Oct 31, 2014

On This Day - Oct. 31

1517 CE - Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Saxony, thus igniting the Protestant Reformation. 




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Quote of the Day
"People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants". --Bela Lugosi




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Film of the Day
Director - Henry Selick




Wiki of the Day
In Greek mythology the Graeae (/ˈɡraɪi/; English translation: "old women", "grey ones", or "grey witches"; alternatively spelled Graiai (Γραῖαι) and Graiae), also called the Grey Sisters, were three sisters in Greek mythology who shared one eye and one tooth among them.
Their names were Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo.
They were one of several trios of archaic goddesses in Greek mythology. The Graeae were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto. Thus, they were among the Phorcydes, all of which were either aquatic (sea-based) or chthonic (earth-based) deities. The Graeae were sisters to the Gorgons.[2] The Graeae took the form of old grey-haired women; though, at times poets euphemistically described them as "beautiful." In other legends they are described as being half-swan.
Their age was so great that a human childhood for them was hardly conceivable. Their names were reported as well-clad Pemphredo (Πεμφρηδώ "alarm") and saffron-robed Enyo (Ἐνυώ "horror" the "waster of cities" who also had an identity separate from this sisterhood);[3] Pseudo-Apollodorus added Deino (Δεινώ "dread", the dreadful anticipation of horror) as a third.[4] Hyginus adds a fourth, Persis (Περσις "destroyer, slayer") or Perso (Περσώ).[5]


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