The generic name is derived from Σελήνη (Selene), the Greek moon goddess, and cereus, meaning "candle" in Latin, referring to the nocturnal flowers.
Pliny makes allusions to the moon on its sixth day, a waxing crescent moon, as an instrument of healing: here again there is corroborative evidence in that Celtic goddesses associated with healing and regeneration are sometimes depicted wearing lunar amulets; and the great temple of the healer-goddess Sulis Minerva at Bath, Somerset bears a carving of the Roman moon-goddess Luna.
Hammond, N.G.L. and Howard Hayes Scullard (editors), The Oxford Classical Dictionary, second edition, Oxford University Press, 1992.
Named after the moon goddess Selene, and Greek -ops "eye", because of the moon-like form of the eyes.
Vstar, a subsatellite of SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), the Japanese Kaguya mission
During the last competition for the Galactic Teen Supreme contest, the moon goddess Selene appears and threatens to destroy the Earth.
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The sites are home to the Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and the nationally scarce Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene) and Kent black arches (Meganola albula).
The colliding body has sometimes been referred to as Theia, the mother of Selene, the Moon goddess in Greek mythology.
However, Scaleface is among the dead mutants resurrected by the transmode virus that Selene sends to attack X-Force during the Necrosha storyline.
It is revealed that he was killed during the Sentinel assault on Genosha, as he has been revived by Selene during the Necrosha event.
"Selene 6.23" (alternative Korean: "너와 나의 거리"; literally: The Distance Between Us) is an orchestral song performed by the contemporary R&B idol group SHINee in their first collaboration with the internationally-known pianist Yiruma.
The nunatak was named in association with nearby Lunar Crag by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1988 after Selene, the Greek goddess of the Moon.
The Doctor and Peri discover that Rome has advanced far beyond its natural means, and they must recruit the aid of Ptolemy Caesar to prevent his half-siblings, Cleopatra Selene and Alexander, from waging a potentially world-ending war with each other.
The Pale Sun-moth (Synemon selene) is a moth in the Castniidae family.
Eli Bard, a closeted servant of Selene, infected himself with the programming and has also used the Technarch spawn to resurrect the corpse of Caliban as well those of Warpath's massacred tribe.
The entirety of the deceased mutant population of Genosha resurrected and infected by Selene in her attempt to become a god during the storyline Necrosha.