More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Minnehaha
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a cascade in Minnehaha Creek, the outlet of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. Minnehaha Park is situated on the western shore of the Mississippi, below the Falls of St. Anthony, but within the corporate limits of Minneapolis. The cascade falls over a limestone ledge into a wooded glen about sixty feet deep. The glen widens and deepens for about a mile, until it opens into the gorge of the Mississippi. This cascade is the Minnehaha Falls or "Laughing Water" of Longfellow's Hiawatha. The name is said to have been applied by the Dakotas to the Falls of St. Anthony instead. See Hiawatha
Collier's New Encyclopedia: FALLS OF, the name given to a beautiful cascade in the Minnehaha river near Minneapolis, Minn., the word Minnehaha meaning in the Indian language "Laughing Water." The cascade falls 60 feet into a most picturesque glen which opens on the Mississippi river. Longfellow has immortalized the name.
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Minos
Aiton's Encyclopedia: mi'nos, the name of two kings of Crete who figure in Greek legend. One was the son of Jupiter and Europa. After his death he was made a judge in the infernal regions. The other Minos, grandson of the first, was celebrated as a lawgiver. He it was for whom Daedalus built the famous labyrinth in which the Minotaur was confined. See Minotaur ; Daedalus
Collier's New Encyclopedia: in Greek mythology, a ruler of Crete. During his lifetime he was celebrated as a wise lawgiver and after his death he was made, with Æacus and Rhadamanthus, one of the judges of the infernal world. Also another legendary King of Crete, who forced Athens to to be devoured by the Minotaur.
1000 Classical Characters: A king of Crete , son of Jupiter and Europa , who gave laws to his subjects в. c. 1406 which remained in full force in the age of Plato .
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Minotaur
Aiton's Encyclopedia: min'o-taur, in Greek mythology, a monster represented as having the body of a man and the head of a bull. The name means bull of Minos. The bull was confined in the Cretan labyrinth by Minos, king of Crete, and fed on human flesh. Seven youths and seven maidens of Athens were thus sacrificed yearly until Theseus, with the aid of Ariadne, daughter of Minos, succeeded in slaying the monster.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: in Greek mythol. ogy, a monster half man and half bull, said to have been the son of Pasiphae, wife of Minos, King of Crete, by a bull; hence the term Minotaur. Minos shut him up in the labyrinth of Dædalus, feeding him with criminas. and afterward with youths and maidens sent from Athens. Theseus, by the assistance of Ariadne, succeeded in destroying him.
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Mir
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a Russian peasant community. The rural population of Russia is organized into mirs or villages. The land belongs, not to landholders nor to individuals, but to the mir. The portion set aside for dwellings is occupied permanently. The pasture lands are held in common, each peasant having grazing rights. The cultivated lands are allotted to the several families by vote. Widows and wives whose husbands are away working are entitled to vote. Each mir attends to its own local affairs through officers elected for the purpose. Adjacent mirs are united into volasts. The mir has no voice in outside affairs. Since the abolition of serfdom the nobility and the wealthy have been buying up the lands held heretofore in common by the mir.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: the Russian commune, more villages, who are as a community owners of the surrounding land, and redistribute the same to the members from time to time. It is self-governing, but under bureaucratic control. Under the Soviet Republic, 1918, the Mir was never entirely suppressed, and continued, in spite of the Bolshevik government, in some parts of Russia.
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Mnemosyne
1000 Classical Characters: A daughter of Coelus and Terra, mother of the nine Muses. Jupiter assumed the form of a shepherd in order to enjoy her company. Moirae (The Fates). They were called Parcae by the Romans, and were three in number, viz., Clotho , or the spinning fate; Lachesis , or the one who assigns to man his fate; and Atropos, or the fate that cannot be avoided.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: ir in Greek mythology, the daughter of Uranus, and mother of the nine muses by Zeus. The principal seat of her worship was at Eleutheræ, in Bœotia.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: ne-mos'i-ne, in Greek mythology, the goddess of Memory and mother of the Nine Muses. She was the daughter of Uranus. See Muses
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Moccasin Snake
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a venomous serpent allied to the copperhead and rattlesnake. About thirty to fifty inches in length. It is an exceedingly dangerous snake. It is of an inconspicuous brown; it lies in bushes overhanging water, or on the shore half in water, watching for frogs or fishes. It strikes venomously and without warning at the passer-by. It is the ugliest of American snakes. The body is stout--three inches in diameter and is without bright colors. The skin "looks like sun-dried mud." The whiteness of the inside of the mouth has given rise to the name of "Cotton-mouth." The poison does not act so quickly as that of the rattlesnake, but it is as deadly and requires the same sort of treatment. The moccasin ranges from the Gulf to southern Illinois and Texas. See Snakes
Collier's New Encyclopedia: Cenchris piscivorus, of the family Crotalidæ, sometimes called the water viper, from its frequenting marshy places. It is a fish- MOCCASIN SNAKE eating snake. Habitat, North Carolina, the country to the S. and across to the Rocky Mountains. Also the name is sometimes applied to the copperhead snake. Both these reptiles are extremely poisonous.
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Mohair
Collier's New Encyclopedia: the hair of the Angora goat. Also a fabric made from the fine white, silky hair of the Angora goat and allied species; sometimes called camlet. The hair is said to be produced in perfect quality in no place excepting Angora in a Asia Minor, and has long been a valuable article of export from that place. Also a wool and cotton fabric made in imitation of the above, in mixed colors or plain.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Angora Wool; Goat
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Mohawks
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a tribe of North American Indians, belonging to the confederacy of the Five (afterward Six) Nations (see IROQUOIς). IROQUOIS). They originally inhabited the valley of the Mohawk river. About 1,200 are domiciled on Grand river and Bay of Quinte, eastern end of Lake Ontario.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Iroquois
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