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  2. Horse symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Horses of Neptune, illustration by Walter Crane, 1893.. Horse symbolism is the study of the representation of the horse in mythology, religion, folklore, art, literature and psychoanalysis as a symbol, in its capacity to designate, to signify an abstract concept, beyond the physical reality of the quadruped animal.

  3. List of lucky symbols - Wikipedia

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    Horseshoe: English, Poles and several other European ethnicities, Indian and Nepali people. Horseshoes are considered to ward off saturn’s ill-effects in Vedic culture. Horseshoes are considered lucky when turned upwards but unlucky when turned downwards, although some people believe the opposite. [24] [25] Jade: Chinese [citation needed] Jew ...

  4. The horse in Nordic mythology - Wikipedia

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    The horse's hoof, often anthropomorphized, has an important symbolic quality, and he shows this in critical moments: during Hadding's abduction, Sleipnir's hoof suddenly appears under Wotan's cloak, for example, and Jung sees in this the irruption of a symbolized unconscious content. [69] There are parallels between Celtic and Viking beliefs.

  5. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul). In Satanism, it is flipped upside-down. See also: Sigil of Baphomet. Rose Cross: Rosicrucianism / Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

  6. Iron in folklore - Wikipedia

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    A horseshoe wind chime, used as a good luck charm. Iron has a long and varied tradition in the mythology and folklore of the world.. While iron is now the name of a chemical element, the traditional meaning of the word "iron" is what is now called wrought iron.

  7. Horseshoe - Wikipedia

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    A horseshoe is a product designed to protect a horse hoof from wear. Shoes are attached on the palmar surface (ground side) of the hooves, usually nailed through the insensitive hoof wall that is anatomically akin to the human toenail , although much larger and thicker.

  8. Hoodoo (spirituality) - Wikipedia

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    These title words indicate continued African traditions in Hoodoo and conjure. The title words are spiritual in meaning. In Central Africa, spiritual priests and spiritual healers are called Nganga. In the South Carolina Lowcountry among Gullah people, a male conjurer is called Nganga. Some Kikongo words have an "N" or "M" at the beginning of ...

  9. Saint symbolism: Saints (A–H) - Wikipedia

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    bishop portrayed with a crosier in his right hand, on the open palm of his left a miniature church of chased gold; with a hammer, anvil, and horseshoe; or with a horse: Elijah: habit and mantle of the Carmelites, cave, scroll, chariot of fire: Eliphius: Bishop's attire, with his head in his hands [citation needed] Elisa Angela Meneguzzi