AK reported that the laughter was accompanied by a sensation of merriment or mirth. Their laughter, however, was full of mirth. These dominant states are love, mirth, sorrow, anger, energy, terror, disgust and astonishment. Euphrosyne is a Goddess of Good Cheer, Joy and Mirth. It is a celebration of Mirth personified, who is the child of love and revelry. The Eurovision failure prompted both mirth and consternation in the British media. In the case of humour, it was associated with mirth ("hasya"). Prior to 1997 Amusements of America and World of Mirth Shows provided the midway. Her sisters are Aglaea ("Splendor"), Euphrosyne ("Mirth"), and Thalia ("Good Cheer"). It was presented as a companion piece to "L'Allegro", a vision of poetic mirth. In the "Poetics", Aristotle states that comedy originated in phallic rituals and festivals of mirth. Theseus calls him "our usual manager of mirth". The gay gainer community grew out of the Girth & Mirth movement in the 70s. The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by the American author Edith Wharton. A contemporary writer, Sir John Harington, observed that Heywood "escaped hanging with his mirth" (7).