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(Encyclopedia) neoteny nēŏtˈənē [key], in biology, sexual maturity reached in the larval stage of some animals. Certain environmental conditions can inhibit the completion of metamorphosis; low temperature or l...

(Encyclopedia) Furies or Erinyes ērĭnˈē-ēz [key], in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, three daughters of Mother Earth, conceived from the blood of Uranus, when Kronos castrated him. They were powerful di...

(Encyclopedia) earth goddess: see Great Mother Goddess. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tethys, in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan, daughter of Gaea and Uranus. She was the wife of the seagod Oceanus and the mother of the Oceanids. ...

(Encyclopedia) Jochebed jŏkˈēbĕd [key], in the Bible, mother of Moses. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hammoleketh hămŏlˈəkĕth [key], in the Bible, mother of Ishod. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nehushta nēhŭshˈtə [key], in the Bible, mother of King Jehoiachin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis XIII, 1601–43, king of France (1610–43). He succeeded his father, Henry IV, under the regency of his mother, Marie de' Medici. He married Anne of Austria in 1615. Even after being declared o...

(Encyclopedia) Shimeath shĭmˈēăth [key], in the Bible, mother of Jozachar the murderer. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zibiah zĭbˈēə [key], in the Bible, mother of Joash of Judah. ...