Ancient Egyptian god, the personification of the primeval deep, the waters from which all that is has arisen. Like the ocean, he embraces the earth, but is at the same time underneath it. As the primeval god who was existent in the time of Chaos, he...

Although the word nun carries a specific, historically circumscribed meaning, especially in Catholic Christianity, it is also widely used to refer more generally to women ascetics and monastics in different religious traditions. In this overview, nuns...

A nun is a woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life.[1] She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. The term "nun" is...

Bill Janz Nun, 98, brings home her winnings By BILL JANZ Sunday, February 4, 2001 You could overlook her in an empty room. My shadow weighs more than she does. Sister Francella Wisoky is a tiny, unassuming person who...

There was a middle aged nun on our ship, a square built woman in a brown habit. She had a round, pink face, earnestly scrubbed, and moist eyes that gleamed with selfsatisfaction through rimless glasses. We were sitting next to her at lunch one...

When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame granted a young researcher's request to test...

A former Argentine navy captain dubbed the "Angel of Death" by human rights groups denied in his first court appearance Wednesday that he helped abduct two French nuns during the country's "dirty war" against leftists.Capt. Alfredo Astiz, 56, is accused in the 1977 disappearance of...