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Maia (mā`ə, mī`ə).

1 In Greek mythology, oldest of the Pleiades Pleiades, in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione. According to one legend they were the attendants of Artemis and were changed into stars by the gods when they were pursued by the amorous hunter Orion.
..... Click the link for more information. . She was the mother of Hermes by Zeus.

2 In Roman mythology, goddess of fertility; also called Maiesta. She was often identified with Bona Dea Bona Dea , in Roman religion, ancient fertility goddess worshiped only by women; also called Fauna. She was said to be the daughter, sister, or wife of Faunus. No man could be present at her annual festival in May.
..... Click the link for more information. . The month of May was probably named for her.

Maia

a mountain range in Khabarovsk Krai, RSFSR. It extends for 200 km along the drainage divide of the Uda River (Sea of Okhotsk basin) and its left tributary, the Maia River. Elevation, 1,983 m. The range is composed of metamorphic rocks and granites, and in the southeast, of effusive rocks and their tuffs. The Maia Range is deeply dissected by valleys. Spruce-fir and larch taiga grows on the slopes at elevations to 1,000 m; higher up there is a zone of dwarf stone pine and mountain tundras.

Maia

a river in Khabarovsk Krai and the Yakut ASSR, a right tributary of the Aldan River (Lena Basin). Length, 1,053 km; basin area, 171,000 sq km. Its sources are the Pravaia and Levaia Maia, and it flows mainly within the borders of the ludoma-Maia upland. Along the upper and middle course the valley is broad and swampy; along the lower course it is more narrow. The river’s feeding is mixed. The average water flow is 1,180 cu m per sec. High water is from May through September. It freezes in the second half of October and thaws in May. The ludoma is a large right tributary. The Maia is navigable for about 500 km from the estuary. During the second half of the 17th century the route from Yakutsk to the Sea of Okhotsk followed the Maia valley.

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No references found	whose stars are these: -- `Lovely Teygata, and dark-faced Electra, and Alcyone, and bright Asterope, and Celaeno, and Maia, and Merope, whom glorious Atlas begot. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context And as that abstract condition of Maia, to the kind and quantity of concrete literary production we hold to have been originally possible for him; so was the religion he actually attained, to what might have been the development of his profoundly religious spirit, had he been able to see that the old-fashioned Christianity is itself but the proper historic development of the true "essence" of the New Testament. The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context He made seven portions; one of these he set apart for Mercury the son of Maia and the nymphs, praying to them as he did so; the others he dealt out to the men man by man. The Odyssey by Homer View in context	Mahogany mahogany acid mahogany family mahogany soap Mahol Mahomet Mahon Mahón Mahon, Christopher Mahone, William Mahonia Mahoning Mahoning County Mahony, Dr. Richard Mahony, Francis Sylvester Mahotella Queens Mahrattas Mährisch Ostrau Mahtra Uprising Mahub Ali mahubarana fat Mahy Mai, Angelo Mai-Maevskii, Vladimir Mai-Maevskii, Vladimir Zenonovich Maia Maia Mamadzhan Kulieva Maia Stage Maiachnyi Maiak Maiakovskii Maiano Maiatskoe Gorodishche Maiboroda, Georgiiillarionovich Maichishan MAID Maidana, Antonio Maidanek Maidari Khural maiden Maiden Castle maiden over maiden tower Maiden's Tower Maidenhair Fern maidenhair tree maidenhead Maidens' Fair on Mount Gaina Maidstone Maidstone State Park Maidu	Mahwa tree MAHWP Mahy Mahy mahzor mahzorim mahzors Mai Mai Mai (surname) Mai ek Mai lai Mai lai Mai Lai Massacre Mai Lai Massacre Mai Mai Mai Po Nature Reserve mai tai mai tais Mai tho Mai tri Mai, Angelo Mai-Maevskii, Vladimir Mai-Maevskii, Vladimir Zenonovich Mai-Mai Mai-tai Maia Maia brachydactyla Maia Mamadzhan Kulieva Maia squinado Maia Stage Maia(name) Maia(name) MAIA-BB MAIAA Maiachnyi Maiak Maiakovskii Maian Maiano Maianthemum Maianthemum bifolium Maianthemum canadense Maianthemum canadense var. interius Maianthemum canadense var. pubescens Maianthemum racemosum Maianthemum racemosum MAIAP Maïarská Lidová Republika maiasaur maiasaura Maiasaura peeblesorum MAIAT

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whose stars are these: -- `Lovely Teygata, and dark-faced Electra, and Alcyone, and bright Asterope, and Celaeno, and Maia, and Merope, whom glorious Atlas begot.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

And as that abstract condition of Maia, to the kind and quantity of concrete literary production we hold to have been originally possible for him; so was the religion he actually attained, to what might have been the development of his profoundly religious spirit, had he been able to see that the old-fashioned Christianity is itself but the proper historic development of the true "essence" of the New Testament.

The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context

He made seven portions; one of these he set apart for Mercury the son of Maia and the nymphs, praying to them as he did so; the others he dealt out to the men man by man.

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

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