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Russian to English translations [PRO]
Anthropology / anthropology | | Russian term or phrase: небожитель | | ...to communicate with the world of NEBOZHITELEY and the human world simultaneously |
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helpful alternatives:
\"beings in the Upper World\" and \"Upper World\" could prove very usable when speaking in general terms or in polytheistic SETTINGS
\"The beings in the Upper World had the bodies of humans but the heads of ravens...\"
wings.avkids.com/Book/Myth/instructor/aadja-01.html
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To Mr Tomara: I assume the Asker\'s source to be a scientific paper dealing with mythology, and thus the need for accurate descriptive terms, not those of metaphorical potential (if the latter IS the case i\'d support your serendipitous Olimpian thing, i really like it) |
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6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 celestial being
Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-09-17 05:33:51 (GMT)
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helpful alternatives:
\"beings in the Upper World\" and \"Upper World\" could prove very usable when speaking in general terms or in polytheistic SETTINGS
\"The beings in the Upper World had the bodies of humans but the heads of ravens...\"
wings.avkids.com/Book/Myth/instructor/aadja-01.html
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Note added at 2002-09-17 05:47:07 (GMT)
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To Mr Tomara: I assume the Asker\'s source to be a scientific paper dealing with mythology, and thus the need for accurate descriptive terms, not those of metaphorical potential (if the latter IS the case i\'d support your serendipitous Olimpian thing, i really like it)
Ru>en Dict.of Relig.Terminology (w/definitions). Moscow 2002
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