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  2. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    Butterflies. Butterfly/ butterflies. A common motif used in Chinese embroidery and in Chinaware. [ 12] The butterfly is a symbol of joy and summer. [ 12] It also implies long life, beauty and elegance. [ 6] Pair of butterflies. Pair of butterflies embroidered on clothing strengthens the energy of love.

  3. Ganesha - Wikipedia

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    Ganesha ( Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa ), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara, Ekdantay and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon [ 4] and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. [ 5]

  4. Cultural depictions of elephants - Wikipedia

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    The elephant is the state animal of Kerala and is featured on the emblem of the Government of Kerala, and previously on the coat of arms of Travancore. The elephant is also on the flag of the Kingdom of Laos with three elephants visible, supporting an umbrella (another symbol of royal power) until it became a republic in 1975. Other Southeast ...

  5. Airavata - Wikipedia

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    Airavata ( Sanskrit: ऐरावत, romanized : airāvata, lit. 'belonging to Iravati ') is a divine elephant, characterized by four tusks, seven trunks and a white complexion. He is the "king of elephants" also serves as the main vehicle for the deity Indra. [ 1] It is also called 'abhra-Matanga', meaning "elephant of the clouds"; 'Naga ...

  6. Mastodon - Wikipedia

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    A mastodon ( mastós 'breast' + odoús 'tooth') is a member of the genus Mammut (German for "mammoth"), which, strictly defined, was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene. Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as elephants and mammoths (which belong to the family Elephantidae ).

  7. Horton Hatches the Egg - Wikipedia

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    Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published in 1940 by Random House. The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant, who is tricked into sitting on a bird's egg while its mother, Mayzie, takes a permanent vacation to Palm Beach.

  8. Four harmonious animals - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Wikipedia:Public domain image resources - Wikipedia

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    This is one of the largest collections of public domain images online (clip art and photos), and the fastest-loading. Maintainer vets all images and promptly answers email inquiries. Open Clip Art – This project is an archive of public domain clip art. The clip art is stored in the W3C scalable vector graphics (SVG) format.