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Narcissus in culture – uses of narcissus flowers by humans. Lime tree in culture – uses of the lime (linden) tree by humans. Rose symbolism – a more expansive list of symbolic meanings of the rose. Apple (symbolism) – a more expansive list of symbolic means for apples.
Consort. None. Children. None. In Aztec mythology, Xolotl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈʃolot͡ɬ] ⓘ) was a god of fire and lightning. He was commonly depicted as a dog-headed man and was a soul-guide for the dead. [ 2 ] He was also god of twins, monsters, death, misfortune, sickness, and deformities.
Emotion in animals. A drawing of a cat by T. W. Wood in Charles Darwin 's book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, described as acting "in an affectionate frame of mind". Emotion is defined as any mental experience with high intensity and high hedonic content. [ 1 ]
Most depictions allude to the appearance and behavior of the wide-ranging common raven (Corvus corax). Because of its black plumage, croaking call, and diet of carrion, the raven is often associated with loss and ill omen. Yet, its symbolism is complex. As a talking bird, the raven also represents prophecy and insight.
An interspecies friendship is a nonsexual bond that is formed between animals of different species. [1] Numerous cases of interspecies friendships among wild and domesticated animals have been reported and documented with photography and video. [1] Domestication of animals has led to interspecies friendships between species that would never ...
Backside of Tibetan 25 tam banknote, dated 1659 of the Tibetan Era (= 1913 CE).On the right, the four harmonious animals are represented. A popular scene often found as wall paintings in Tibetan religious buildings represents an elephant standing under a fruit tree carrying a monkey, a hare and a bird (usually a partridge, but sometimes a grouse, and in Bhutan a hornbill) on top of each other ...
Musician Neil Young has a song "Beautiful Bluebird" about a lost love on his 2007 album Chrome Dreams II. "Blue Bird" is a song by Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions from their 2009 album Through the Devil Softly. A blue bird like device can be found in "The Bluebird of Zappiness" a 2010 episode of Cyberchase. The main antagonist of the ...
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.