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Terrae On Mars
Terra may often refer to: * Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess * An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet Terra may also refer to: Geography Astronomy * Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite * Terrae, extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies ** List of terrae on Mars ** List of terrae on Venus ** Terra, a highland on the Moon (Luna) Latin and other * ''Terra Australis'' (southern land), hypothetical continent appearing on maps from the 15th to the 18th century * ''Terra incognita'', unknown land, for regions that have not been mapped or documented * ''Terra nullius'', land belonging to no one, nobody's land, empty or desolate land * Terra preta ("black earth"), very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin Places * Terra, Cyprus, a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus * Terra Alta, West Virginia, a former coal town in Preston County Nature * ''Terra'' (butt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra (mythology)
In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Tellus Mater or Terra Mater ("Mother Earth") is the personification of the Earth. Although Tellus and Terra are hardly distinguishable during the Imperial era, ''Tellus'' was the name of the original earth goddess in the religious practices of the Republic or earlier. The scholar Varro (1st century BC) lists Tellus as one of the ''di selecti'', the twenty principal gods of Rome, and one of the twelve agricultural deities. She is regularly associated with Ceres in rituals pertaining to the earth and agricultural fertility. The attributes of Tellus were the cornucopia, bunches of flowers, or fruit. She was typically depicted reclining, or rising, waist high, from a hole in the ground. Her male complement was a sky god such as Caelus (Uranus) or a form of Jupiter. Her Greek counterpart is Gaia, and among the Etruscans her name was Cel. Michael Lipka has argued that the ''Terra Mater'' who appears during the reign of Augustus is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Hazelton
Terra Hazelton is a Canadian jazz musician, broadcaster and actress. Raised in Calgary, Hazelton began studying theatre with the Loose Moose Theatre Company as a teenager. She later moved to Toronto to pursue opportunities in theatre, discovering her skills as a musician when she was asked to write a comedic song for an improv show. She has since released two solo albums as a jazz singer, as well as appearing on Jeff Healey's 2006 album ''It's Tight Like That''. She performs regularly at Toronto jazz clubs and has performed at various jazz festivals across Canada, and also formerly hosted ''Timeless'', a program on Toronto's jazz radio station CJRT-FM devoted to early 20th century jazz recordings. As an actor, she made her first film appearance in the 2010 film ''FUBAR 2''. She garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Genie Awards. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra (character)
Terra is the name used by three fictional superheroines published by DC Comics. The first Terra, Tara Markov, is an antiheroine eventually revealed to actually be a supervillainess working as a double agent. She was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, and debuted in ''Teen Titans#New Teen Titans, New Teen Titans'' #26 (December 1982). The second Terra, a doppelgänger of Tara Markov, debuted in ''New Titans'' #79 (September 1991) and was created by Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett. The third Terra, Atlee, debuted in ''Supergirl (comic book), Supergirl'' (vol. 5) #12 (January 2007) and was created by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, and Amanda Conner. Publication history The character was created with an intended finite life span. Co-creator Pérez stated that he and Marv Wolfman knew, "from the very start, that this girl was going to be a traitor and that we were going to kill this character off." When creating the look of the character, Pérez noted that: A new Terra appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
is a fictional character from Square Enix's video game franchise ''Kingdom Hearts'', prominently featured in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' as one of the game's three playable protagonists. He appears in-game as a pupil of Master Eraqus who trains alongside his friends Aqua and Ventus to become a master of the Keyblade weapon. Terra's storyline highlights his struggle to tame his inner darkness, a negative attribute that serves as a source of both power and corruption for him. Prior to ''Birth by Sleep'', he had a cameo appearance in a secret ending of ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and its re-release ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''; the later game included an optional boss fight against the , a hollow armor containing Terra's mind. Series director Tetsuya Nomura designed Terra's character when preparing the secret endings of ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''. He was developed to be reminiscent of series antagonist Xehanort as he appears in previous titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy VI
also known as ''Final Fantasy III'' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sixth main entry in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, and the first to be directed by someone other than series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was instead filled by Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Ito. Long-time collaborator Yoshitaka Amano returned as character designer and concept artist, while composer Nobuo Uematsu returned to compose the game's score, which has been released on several soundtrack albums. Set in a world with technology resembling the Second Industrial Revolution, the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent playable characters. The narrative deals with the themes of a rebellion against an immoral military dictatorship, pursuit of a magical arms race, use of chemical weapons in warfare, depictions of violent and apocalyptic confro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Branford
