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A gentleman playing the role of a shepherd smitten with love; women as goddesses Venus, Minerva and Juno. Gouache design for a fan.
Reference: 546005i- Digital Images
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Figure of Saraswati, Hindu Goddess, standing on a duck
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Handbook of Hindu gods, goddesses, and saints popular in contemporary South India / H. Daniel Smith and M. Narasimhachary ; with illustrations by K.S. Ramu.
Smith, H. Daniel, 1928-Date: 1997- Books
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The new spelling dictionary, teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety, In which each Word is accented according to its just and natural Pronunciation; the Part of Speech is properly distinguished, and The various Significations are ranged in one Line; With a list of proper names of men and women. The whole compiled and digested in a manner entirely new, to make it a complete pocket companion for those Who read Milton, Pope, Addison, Shakespeare, Tillotson and Locke, or other English Authors of Repute in Prose or Verse: And in particular to assist young People, Artificers, Tradesmen and Foreigners, desirous to understand what they speak, read and write. To which is prefixed, a grammatical introduction to the English Tongue. By the Rev. Joh Entick, A. M. Editor of Littleton's Latin and English Dictionary and Schrevelius's Greek Lexicon. Carefully revised and corrected; to which with the former Additions, is now first subjoined, chiefly extracted from Doctor Ash's large octavo Dictionary-A Compendious Historical Dictionary of the Heathen Gods and Goddesses, Heroes and Heroines, &c.
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.Date: 1776- Books
Devī-māhātmya : the crystallization of the goddess tradition / Thomas B. Coburn ; with a foreword by Daniel H.H. Ingalls.
Coburn, Thomas B.Date: [1988], ©1988- Books
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A new spelling, pronouncing, and explanatory dictionary of the English language; Containing, I. The words printed according to their true orthography, with the accented vowel or consonant marked in each, and the part of speech added to which each word belongs. II. The words reprinted, divided accurately as they are pronounced; and showing, in the most simple and easy manner, the proper sound of every letter, without disfiguring the words or altering their orthography. III. The various significations of each word. To which is prefixed, an introductory essay, in three parts. I. Elements of English pronunciation. 2. Elements of elocution, or the delivery of language. 3. Elements of English grammar. With an appendix, containing an account of the Heathen Gods and Goddesses, ancient heroes, &c.; a table of remarkable occurrences from the creation; and a list of celebrated writers. The whole forming an agreeable and valuable companion for the youth of both sexes, and particularly calculated for the improvement of natives and foreigners in the proper speaking and writing of the English language. By William Scott, teacher of English Reading, and Compiser of Lessons in Elocution, &c.
Scott, William, 1750-1804.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
Devi and the spouse goddess : women, sexuality, and marriage in India / Lynn E. Gatwood.
Gatwood, Lynn E., 1945-Date: 1985- Digital Images
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Devi, the wife of the Hindu God Siva. Goddess has two forms, one mild and the other fierce. Here she is depicted in the form of fierce, when she is known as Durga or Kali.
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A goddess on a flowering plant holding a baby elephant, could either be Lakshmi or Parvati. Watercolour drawing.
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The pantheon: or, fabulous history of the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c. ... By Samuel Boyse, A.M. With an appendix, ... By William Cooke, ... The eighth edition. To which is now first added, a further illustration ...
Boyse, Samuel, 1708-1749.Date: 1800- Books
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A Dictionary of the English language. To which is added an alphabetical account of the Heathen gods and goddesses, and other fabulous persons of antiquity with a list of the ties, towns, boroughs, and remarkable villages, in England and Wales.
Date: 1793- Books
GODDESS LENS.
O'LOUGHLIN, PASCAL.Date: 2022- Digital Images
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Pancaraksa, AD 1653, Ranjana script
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Angel or Goddess (artwork)
Date: c. 1940sReference: PP/RSI/B/2/1/28Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Pictures
Two female worshippers at a goddess shrine, possibly Lakshmi, near a river with many birds. Gouache drawing.
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The Lamentable and tragical history of Titus Andronicus; Or, The bloody black-a-moor. 2. The lass of the mill. 3. Come here fellow servant. 4. If ever of! Hymer, I add to thy tribe. 5. Let other men sing of their goddesses bright.
Date: [between 1750 and 1800?]- Digital Images
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Illustration of relief showing fertility Goddess
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Pagan sacrifice to a goddess. Engraving.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 11508i- Archives and manuscripts
M0008434: Two reliefs showing fertility goddess Kadest
Date: November 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/73/64Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Digital Images
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Ancient Canaanite Teraphim. Figurines of fertility goddess.
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M0006257: Seated god and goddess receiving offerings
Date: May 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/52/39Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Digital Images
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Head of goddess Hygiea from whole figure.
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Illustrated tantric scroll showing rewards devotees receive from worship and obedience to demi-gods. At the top, a mythical creature displaying features of various animals, e. g. tail of a peacock, the bill of a crow etc. Below, to the left, Mahakala and Mahakali, god and goddess of fire are illustrated, with to the right the Hakini or demi-god with seven faces, the middle face having three eyes.
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Illustrated tantric scroll showing rewards devotees receive from worship and obedience to demi-gods. At the top, a mythical creature displaying features of various animals, e. g. tail of a peacock, the bill of a crow etc. Below, to the left, Mahakala and Mahakali, god and goddess of fire are illustrated, with to the right the Hakini or demi-god with seven faces, the middle face having three eyes.
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Relief showing the Syro-Palestinian 'Mother Goddess'.