Ombushes

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  • ambushes → the mythological motif of natives lying in wait to ambush the returning exile → FW 005.27: collupsus
  • Sw ombud: a commissioner
  • aum bushes: (sacred bush) aum meaning sacred in Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism and bush refering to the burning bush
  • Oom: dutch for uncle
  • Om: Dutch preposition for around
  • Om: translates as Man in Romanian
  • Omu: Omu peak is located in the Bucegi mountains in Romania; The Bucegi is believed to be the Thracian holy mountain Kogainon, on which the mythical figure Zalmoxis resided in a cave.
  • Om: a river in Russia
  • Ohm: a unit of resistance