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"33 Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' 34 But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by ...
Medusa - a woman cursed by Athena to become a snake woman , and people who sees her eyes will petrify; Quetzalcoatl - (pron. Quet-zal-co-at) or 'Plumed Serpent' was one of the most important gods in ancient Mesoamerica. A mix of bird and rattlesnake, his name is a combination of the Nahuatl words quetzal (the emerald plumed bird) and coatl ...
Derceto: a half-woman half-fish goddess. Diomedes of Thrace: the son of Ares and Cyrene, known for his man-eating horses. Dryad: tree spirits who look similar to women. Eidolon: spirit-image of a living or dead person; a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form. Eurynomos: the netherworld daemon of rotting corpses dwelling in the Underworld.
Medusa's visage has since been adopted by many women as a symbol of female rage; one of the first publications to express this idea was a feminist journal called Women: A Journal of Liberation in their issue one, volume six for 1978. The cover featured the image of the Gorgon Medusa by Froggi Lupton, which the editors on the inside cover ...
38. “Life must be lived as play.” 39. “No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.” 40. “Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the ...
Pegasus – a winged stallion in Greek mythology; Pixiu or Pi Yao – Chinese mythical creature; Snallygaster – a mythical creature with metal beak, reptilian body, bird-like wings and octopus tentacles; Sphinx – a mythical creature with a woman's head and breasts, lion's body and eagle's wings; Simurgh – an Iranian mythical flying creature
A simple, small black snake tattoo can be subtle yet impactful. Placement on the wrist, finger or ankle is popular. One thing's for sure—the snake tattoo trend is more than skin-deep.
The Italian species, the white Gaulic species, and the Spanish species. [101] In ancient Greece in Rome rabbits had a sexual connotation and were associated with Aphrodite or Venus. Likely due to their high rates of reproduction. [102] Women would sacrifice hares to the gods in the hopes of improving their fertility.