impalement in myth, art, and literature includes mythical representations of it as a method of execution and other uses in paintings, sculptures, and...

spine, the impalement procedure would not damage the vital organs, and the person could survive for several days. Alternatively, the impalement could be...

connected to the impalement that was his favorite method of execution. The Ottoman writer Tursun Beg referred to him as Kazıklı Voyvoda (Impaler Lord) around...

injury. Impalement arts are often found in circuses and sideshows as well as sometimes in variety, cabaret or burlesque shows. In addition, impalement acts...

The impalement of the Jains is a South Indian legend, first mentioned in an 11th-century hagiographic Tamil language text of Nambiyandar Nambi. According...

in Hong Kong House temple (shrine) Hoysala architecture Human sacrifice Humanities (religion) Hunting Idolatry (devotional) Immortality Impalement in...

tourist circuit and to safeguard the economic base in the region. Though many myths have been connected to him in connection with the Dracula myth, most historians...

with Athena; in this version, Athena is first born within Zeus and then escapes from his body through his forehead. In the founding myth of Athens, Athena...

body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that was said to live in the mountains of Thessaly. In one version of the myth, the centaurs were...

novel, anime and manga series Sword Art Online. Most of the characters are introduced as gamers who play and consequently become trapped in a virtual reality...

released in 2006 runs at 114 minutes and includes seven short films: Balkan Erotic Epic (Marina Abramović, 14:04) - An erotic comedy about myths from the...

Cometh the Myth that We Only Use 10% of our Brains?". In Sergio Della Sala (ed.). Mind Myths: Exploring Popular Assumptions About the Mind and Brain. Wiley...

literature, and a projection of fears about racial pollution. A number of scholars have indicated that Dracula's version of the vampire myth participates in antisemitic...

dressed in exactly the same way, except that their leather garments are fringed with thongs, not serpents." Robert Graves in The Greek Myths (1955) asserts...

spiritual purposes and treatment for epilepsy, head wound, mental disorders, and headache, although the latter may be just an unfounded myth. In modern eye surgery...

alive would afterward be impaled through the heart. This combined punishment of live burial and impalement was practiced in Nuremberg until 1508 also...

in independent films such as Fall, High Art and When. After arriving in Los Angeles in 1999, he appeared in the Warner Brothers thriller Swordfish starring...

numerous notes and studies, as well as preliminary works for the piece. The notes reflect the creation of unique rules of physics, and myth which describes...

Canes was said to be a king of Phocis and husband of Evadne, daughter of Pelias. Athenians localised the myth by asserting that Cephalus was married...

known for his dark and surreal comedic style. Fielding began performing stand up comedy when he graduated from art school in 1995 and in 1997 he first met...

adaptation with art by Anko Yuzu has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since July 2020. It has been collected in seven tankōbon...

Vlad the Impaler in Transylvania, the prince of Wallachia, now modern day Romania, in the 1400s who was responsible for impaling between 40,000 and 100,000...

of all the Pierrots of Romantic, Decadent, Symbolist, and early Modernist theater and art. Born in Kolín, Bohemia (now Czech Republic), Deburau was the...

half, and his lower half as that of a fish, some depictions show him with his upper body emerging from the mouth of a fish. In early Christian art of the...

inherent connection of Tiresias with the myth: thus it is Tiresias who tells Amphitryon of Zeus and Alcmena and warns the mother of Narcissus that the boy...

of Cypselus described by Pausanias and in extant works. Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths – The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited...

of two In Search of... episodes ("The Monster Hunters" and "The Yeti") called Manbeast! Myth or Monster, based on his book In Search of Myths and Monsters...

in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 61. ISBN 9780313378331. Smith, Gary A. (2017). Vampire Films of the 1970s: Dracula to Blacula and Every...

arms today are an impalement of 'Guinness' and 'Lee' Bread (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict.) c. 28 Joyce op cit 59–62. "Guinness myths and scandals". 28 June...

under the romantic spell of Hyperion, one of the Titans of Myth. Donna's origin is expanded in the January 1984 tale, "Who is Donna Troy?" Robin investigates...