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  • The goddess
    Goddess
    A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheistic system that includes several deities in a pantheon. In some cultures goddesses are commonly associated with the Earth, motherhood, love, and the household, often reflecting the historical gender roles of that culture...

     Bellona
    Bellona (goddess)
    Bellona was an Ancient Roman war goddess. She is believed to be one of the numinous gods of the Romans , and is supposed by many to have been the Romans' original war deity, predating the identification of Mars with Ares. She accompanied Mars into battle and is taken variously as his sister, wife...

    , the Roman
    Roman mythology
    Roman mythology, or Latin mythology, refers to the mythological beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Ancient Rome. It can be considered as having two parts; One part, largely later and literary, consists of borrowings from Greek mythology...

     counterpart of the Greek
    Greek mythology
    Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

     goddess Enyo
    Enyo
    Enyo in Greek mythology, was an ancient goddess of war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares. She is also identified as his sister, and daughter of Zeus and Hera, in a role closely resembling that of Eris; with Homer representing the two as the same goddess...

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  • Asteroid
    Asteroid
    thumb|260px|right|[[253 Mathilde]], a [[C-type asteroid]] measuring about across. Photograph taken in 1997 by the [[NEAR Shoemaker]] probe.Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, especially in the inner Solar System; they are...

     28 Bellona
    28 Bellona
    28 Bellona is a large main belt asteroid.Bellona was discovered by R. Luther on March 1, 1854. It is named after Bellona, the Roman goddess of war; the name was chosen to mark the beginning of the Crimean War.-References:...

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  • Bellona Foundation
    Bellona Foundation
    The Bellona Foundation is a multi-disciplinary international environmental NGO based in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 1986 by Frederic Hauge and Rune Haaland as a direct action protest group, it has since blossomed into a recognized technology and solution oriented environmental champion with offices on...

    , a Norwegian
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...

     Environmental
    Environmental movement
    The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation and green movements, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....

     organization
    Organization
    An organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment...

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  • Bellona Island
    Bellona Island
    Bellona Island is an island of the Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands. Its length is about 10 km and its average width 2.5 km. Its area is about 17 km². It is almost totally surrounded by 30-70 m high cliffs, comprised primarily of raised coral limestone. Bellona Island is densely...

     in the Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
    The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. Together they cover a land mass of 28,400 square kilometres . The capital is Honiara, located on the island of Guadalcanal.The Solomon Islands are believed to have been...

  • Eight ships of the Royal Navy
    Royal Navy
    The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of HM Armed Forces . From the beginning of the 18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early...

     named HMS Bellona
    HMS Bellona
    Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after a Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology: was a 30-gun sixth-rate, formerly the French privateer Bellone. She was captured in 1747, and sold in 1749. was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1760 and broken up in 1814. was a...

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  • Bellona, French ship captured in 1759 by then-captain Samuel Hood
    Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
    Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He is amongst those credited with developing the concept of breaking the line which became an important part of naval tactics during the age...

  • Bellona (CE)
    Bellona (CE)
    Bellona is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km north of Naples and about 14 km northwest of Caserta.The municipality of Bellona contains the frazione Triflisco....

    , a town in Italy
  • Bellona, the reality-shifting city of Samuel R. Delany
    Samuel R. Delany
    Samuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr. is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and nonfiction essays on sexuality and society.His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein...

    's science fiction
    Science fiction
    Science fiction is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature...

     novel Dhalgren
    Dhalgren
    Dhalgren is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany.The story begins with a cryptic passage:to wound the autumnal city.
    So howled out for the world to give him a name.
    The in-dark answered with wind....

    . Delany also makes use of the name for a city in Triton
    Triton (novel)
    Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. It was nominated for the 1976 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1995...

    and makes a direct reference to the goddess Bellona in Phallos
    Phallos (novella)
    Phallos is a short novel — or novella — by Samuel R. Delany, published by Bamberger Books.Phallos takes the form of a modern online essay recounting the history and giving a synopsis of a nonexistent novel also called Phallos, set in the Mediterranean during the reign of the Emperor...

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  • The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
    The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
    The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is a 1928 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her fourth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.- Plot outline:A 90-year-old member of the Bellona men's club in London, General Fentiman, has apparently died there on Armistice Day, but no one noticed for hours that he was dead....

    , a Peter Wimsey adventure
  • Bellona Furniture, Turkish furniture company.