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The wolf is a national symbol of Chechnya. [5] According to folklore, the Chechens are "born of a she-wolf", as included in the central line in the national myth. [5] The "lone wolf" symbolizes strength, independence and freedom. [5] A proverb about the teips (clans) is "equal and free like wolves". [6]
Chechen seal bearing a wolf, the nation's symbolic embodiment. The wolf is frequently used for insignia and images, as a symbol of the Chechen nation. Common poses involve the wolf howling off the top of a mountain (Chechnya is very mountainous), laying down, or staring at the viewer. The different poses evoke different symbolism:
A horned, wolf-like creature called the Calopus or Chatloup was at one time connected with the Foljambe and Cathome family. Modernly, the coat of arms of the secular separatists in Chechnya bore the wolf, because the wolf is the Chechen (or Ichkerian) nation's national embodiment. The Islamists later removed it, and the Russian-sponsored ruling ...
A lone wolf is a wolf not belonging to a pack. As a trope, it refers to an individual who prefers to operate alone. Lone wolf or Lone Wolf, ...
In the years since 9/11, the U.S. has suffered a series of Islamist-inspired lone-wolf attacks. On Nov. 5, 2009, Maj. Nidal Hassan opened fire on soldiers in a processing center at Fort Hood Texas ...
Akela (Akelā also called The Lone Wolf or Big Wolf) is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's stories, The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895). He is the leader of the Seeonee pack of Indian wolves and presides over the pack's council meetings.
Katherine Ryan has reflected on feeling unsafe in her early career when she noticed that “very strange lone-wolf men” audience members would follow her after shows.. The Canadian comedian and ...
The first point of the triangle is the concept of self-directed attacks, which still remains poorly understood, he said, pointing to the deluge of scholarly studies on the so-called “myth” of ...