Moonbeam

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created by Webster 1913
(thing) by starchyk (6.8 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Fri Sep 22 2000 at 23:14:12
Ethereal beams of sunlight reflected off the moon.
(idea) by Ereneta (2 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Jan 06 2000 at 17:39:28
Good name for a pony. Especially if Bright or Star is already taken.


A palomino plush horse with a night light in her head, part of the No More Night Mares Collection. Squeeze her hoof and her blaze lights up. Manufactured by the Wild Heart Ranch company.
Moonbeam shines a ray of light,
to give you courage in the night.
Comes in a miniature size, too.

<http://www.wildheartranch.com/nightmares/nmn_moonbeam.asp >

In folklore, moonbeams are gathered by faeries during a full moon, or used as a means to ascend or descend to earth. The sacred bull of Memphis, Apis, was conceived from a moonbeam.


Although Webster 1913 doesn't mention it, William Shakespeare was the first one to join the words "moon" and "beam" together to form this compound word. See A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3, Scene 1.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:17:22

Moon"beam` (?), n.

A ray of light from the moon.

 

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