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The human target is the essential distinguishing feature of the impalement arts. It has been asserted by several sources, including well-known knife throwers, that the power and appeal of this type of act lies as much in audience appreciation of the target as in admiration of the skill of the thrower or archer. [10]
Engraving by Justus Lipsius of a vertical impalement. Impalement, as a method of torture and execution, is the penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook, often by the complete or partial perforation of the torso.
Impaled is a classic stage illusion in which a performer appears to be impaled on or by a sword or pole. The name is most commonly associated with an illusion that was created by designer Ken Whitaker in the 1970s and which is sometimes also referred to as "Beyond Belief" or "Impaled Beyond Belief".
The idea that the vampire "can only be slain with a stake driven through its heart" has been pervasive in European fiction. Examples such as Bram Stoker's Dracula (with Dracula often being compared to Vlad the Impaler who killed his enemies and impaled them on wooden spikes) [1] [2] and the more recent Buffy the Vampire Slayer both incorporate that idea.
An incantation, spell, charm, enchantment, or bewitchery is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung, or chanted . An incantation can also be performed during ceremonial rituals or prayers .
A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland marina where tide water flows steadily out to sea during ebb tide. It is a strong tidal flow of water within estuaries and other enclosed tidal areas. The riptides become the strongest where ...
In ancient arms it can be found on only one side of a bend blazoned as a bend singly cotised. Riband or ribbon : Also one-fourth the width of a bend. It is also called a cost as in the arms of Abernethie of Auchincloch ( Or, a lion rampant gules surmounted of a cost sable, all within a bordure engrailed azure — first and fourth quarters) [ 4 ]
The dexter part shows the arms of Walshe (six mullets 3:2:1), representing his first wife Elizabeth the daughter of James Walsh of Alverdiscot in Devon. The sinister part shows the arms of Godolphin ( an eagle displayed double headed between three fleurs-de-lis ), representing his second wife Elizabeth the daughter of Sir Francis Godolphin of ...