Kittur Chennamma – Wikipedia … :
“Kittur Chennamma (23 October 1778 – 2 February 1829)[1] was an Indian freedom fighter and Rani of the Kittur, a former princely state in Karnataka. She led an armed force against the British East India Company in 1824 in defiance of the doctrine of lapse in an attempt to maintain Indian control over the region, but was defeated in the third war and died imprisoned. The one of the female rulers to rebel against British rule (earlier first indian queen velu nachiyair madurai), she has become a folk hero in Karnataka and symbol of the independence movement in India.”
“Caliban (/ˈkælɪbæn/ KAL-i-ban), son of the witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. His character is one of the few Shakespearean figures to take on a life of its own “outside” Shakespeare’s own work:[1] as Russell Hoban put it, “Caliban is one of the hungry ideas, he’s always looking for someone to word him into being … Caliban is a necessary idea”.[2]”
“Rocinante (Spanish pronunciation: [roθiˈnante]) is Don Quixote’s horse in the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. In many ways, Rocinante is not only Don Quixote’s horse, but also his double: like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.[1][2]”
Pinus contorta – Wikipedia … :
“Many populations of the Rocky Mountain subspecies, P. contorta subsp. latifolia, have serotinous cones. This means that the cones are closed and must be exposed to high temperatures, such as from forest fires, in order to open and release their seeds.[27] The variation in their serotiny has been correlated with wildfires and mountain pine beetle attacks.[28]”
“Serotiny is an ecological adaptation exhibited by some seed plants, in which seed release occurs in response to an environmental trigger, rather than spontaneously at seed maturation. The most common and best studied trigger is fire, and the term serotiny is often used to refer to this specific case.”
“A tachi (太刀) was a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (nihonto) worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Tachi and katana generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn when sheathed, the latter depending on the location of the mei, or signature, on the tang. The tachi style of swords preceded the development of the katana, which was not mentioned by name until near the end of the twelfth century; tachi are known to have been made in the Kotō period, ranging from 900 to 1596.“