinavia as Switzerland.

Scholar Kathleen Herbert draws a link between Beowa ( a mythical figure stemming from Anglo-Saxon paganism that appears in early Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies whose name means " barley ") and the figure of John Barleycorn.

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Scholar James Hastings identifies the name " Mankhaliputta " or " Mankhali " with the bamboo st

Scholar Isabelle Onians asserts that although " the Mahāyāna ... very occasionally referred contemptuously to earlier Buddhism as the Hinayāna, the Inferior Way ," " the preponderance of this name in the secondary literature is far out of proportion to occurrences in the Indian texts.

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From a position as the youngest Entered Apprentice standing in the North East corner of his lodge, he progressed until he was recognised as the foremost Masonic Scholar of his generation, the name of William Preston is still pre-eminent in the annals of Freemasonry ".

Rivett takes its name from Sir ( Albert Cherbury ) David Rivett, KCMG ; Rhodes Scholar 1907 ; Professor of Chemistry, Melbourne University, 1924 – 1927 ; Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ), 1927 – 46 ; Chairman of the Council CSIRO, 1946 – 49 ; President of Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1937-39.

Scholar James Hastings identifies the name " Mankhaliputta " or " Mankhali " with the bamboo staff.

The majority of these literature citations have been garnered by searching on variations of the author ’ s name on Google, Google Scholar, and the Energy Citations Database, and use of a bibliography of N. V. Timofeev-Resovskij provided by the Laboratory of Radiation Biology of the JINR, Dubna.

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Scholar Jan de Vries connects the name Nanna to the root * nanþ -, leading to " the daring one ".

) Grand Tutor ( who was ) appointed Great Scholar of “ Wuying Hall ”, Governor-General of “ Liangjiang ”, Marquis “ Yiyong ” first class, posthumous name “ Wen Zhen ”, Zen Guofan.

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