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Coloured cut from a children's book published in New York, c. 1850 (Dunigan's edition). Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. [1] The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made ...
An alternative interpretation is that the hummingbird pendant is a symbol of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war. [8] Meanwhile, the cat is symbolic of bad luck and death and the monkey is a symbol of evil. [7] The natural landscape, which normally symbolizes fertility, contrasts with the deathly imagery in the foreground.
Serra explained at the time of the sculpture's installation, "It points to how scholars either become free thinkers and invent or become subjugated to the dictates of history. This is the classical problem posed to every student." [21] His reading therefore reverses the moral order of the original fable. The hedgehog, being resistant to change ...
It is a metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants ( Latin: nani gigantum humeris insidentes) and expresses the meaning of "discovering truth by building on previous discoveries". [2] This concept has been dated to the 12th century and, according to John of Salisbury, is attributed to Bernard of Chartres.
The Cats of Ulthar. " The Cats of Ulthar " is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. As the narrative goes, the city is home to an old couple who enjoy capturing and killing ...
This symbol was later reproduced in A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural by Maurice Bessy. [6] Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan, acquired Bessy's book during his research into the "black arts". LaVey adapted the symbol from Bessy's book, with the "Samael" and "Lilith" text removed.
The Cat Who Went to Heaven is a 1930 novel by Elizabeth Coatsworth that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1931. [1] The story is about a penniless Japanese artist and a calico cat his housekeeper brings home. The storyline is supposedly based on an old Buddhist folk tale, and includes, as asides, a short ...
The telling is prefaced with the summary of the fable's meaning: “To the trickster comes a trickster and a half” (A trompeur, trompeur et demi). When Jean de la Fontaine retold the story as Le coq et le renard (II.15), [6] he underlined his use of Geroult by concluding with a moral that echoed his source: “Pleasure is doubled in tricking ...