Repetitive Motion

Nov 25, 2012 22:40

Work was work. Only one delivery all day. *shrugs*

Time for bed. *hugs*

As your party enters the the town, they feel a gentle numen.

Word of the Day for Sunday November 25, 2012

numen • \NOO-mun\  • noun
: a spiritual force or influence often identified with a natural object, phenomenon, or place

Did you know?
How did "numen," a Latin term meaning "nod of the head," come to be associated with spiritual power? The answer lies in the fact that the ancient Romans saw divine force and power operating in the inanimate objects and nonhuman phenomena around them. They believed that the gods had the power to command events and to consent to actions, and the idea of a god nodding suggested his or her awesome abilities-divine power. Eventually, Latin speakers began using "numen" to describe the special divine force of any object, place, or phenomenon that inspired awe (a mystical-seeming wooded grove, for example, or the movement of the sun), and "numen" made the semantic leap from "nod" to "divine will or power." English speakers adopted the word during the 1600s.

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