Pygmania

zulu: halala ngosuku lokuzalwa  elibhekwa njengabaThwa ! esperanto: feliĉan naskiĝtagon,  nana !   dutch: gelukkige verjaardag,  dwerg ! norwegian: gratulerer med dagen  pygmé !  danish: tillykke med fødselsdagen,  pygmæ ! finnish: hyvää syntymäpäivää,  kääpiö ! czech: všechno nejlepší k narozeninám, trpaslík ! lol the primary definition of  trpaslík  is 'gnome' casteshano: feliz cumpleaños,  enano ! galician: feliz aniversario,  pigmeo ! catalán: feliç aniversari,  pigmea ! basque: zoriontsu urtebetetzea  pygmy ! maltese: għeluq sninha,  pigmew ! corsican: TANTI AUGURI,*  pygmy !  *the caps are not my doing, it's exactly what google translate spat out. so, yeah, WISHING YOU AN AUSPICIOUS SESSION WITH YOUR AUGUR, pygmy! albanian: gëzuar ditëlindjen,  xhuxh ! (looks like it would sound like someone sneezing?) macedonian: среќен роденден,  мал ! that language spoken by the swift, the hairy-headed, the glanci

Historical deaths attributed to laughter One account of the death of  Chrysippus , the third century B.C.  Greek   stoic  philosopher, tells that he died of laughter after giving his  donkey  wine, then seeing it attempt to feed on  figs . [8] In 1410, King  Martin of Aragon  died from a combination of  indigestion  and uncontrollable laughter. [9] In 1556,  Pietro Aretino  "is said to have died of suffocation from laughing too much." [10] In 1660,  Thomas Urquhart , the  Scottish  aristocrat,  polymath  and first translator of  Rabelais  into English, is said to have died laughing upon hearing that  Charles II  had taken the throne. [11] [12] Modern deaths attributed to laughter On 24 March 1975, Alex Mitchell, from  King's Lynn ,  England , died laughing while watching the " Kung Fu Kapers " episode of  The Goodies , featuring a  kilt -clad  Scotsman  with his  bagpipes  battling a master of Lancastrian   martial art  "Ecky Thump",

The first [commandment] forbids the worship of any other gods.  This is not yet monotheism: the existence of other gods is not denied.... Around the time of the Babylonian exile we shall find stronger assertions that YKVK is the only true God, in the prophet we call Second Isaiah, but strict monotheism is developed only in the Hellenistic period, under the influence of Greek philosophy.

"Girl from Ipati, Greece," by Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraïdari, circa 1930 It reminds me of Pygmalion.  Just noticed the tznius headgear, sweet.  But gorgeous old picture, no?  "Gorgeous, form of"