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Torto
Torto may refer to: * Torto, enormously strong one-eyed giant very similar in Basque mythology * Torto (surname), surname * Noticia de Torto, minuta of a notarial document written Portuguese language See also * Torta (other) Torta can refer to: * Torta, a Spanish word with a huge array of regional culinary meanings, from its traditional meaning of ''flatbread'' to ''cake'' ** Torta de Gazpacho, a flatbread ** Torta, a Mexican sandwich ** Torta, a kind of Philipp ... * Torti {{disambiguation ...
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Torto (surname)
Torto is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Baldwyn Torto (born 1955), Ghanaian scientist * Daniel Torto (born 1960), Ghanaian Anglican bishop * Frank Gibbs Torto (1921–1984), Ghanaian chemist and a professor at the University of Ghana * Jacob Ofori Torto (1906–?), Ghanaian public servant * João Torto, 16th-century Portuguese man, probably a legendary figure * Robert Torto, Ghanaian hate criminal See also * Torto {{Surname Russian-language surnames ...
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Noticia De Torto
The "Notícia de Torto" Galician-Portuguese.html" ;"title="'Notice about (the damage, offense, injury) – Galician-Portuguese">'Notice about (the damage, offense, injury) – Galician-Portuguese''is a minuta of a notarial document written in the first decades of the 13th century, and though it does not contain any date it has been dated as between 1211 and 1216, the first reigning years of King Afonso II of Portugal. Together with the King's will (written in July 1214) it is considered the oldest known non-literary document of the Portuguese language Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tom� .... The title is a reference to its first line (''De noticia de torto que fecerum a Laurencius Fernãdiz''.. ). The text is about the persecutions, violence and robbery by the sons of Gon� ...
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Tartalo
Tartaro, Tartalo, or Torto in Basque mythology, is an enormously strong one-eyed giant (mythology), giant very similar to the Greek Cyclops that Odysseus faced in Homer's ''Odyssey''. He is said to live in caves in the mountains and catches young people in order to eat them; in some accounts he eats sheep also. Alarabi is another name for the creature. Anxo (or Ancho) may also be equivalent, but some sources say this is another name for the Basajaun. Names Tartaro (or Tartaroa) is the form given in some translated tales and commentary in French and English. Torto, Anxo and Alarabi were the forms listed in Jose Migel Barandiaran's ''Basque Mythology'', with "Tartalo" described as a local variant particular to the Zegama region. Tartalo being a proper name was an idea floated by Barandiaran; but here is an example of a tale in which three Tartaros appear. Anxo or Ancho is however explained as an alternate name for Basajaun by some sources. Webster ventured that "Ancho" derived fro ...
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Torta (other)
Torta can refer to: * Torta, a Spanish word with a huge array of regional culinary meanings, from its traditional meaning of ''flatbread'' to ''cake'' ** Torta de Gazpacho, a flatbread ** Torta, a Mexican sandwich ** Torta, a kind of Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes, although in Visayas and Mindanao, 'torta' refers to a sponge cake * ''Torta'', the Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Italian, Portuguese and Bulgarian word for cake, typically made with layered sponge & cream, chocolate or fruit filling * Torta, a surname with origins in Northern Italy near Venice * '' Bidens torta'', the corkscrew beggartick, a plant species * ''Torta'', a type of lava dome erupted by volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...es * Tor ...
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