Terra Branford, known as in Japanese, is a fictional character in the ''Final Fantasy'' series and the main protagonist of ''Final Fantasy VI''. Yoshitaka Amano and Tetsuya Nomura designed her for the main series installment, with Kazuko Shibuya designing her in-game sprites alongside the rest of the characters. She also appears in the spin-off fighting game series ''Dissidia Final Fantasy'' and the rhythm series ''Theatrhythm Final Fantasy''. She has made small appearances in several other games in and outside the ''Final Fantasy'' series. Terra is an 18-year-old young woman who is the daughter of a human mother and a father who is an Esper, a magical creature with the natural ability to use powerful magic. She was mentally enslaved by the evil Gestahlian Empire, who used her gifted powers to wage war on the empire's neighboring countries. Several rebels rescue her at the beginning of ''Final Fantasy VI'', and she decides to aid their campaign and protect those whose lives were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smite (video Game)
''Smite'' is a 2014 free-to-play, third-person multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch, and Amazon Luna.SMITE arriving soon on the Xbox One , Hi-Rez Studios, Inc . Hirezstudios.com (August 12, 2014). Retrieved on August 15, 2014. In ''Smite'', players control a god, goddess or other mythological figure and take part in team-based combat, using their abilities and tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player-controlled ''minions''. The game has multiple |
Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969), better known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, actor, and retired professional wrestler currently serving as the chief content officer for WWE. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Born and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire, Levesque began his professional wrestling training from 1990 to 1991 and his career from 1992 to 1993 with the International Wrestling Federation (IWF) under the ring name Terra Ryzing. He joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994 was soon after Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Repackage, repackaged as a French-Canadian aristocrat named Jean-Paul Lévesque. In 1995 he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), where he became Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and later, Triple H. In WWF, Triple H gained industry fame being a member of The Kliq and co-founding the influential D-Generation X Glossary of professional wrestlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Terra
José Luis Gabriel Terra Leivas ( Montevideo, 1 August 1873 - Montevideo, 15 September 1942) was a lawyer and politician of batllista origin in Uruguay, and advisor to all Uruguayan governments on diplomatic, Economic and financial issues between 1900 and 1938. He spent part of his childhood and adolescence in his father's ( José Ladislao Terra) farm and studied Law at UDELAR while also specializing in economic and financial science, graduating in 1895. He practiced as lawyer and Justice of the Peace at the end of the 1890's and he was professor at the Higher School of Commerce (known since 1935 as the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Administration) from 1901. He was a national deputy from 1903 to 1907, minister of Industry, Labor and Public Instruction from 1907 to 1911. He founded the industrial oxygen production company CINOCA in 1908 and was a member of the National Constituent Assembly of 1917, Minister of the Interior from 1919 to 1921, member of the Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Terra
Han Terra is a Korean-born inventor and musician. She has invented a 24 stringed musical instrument called TeRra, in the style of a traditional kayageum, incorporating artificial intelligence. She started taking piano lessons at the age of four, and performing by the age of six. Han performs within the classical and contemporary Eastern singing and dancing traditions, as well as Western classical music. She has performed on the kayageum in Carnegie Hall. Early life Han is a member of the Cheongju Han clan family. Her maternal grandmother's family was in the fashion and textile business and moved from Japan to Korea in the late 1920s. Han was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her birth name was Laesuk ("Advent of Goodness" or "Goddess"). She got the Buddhist name ' Myeong-wol' (명월, 明月), which means 'bright moon', from a Buddhist priest in her teens. Han also uses the pseudonym Dan-young (단영, 澶濴). She adopted the name 'TeRra' based on the name of the earth goddess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Wellington
Terra Wellington is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is known for her portrayals of sophisticated women in peril, distress, or vulnerable situations, and works predominantly in independent films. Her writing and creative producing include both TV series, feature work, and morning television. She is also an environmental and wellness advocate, having written books and been a U.S. columnist and magazine editor. Early life Wellington grew up in both the Western U.S. states, principally in Utah and Colorado, and in the Chicago-midwest area in a middle-class family. Her mother worked as a freelance artist and author, though principally raised her children as a full-time homemaker. And her father worked in sales, acted in community theater, and was a celebrated organist. She learned to play the piano at the age of 5. Excelling in prose interpretation on the school's speech team, she attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a northern Chicago su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Naomi
Terra Naomi is an indie folk singer-songwriter, who rose to fame through a performance of her song "Say It's Possible" on the video sharing site YouTube. Originally from New York State, but currently based in Los Angeles, she writes and performs her own songs, and plays the guitar and piano. Biography Naomi was born in Saratoga Springs, New York and raised on a farm for the first couple of years of her life. The family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio where they lived for six years before finally settling in upstate New York, from where her father, a plastic surgeon, originated. Her mother is a social worker. Naomi has one older brother and one younger brother. Classical beginnings Naomi studied classical piano and voice, attending Interlochen Performing Arts Camp in Michigan and Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp in Lenox, Massachusetts. Teachers convinced her to pursue a degree in opera from The University of Michigan. During this time, Naomi also participated in the Aspen Opera Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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