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  2. Representation of animals in Western medieval art - Wikipedia

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    The art of the Middle Ages was mainly religious, reflecting the relationship between God and man, created in His image. The animal often appears confronted or dominated by man, but a second current of thought stemming from Saint Paul and Aristotle, which developed from the 12th century onwards, includes animals and humans in the same community of living creatures.

  3. Serpent symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Its divine aspect combined with its habitat in the earth between the roots of plants made it an animal with chthonic properties connected to the afterlife and immortality. The deified Greek physician Asclepius, as god of medicine and healing, carried a staff with one serpent wrapped around it, which has become the symbol of modern medicine.

  4. Ethiopian talismanic scrolls - Wikipedia

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    19th century Ethiopian Healing Scroll from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Scroll made of animal hide and pigment, W. 6 x L. 78 in. (15.24 x 198.12 cm). [12] The iconography of the scrolls includes important symbols, common colors, and the association between gaze and eyes. Talismans and representational images coexist on most scrolls. [13]

  5. Animal-made art - Wikipedia

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    Animal-made art consists of works by non-human animals, that have been considered by humans to be artistic, including visual works, music, photography, and videography. Some of these are created naturally by animals, often as courtship displays , while others are created with human involvement.

  6. Unicorn horn - Wikipedia

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    The horn's purificational properties were eventually put to the test in, for example, the book of Ambroise Paré, Discourse on unicorn. Seen as one of the most valuable assets that a person could possess, unicorn horns were given as diplomatic gifts, and chips and dust from them could be purchased at apothecaries as universal antidotes until ...

  7. Caladrius - Wikipedia

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    The difficulties of using live animals on live television provided most of the humor for the few seconds of the bird's appearance. [ 5 ] In the video game Age of Mythology: The Titans , a myth unit available to the Atlanteans is the Caladria, which serves as a flying scout and healer, though it more closely resembled an angel than a bird.

  8. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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    Ausadhirdipyamanas, healing plants used for healing and rejuvenations in battles. These are used by Ashvins. (Hindu mythology) Haoma, the Avestan language name of a plant and its divinity, both of which play a role in Zoroastrian doctrine and in later Persian culture and mythology.

  9. Category:Animals in art - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Animals in art" This category contains only the following file. Faroe Coat of arms 3.png 294 × 293; 12 KB