[[Image:sleipnir.jpg|thumb|A modern representation (artist unknown)]]
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[[Image:Catoblepas.gif|thumb|right|210px|An heraldic representation of the Catoblepas]]
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...miles southeast of the original location. The original Piasa was likely a representation of a local guardian spirit or a depiction of the [[Ouroboros]] symbol.
The "Piasa" may also be a representation of the "Uktena", or underwater panther, which appears in the mythology of m
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...r as time passes. As with the Chinese Phoenix, the common image today is a representation of a single sex. Pi Xiu has protruding eyes and sharp teeth. It does not ha
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...culture has not yet been discovered. Nevertheless, the consistency in both representation and role is notable.
The Giant of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England is reputed to be a representation of Cernunnos. This is uncertain, as the image has also been attributed to H
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...The Buddhist temple, which according to Indian precedent may be a symbolic representation of heaven, is conceived as a hugely glorified Nat-house, for the Buddha was
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A '''symbol''', in its basic sense, is a conventional representation of a [[concept]] or quantity; i.e., an [[idea]], [[object (philosophy)|obje
*[[Representation]]
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[[Image:deathworm.jpg|thumb|A fantasy representation]]
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There is a strong argument that the Qilin is a stylised representation of the giraffe. This is because the Qilin is referred to only since the Min
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...eastern tribes in ancient China. Current theories suggest that it may be a representation of a large pre-historic bird, similar to an ostrich, which were common in p
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Joseph Atwill in his book Caesar's Messiah, believes that the story is a representation of Titus Vespasianus, as the messiah (see also Josephus' Jewish Wars 6.5.4)
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...happy spirits who are tied to the earth and try to attack people. A visual representation of the duppy then briefly appears in the episode as it attacks the kids.
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...more modern tales to depict her as a matronly figure. Some even make her a representation of love. Other storytellers hold that she is simply a solitary wanderer who
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The ''Veve'' is the religious symbol of the Loa and serves as their representation during rituals. Most similar to the veve are the drawings of zemi or gods o
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...te'' written in 2007 by Stephen Karam. The character constitutes an ironic representation of the Diwata, as an awkward, socially rejected high school student intent
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...eternal cycle of renewal. It is also an emblem of immortality. Its endless representation with its tail in its mouth (Ouroboros), and the constant renewal of its ski
...primordial unity. The Jungian psychologist Erich Neumann writes of it as a representation of the pre-ego "dawn state", depicting the undifferentiated infancy experie
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...in the centaur-archer caused this image of Apollo and the sun to become a representation of Christ, the God-Man.
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The cult of the serpent in Mesoamerica is very old; there are representation of snakes with bird-like characteristics as old as the Olmec preclassic (11
...[Tlaloc]], the water god, at the same time Quetzalcoatl, as a snake, was a representation of the fertility of the earth, and it was subordinate to Tlaloc. As the cul
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...tuals underline the importance of metaphorical hematophagy, such as in the representation of blood of Jesus Christ by wine during Catholic mass.
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...er their hoods, wielding scythes. This bears a resemblance to the symbolic representation of death known as the Grim Reaper. Their upgraded form is the banshee.
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