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Drawings of upright and inverted pentagrams representing Spirit over matter (holiness) and matter over Spirit (evil), respectively, from La Clef de la magie noire (1897) by French occultist Stanislas de Guaita. [1] [28] Note the names Adam, Eve, Samael, and Lilith.
An evil, "cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel; or a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot". [108] The antonym of a villain is a hero. The villain's structural purpose is to serve as the opposition of the hero character and their motives ...
Jester – A.K.A. Sarah Hawkins in the game UT3, fitting her name by making jests about the opponent or teammates. Jester Zombie - a zombie jester from Plants vs. Zombies 2's Dark Ages, where they deflect physical projectiles from plants, such as peas, plasma balls, cabbage, etc. Jevil - A secret boss of the first chapter of the video game ...
Puck, the jester of Fairy-court, is the same. Puck might do minor housework, quick fine needlework or butter-churning, which could be undone in a moment by his knavish tricks if displeased. [6] A domestic spirit, he would assist housewives with their chores, in expectation of an offering of white bread and milk.
The fool perhaps reached its pre-Shakespearean heights as the jester in aristocratic courts across Europe. The jester played a dynamic and changing role in entertaining aristocratic households in a wide variety of ways: songs, music, storytelling, medieval satire, physical comedy and, to a lesser extent, juggling and acrobatics.
A jester, also known as joker, court jester, or fool, was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch kept to entertain guests during at the royal court.Jesters were also travelling performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events.
It has been described by the Warsaw National Museum as one of the most recognizable paintings in its collection, and is a flagship painting for the "Collection of Polish paintings prior to 1914". Its primary component is the contrast between the solemn jester (the titular Stańczyk) and the lively ball going on in the background. The painting ...
Jesters usually used a marotte. The word is borrowed from the French , where it signifies either a fool's (literal) "bauble" or a fad . Typically carried by a jester or Arlecchino , the miniature head often reflects the costume of the jester who carries it.