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In ancient Rome, a tintinnabulum (less often tintinnum) [1] was a wind chime or assemblage of bells. A tintinnabulum often took the form of a bronze ithyphallic figure or of a fascinum, a magico-religious phallus thought to ward off the evil eye and bring good fortune and prosperity. A tintinnabulum acted as a door amulet.
A metal wind chime. Wind chimes are a type of percussion instrument constructed from suspended tubes, rods, bells, or other objects that are often made of metal or wood.The tubes or rods are suspended along with some type of weight or surface which the tubes or rods can strike when they or another wind-catching surface are blown by the natural movement of air outside.
Dogoda is the goddess of the west wind, and of love and gentleness. Stribog is the name of the Slavic god of winds, sky and air. He is said to be the ancestor (grandfather) of the winds of the eight directions. Moryana is the personification of the cold and harsh wind blowing from the sea to the land, as well as the water spirit.
Fengbo (Chinese: 風伯), also known as Fengshi, is the Taoist deity of the wind.In ancient times, he was depicted as a grotesque deity with the body of a deer, the head of a bird, horns, the tail of a snake, and patterns of a leopard.
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.
A wind chime at Bongeunsa, with fish decoration. Dragon's head with bell, Metropolitan Museum of Art.. Korean wind chimes (Korean: 풍경, romanized: punggyeong, lit. 'wind bell') are various traditional bells hung from the exterior corners of Korean Buddhist temples, and functioning as a wind chime.
Thinking about the unstoppable flow of time and how it changes everything in its path can be unsettling. People have no choice but to grow old, and non-living things get worn down just the same.
The origins of fūrin are believed to be from the Chinese Tang Dynasty when metal wind chimes were hung in bamboo forests and used to tell fortunes. [1] [3] The word fūrin was first used in Japan during the Heian period when they were hung from eaves, particularly at Buddhist temples, as talismans to ward off evil spirits. [1]