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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 ...
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
Patron of physicians and midwives, invoked for the protection of domestic animals, and invoked against cancer and tuberculosis. Vitus (Guy) 15 June: Against epilepsy, chorea, lightning, the bites of animals (especially those who were venomous or rabid), and storms, and for protection of domestic animals.
Other notable examples of the motif in Germanic art include one of the Torslunda plates, and helmets from Vendel and Valsgärde. [14] In the art of Mesopotamia the motif appears very early, usually with a "naked hero", for example at Uruk in the Uruk period (c. 4000 to 3100 BC), but was "outmoded in Mesopotamia by the seventh century BC". [15]
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the dark, the light, the moon, wild animals, nature, wilderness, childbirth, virginity, fertility, young girls, and health and plague in women and childhood; Aurae, nymphs of the breezes; Chloris, goddess of flowers; Cronus, god of the harvest; Cybele, Phrygian goddess of the fertile earth and wild animals
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere
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 ...