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Although in this particular myth he plays a negative role as bringer of chaos, Veles was not seen as an evil god by ancient Slavs. In fact, in many of the Russian folk tales, Veles, appearing under the Christian guise of Saint Nicholas, saves the poor farmer and his cattle from the furious and destructive Elias the Thunderer, who represents Perun.
David Noel Freedman, ed. (1992). "Zoology (Animal Names in the Bible)". The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Anchor Bible Series. Vol. 6. New York, London et al.: Doubleday. pp. 1152– 1157. ISBN 9780385193511. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Souvay, Charles Léon (1907). "Animals in the Bible". In ...
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [35] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [35] Italy: Italian wolf ...
The symbolism of four metals in the statue in chapter 2 is drawn from Persian writings, [2] while the four "beasts from the sea" in chapter 7 reflect Hosea 13:7–8, in which God threatens that he will be to Israel like a lion, a leopard, a bear or a wild beast. [3]
American political cartoon, 1904. The Russian Bear (Russian: Русский медведь, romanized: Russkiy medved') is a widespread symbol (generally of a Eurasian brown bear) for Russia, used in cartoons, articles, and dramatic plays since as early as the 16th century, [1] and relating alike to the Russian Empire, the Russian Provisional Government and Russian Republic, the Soviet Union ...
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Clockwise from left: Behemoth (on earth), Ziz (in sky), and Leviathan (under sea). From an illuminated manuscript, 13th century AD. Behemoth (/ b ɪ ˈ h iː m ə θ, ˈ b iː ə-/; Hebrew: בְּהֵמוֹת, bəhēmōṯ) is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster ...
The Russian Orthodox Cross (or just the Orthodox Cross by some Russian Orthodox traditions) [1] is a variation of the Christian cross since the 16th century in Russia, although it bears some similarity to a cross with a bottom crossbeam slanted the other way (upwards) found since the 6th century in the Byzantine Empire. The Russian Orthodox ...