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A lot of detailed anthropomorphic pottery in different types were found in this site. Materials found were shell bracelets, shell spoons, and metal implements such as daggers and bolos. This site is of metal age, dating 70–370 AD and 5 BC to AD 225.
The Bakunawa, also called the Philippine moon-eating dragon, the Philippine moon dragon, moon dragon, or the moon-eating dragon, is a serpent, that looks like a Dragon in Philippine mythology. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses , earthquakes , rains, and wind. [ 1 ]
Minokawa – a gigantic dragon-like bird. It has a beak and claws of steel. His eyes are mirrors, and each feather is a sharp sword. It lives in outer space and can devour the sun and the moon, and would try to do the same with the earth. [75] Olimaw (Ilokano) – a gigantic winged phantom dragon-serpent; seeks to swallow the moon.
Other countries in which the keris and keris-like weapons can be found include Malaysia, Brunei, southern Thailand and some other countries in Mainland Southeast Asia. Both the sword and dagger versions were used in the Philippines, with the dagger version being known as the gunong or gulok (also called punyal, from puñal de kris, "kris dagger ...
Sale, lending, hiring, giving or importing is prohibited by the Criminal Justice Act 1988, as amended by the Offensive Weapons Act 1996. Any imported are liable to be seized and prosecution may follow. An exception is made for knives of this type over 100 years old, which are classed as antiques.
Eunjangdo is a multi-purposed knife and at the same time has the characteristics of an accessory. When women wore jangdo they had a breast-tie, called paedo and pocket called nangdo.
With limited details, he concludes: "there is a lot of female cavalries." As he noted that they were from western Japan, it is possible that women from the western regions far from the big capital cities were more likely to fight in battles. Women forming cavalry forces were also reported during the Sengoku period (c. 1467 – c. 1600). [14] [15]
Women carried them in their kimono either in a pocket-like space (futokoro) or in the sleeve pouch (tamoto) [2] for self-defense and for ritual suicide by slashing the veins in the left side of the neck. [3] [4] When a samurai woman married, she was expected to carry a kaiken with her when she moved in with her husband. [5]