Petrified wood

In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone or a similar substance. It is approximately synonymous with fossilization. Petrified wood is the most well known result of this process. Download high resolution version (1590x1193, 695 KB)Petrified Wood at Petrified Forest National Park. ... Download high resolution version (1590x1193, 695 KB)Petrified Wood at Petrified Forest National Park. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Organic material or organic matter is informally used to denote a material that originated as a living organism; most such materials contain carbon and are capable of decay. ... The rocky side of a mountain creek near Orosí, Costa Rica. ... FOSSIL is a standard for allowing serial communication for telecommunications programs under DOS. FOSSIL is an acronym for Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer. ... Petrified log at the Petrified Forest National Park A petrified tree from California Petrified wood is a type of fossil: it consists of fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (most often a silicate, such as quartz), while retaining the original structure of the wood. ...

For a list of sites of major collections of petrified materials, see Petrified wood. Petrified log at the Petrified Forest National Park A petrified tree from California Petrified wood is a type of fossil: it consists of fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (most often a silicate, such as quartz), while retaining the original structure of the wood. ...

Folklore

Petrifaction is also a common theme in folklore and mythology, and is associated with the legends of Medusa the Gorgon, the basilisk, and the cockatrice, among others. In fairy tales, characters who fail in a quest may be turned to stone until they are rescued by the successful hero, as in The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body or The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird. Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from μυολογείν mythologein to relate myths, from μύος mythos, meaning a narrative, and λόγος logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and... A relatively modern image of Medusa painted by Arnold Böcklin In Greek mythology, Medusa (Μεδουσα Queen), was a monstrous female character whose gaze could turn people to stone. ... See also Gorgona, for the Colombian/Italian islands. ... Woodblock print of a basilisk from Ulisse Aldrovandi, Monstrorum historia, 1642 Cityseal of Zwolle from 1295 with Saint-Michael killing a basilisk In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk (from the Greek βασιλίσκος basiliskos, a little king, in Latin Regulus) is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of serpents and... Cockatrice A cockatrice is a legendary creature, an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans (Breiner). ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. ... The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales and included by Joseph Jacobs in European Folk and Fairy Tales. ...

In Cornish folklore, petrifaction stories are used to explain the origin of prehistoric megalithic monuments such as stone circles and monoliths. For example, the name of the Merry Maidens stone circle, and the nearby Pipers monoliths, comes from an associated myth about a party of young women who danced on poles through Saturday evening and into Sunday morning. For their sins the nineteen maidens were turned to stone, as were the two pipers accompanying them. Several other Cornish stone circles have similar themes in their names ( The Nine Maidens of Boskednan, the Tregeseal Dancing Stones), and there are variations such as The Hurlers on Bodmin Moor - turned to stone for playing the Cornish game of hurling on a Sunday^[1]. Several isolated standing stones have names associating them with pipers or fiddlers. Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ... Megalithic tomb, Mane Braz, Brittany Bronze age wedge tomb in the Burren area of Ireland For the record label, see Megalith Records. ... Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England. ... A monolith is a geological or technological feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock. ... The Merry Maidens The Merry Maidens (grid reference SW432245), also known as Dawns Men (a likely corruption of the Cornish Dans Maen) is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles (3 km) to the south of the village of St Buryan, in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United... Restored stones at the Boskednan circle Boskednan stone circle (grid reference SW434351) is a partially restored prehistoric stone circle, around 4 miles (6 kilometres) northeast of the town of Penzance in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Tregeseal East stone circle from the east Tregeseal East stone circle with Carn Kenidjack beyond Tregeseal East (grid reference SW387324) is a heavily restored prehistoric stone circle around one mile northeast of the town of St Just in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... The Hurlers is the name of a group of three stone circles on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK. The circles were first noted by historian John Norden in 1584 and the first detailed description was made by William Borlase in 1754. ... The Cheeswring, a granite tor on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor (Photo by Mick Knapton) Bodmin Moor is a granite moorland in northeastern Cornwall, England, 208 km² in size, dating from the Carboniferous period of geological history. ... Pub Sign at St. ... Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground. ... Pipe describes a number of musical instruments, historically referring to perforated wind instruments. ... The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. ...

Petrifaction is a major plot element in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In this, however, they are not actually turned to stone; they are just put into a cold, lifeless, paralysed, dead-like state. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling, is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. ...

In various role-playing games, petrification is a state characters can enter as a result of magical spells or artifacts. In this state characters are unable to perform any physical action, and may be unable to perform mental actions as well. They may be dead. They usually must be recovered (if at all) by some magical means, such as a "stone to flesh" spell in Dungeons & Dragons or a "soft" potion in Final Fantasy games (which is sometimes known as a Golden Needle). This article is about games in which one plays the role of a character. ... The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. ... Magic: The Gathering. ... This article is about artifacts in fantasy and roleplaying. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) currently published by Wizards of the Coast. ... A potion (from Latin potio, potionis, meaning beverage, potion, poison) is a drinkable medicine or poison. ... For the first installment in the series, see Final Fantasy (video game). ...

Figuratively, the word can also refer to a state of paralysis resulting from fear. Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. ... Fear is a powerful biological feeling of unpleasant risk or danger, either real or imagined. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe071.htm