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...tattoos with this style and there are books showing art focused on hannya masks. [[Category: Masks]]

...he original film, Leatherface is never seen without one of his human-flesh masks on, the reason being either disfigurement or psychological issues. He diffe Leatherface wears different masks that define his personality; the Killing Mask, Grandmother Mask and Pretty

Strangely, dogu are reminiscent of spacenauts wearing masks and spacesuits. Viatcheslaw Zaitsev was the first to promote this theory pu

...with the Land Otter Men', as well as Pamela Rae Huteson's ''Transformation Masks'' with the 'Kushtaka Den'; and Garth Stein's ''Raven Stole the Moon''. Harr

...mers wear during the Krokus night a thick fur suit and scary wooden-carved masks known as Larven. A proper Krampus Larve must of course have large horns, an ...th them. Considerable effort goes into the manufacture of the hand-crafted masks, as many younger adults in rural communities engage competitively in the Kr

*''Occidental Mythology: The Masks of God'' by Campbell, Joseph (1964. New York: Penguin Group. ISBN 0-14-0043

...e kachinas are personified by costumed men--never women--wearing elaborate masks with headdresses, or as carved and painted dolls. In either incarnation, th ...umans. This led to the kachina cults of men, who now dress in costumes and masks and dance at Hopi ceremonies. Another myth tells how kachinas stored the su

On New Year's Eve, after a ritual Shinto ceremony to purify the Namahage masks, selected local men turn into monsters for a night. Disappearing into the m

...when danced in fire-light. Artifacts commonly adorned with Sisiutl include masks, “flying" props, power boards (dance boards), totem poles, clubs, knives,

...people in Mali “become” hyenas by imitating the animals behaviour through masks and roleplays. These are evocative of the hyenas' reviled habits, and may a

...UFO witnesses. Their faces are white, hairless, plastic-like and might be masks hiding their real nature. John Keel, a paranormalist, pretends he had deali

...d this has become the name of her entourage, as well as the name of animal masks worn in parades and festivals in the mountainous regions of Austria. In the ...holidays and festivals (such as the Carnival Fastnacht). The wooden animal masks made for the festivals are today called Perchten. In the Pongau region of A

...sk, which would not be especially unusual, as people with colds often wear masks for the sake of others in Japan. When she encounters someone (primarily chi

...device, it will snap closed. The head, since it is located between the two masks, will be impaled by the nails, killing the victim. This device was used on

...ongers" were reportedly causing the terror. "It seems a group of people in masks are terrorizing people," the Statesman newspaper quoted an unidentified pol

...as well. The Balts kept snakes as household pets. As Gimbutas points out, masks with staring eyes are portrayed in Paleolithic cave art. Very likely, the g ...death masks" of the shaft graves should probably more aptly be called life masks. In Paleolithic art, the dancer, who puts on a reindeer head with staring e

In ancient Greece, ovens and kiln doors were embellished with Gorgon masks to frighten away children who could hurt themselves.

...k about when hearing this name, is - "the monsters". Indeed, they all wear masks and costumes, that are made individually for each memeber of the band by th The design of the masks changes gradually with each new album Lordi present leaving the basic idea

...his time at Smith's Grove, he takes up the hobby of creating papier-mâché masks, which he wears constantly. Michael's (Tyler Mane) motives for coming after

...e female ''[[Oni (Japanese folklore)|oni]]'' represented by ''[[hannya]]'' masks. Other examples of human transformations or humanoid yōkai are the ''[[ro

...the Eurovision Song Festival Contest, dress like monsters and wear hideous masks.

...s works, ''The Thief of Always'', Pinhead's head can be seen as one of the masks.

...animal form, a real animal worshipped as a god, animal symbols and animal masks in the cult, and finally the consecrated animal destined for sacrifice." (B

...tart of spring, and the new year in the old lunar calendar. People in ogre masks are ritually driven away, symbolically warding off misfortune and evil for

===Face masks=== In ''The Tsimshian Monkey Masks and Sasquatch'', anthropologist and ethnologist Marjorie Halpin describes t

...referred to in works on architecture as '''foliate heads''' or '''foliate masks''', carvings of the Green Man may take many forms, naturalistic or decorati

...archaeological sites contain bull skulls that have been adapted for use as masks.

...ler and professional thief in "Blood Risk," "Surrounded," and "The Wall of Masks," all written under the pseudonym of Brian Coffey (these books make up the *''Wall of Masks'' (1975, as Brian Coffey)

...ings, a gutted torso (including breasts) and an array of tanned, dead-skin masks that looked leathery and almost mummified.

...y of collectables have appeared in one form or another; from [[Halloween]] masks and action figures, to coffee mugs, miniature die-cast cars, jigsaw puzzles

...eet wingspan and four to eight feet height when standing on the ground. In masks, it is depicted as many-colored, with two curling horns, and sometimes with

...ures. This image is particularly common in folk art, like the famous tengu masks that can be found in many Japanese restaurants. In village festivals the tw

...them, food was left on the doors. To scare off the spirits, the Celts wore masks. When the Romans invaded Great Britain, they embellished the tradition with

...ad a special role at three-way crossroads, where the Greeks set poles with masks of each of her heads facing different directions