Welkin
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Welkin is an archaic, English term; it refers to the sky
, the upper air, the firmament
, the heaven
s or the Celestial sphere
. Especially the highest celestial sphere e.g. the empyrean
.
It may also refer to:
Sky
The sky is the part of the atmosphere or outer space visible from the surface of any astronomical object. It is difficult to define precisely for several reasons. During daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a pale blue surface because the air scatters the sunlight. The sky is sometimes...
, the upper air, the firmament
Firmament
The firmament is the vault or expanse of the sky. According to Genesis, God created the firmament to separate the oceans from other waters above.-Etymology:...
, the heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
s or the Celestial sphere
Celestial sphere
In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere of arbitrarily large radius, concentric with the Earth and rotating upon the same axis. All objects in the sky can be thought of as projected upon the celestial sphere. Projected upward from Earth's equator and poles are the...
. Especially the highest celestial sphere e.g. the empyrean
Empyrean
Empyrean, from the Medieval Latin empyreus, an adaptation of the Ancient Greek ἔμπυρος empyrus "in or on the fire ", properly Empyrean Heaven, is the place in the highest heaven, which in ancient cosmologies was supposed to be occupied by the element of fire .-Use in literature:The Empyrean was...
.
It may also refer to:
- Welkin GroupWelkin GroupWelkin Group Limited is an Asian alternative asset management and principal investment company that specializes in private equity, venture capital, special situations and opportunistic investing in China....
, a private equity firm focused on growth capital and venture capital investments in the Greater China region - Welkin Gunther, the protagonist in Valkyria Chronicles
- Welkin LordsWelkin LordsThe Welkin Lords are fictional characters in the classic Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi. They are ten whale lords who assist the Grand Old Master Wen Zhong in his campaign against Jiang Ziya of Zhou Dynasty.-Welkin Lord Qin:...
, characters in the 16th century, Chinese novel, Fengshen Yanyi - Welkin Mill, Lower BredburyWelkin Mill, Lower BredburyWelkin Mill, Lower Bredbury is a cotton spinning mill in Lower Bredbury/Portwood, Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was built in the early years of the 20th century for ring spinning. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964...
, Manchester cotton mill - Welkin WeaselsWelkin WeaselsWelkin Weasels is a series of fantasy novels by British author Garry Kilworth. As of 2003, it consists of six books, all published by Random House's Corgi Juvenile imprint.-Thunder Oak:...
, a series of fantasy novels by Garry Kilworth - Westland WelkinWestland Welkin|-See also:-Bibliography:* Buttler, Tony. British Secret Projects: Fighters and Bombers 1935–1950. Hinckley, UK: Midland, 2004. ISBN 1-85780-179-2....
, a British, World War 2, high-altitude, fighter aircraft