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The art of the Middle Ages was mainly religious, reflecting the relationship between God and man, created in His image. The animal often appears confronted or dominated by man, but a second current of thought stemming from Saint Paul and Aristotle, which developed from the 12th century onwards, includes animals and humans in the same community of living creatures.
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The human pedigree recapitulating its phylogeny back to amoeba shown as a reinterpreted chain of being with living and fossil animals. From a critique of Ernst Haeckel's theories, 1873. The set nature of species, and thus the absoluteness of creatures' places in the great chain, came into question during the 18th century.
Bishop holding a second crowned head in his hands; sometimes accompanied by seabirds and animals [citation needed] Cuthmann of Steyning: wheelbarrow [citation needed] Cyriacus: deacon's vestments, book of exorcism, with Artemia [citation needed] Cyricus and Julitta: as a naked child riding on a wild boar [citation needed] Cyril and Methodius
A400—A499. Gods of the Earth (The Human Sphere) A400. Gods of the Earth; A401. Mother Earth; A405. Gods of Nature; A410. Local Gods; A411. Gods of the Hearth and Household; A415. Gods of Clans or Nations; A420. Gods of Water; A430. Gods of Vegetation; A431. Gods of Fertility; A435. Gods of Trees and Forests; A440. Gods of Animals; A450. Gods ...
A list of 72 angels of the 9 choir orders, with esoteric meaning related to the names of God Selaphiel: Sealtiel, Selatiel Christianity Archangel Patron saint of prayer and worship Seraph (type) [note 1] Seraphim (plural) Christianity, Islam, Judaism (type) Seraphiel [19] Christianity, Judaism Seraph Protector of Metatron, chief of seraphim ...
epimelios, taking care of animals . [99] kriophoros.In ancient Greek culture, kriophoros (Greek: κριοφόρος) or criophorus, the "ram-bearer," [100] is a figure that commemorates the solemn sacrifice of a ram. It becomes an epithet of Hermes. ktenites, taking care of horses, lions, dogs, etc. [99] molossos, nursing small animals. [99]
See also References External links Four Evangelists Main article: Four Evangelists The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells. The winged man, lion, eagle and bull symbolize, clockwise from top left, Matthew, Mark, John, and Luke. Saint Symbol Matthew winged man or angel Mark winged lion Luke winged bull John eagle The Apostles Main article: Apostles in the New ...