A spear is an ancient weapon used for hunting and war, consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a sharpened head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with bamboo spears, or it may be of another material fastened to the shaft. The most common design is of a metal spearhead, shaped somewhat like a dagger. The spear is far and away the most common type of pole weapon, and may be seen as the ancestor of such weapons as the lance, the halberd, the naginata and the pike. Also a bayonet mou ...

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• Spear - Symbolism
• Spear - Types of spears
• Spear - Spears which are not usually thrown
• Spear - Spears usually thrown

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Spear, Spear - Symbolism, Spear - Types of spears, Spear - Spears which are not usually thrown, Spear - Spears usually thrown

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In Norse mythology, Gungnir (also Gungni or Gungner) was the name of Odin's spear. The spear's name means "Swaying One". It was built by a dwarf named Dvalin. It was obtained from the dwarves by Loki as a partial reparation for the theft of Sif's hair. It has the practical characteristic of always hitting its target, and when thrown will always returns to hand. It is represented ...

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Vexillology is the scholarly study of flags. A person who studies flags is called a vexillologist. The term was coined around 1957 by Dr. Whitney Smith of the United States, currently the foremost vexillologist in the world and author of many books and articles on this subject. It was originally considered a sub-discipline of heraldry, and occasionally is still seen as such. The word vexillology is a synthesis of the Latin word vexillum and the suffix "-(o)logy" meaning "study of". The vexillum was a particular ty ...

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A thunderbolt is a discharge of lightning or a symbolic representation thereof. It has been considered a powerful symbol throughout history, and has appeared in many mythologies. Drawing from this powerful association, the thunderbolt is often found in military symbolism. Lightning plays a role in many mythologies and often has an affiliation with a certain god. The thunderbolt is often associated with the weapon of a sky god, usually a storm god. As such, it is an unsurpassed method of destruction, and thunderbolts as divine w ...

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As a noun, a distaff is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly is used to hold flax, and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fiber. The traditional form is a staff, typically mounted as an attachment to a spinning wheel. It is placed next to the bobbin, where it will be in easy reach of the spinner. The fiber is wrapped around the staff, and tied in place with a piece of ribbon or string. More recently ...

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A dagger (from Vulgar Latin: 'daca' - a Dacian knife) is a blade weapon (essentially a double-edged knife) used for stabbing, thrusting or as a secondary defense weapon in close combat. In most cases a tang is placed along the center line of the blade. Much like battle axes, daggers evolved out of prehistoric tools. They were initially made of flint, ivory or even simply bones and were used as a weapon since the earliest periods of human civilization. The earliest daggers appear in the Bronze Age, in the 3rd millennium BC, pred ...

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In Greek mythology, Chimera (Greek Χιμαιρα, Khimaira; Latin Chimæra) was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. Descriptions vary – some say it had the body of a goat, the tail of a snake or dragon and the head of a lion, though others say it had heads of both the goat and lion, with a snake for a tail. All descriptions, however, agree that it breathed fire from one or more of its heads. Sighting the chimera was a sign of storms, shipwreck ...

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The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. It lives in woodlands in central Europe, the southern united states, the Mediterranean regions, across southern Asia and as far as Indonesia. Animals similar to the wild boar include the warthog of Africa and the peccary or javelina of the American Southwest; but these animals do not share the pig's taxonomic genus. Wild boars can reach up to 440 lb (200 kg) and can be up to 6 feet (1.8 m) long. If surprised or cornered they may become aggressive and can cause injury with their tusks. However, this is quite rare and usually only occurs if ...

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In Norse Mythology Ask and Embla were the first two humans created by the gods, analogous with Adam and Eve. Odin and his brothers, Ve and Vili, created all nine worlds of Norse cosmology. They then found two logs on a beach and gave them a human shape. Odin gave them the breath of life; Vili gave them wit and emotions; Ve gave them senses and speech. These two people, Ask ("ash"), the male, and Embla ("elm"), became ...

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Bishamonten (毘沙門天), also called Bishamon, is one of the Japanese Seven Gods of Fortune, according to Shinto beliefs. He is the God of warfare or warriors. He is usually clad in armor and holding a spear in one hand and a Pagoda in the other.He is the punisher of evil doers. Bishamon is also one of the Four Guardian Gods. He is the protector of one of the four cardinal points - the North. In H ...

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The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the symbol of Birmingham, Alabama. The 56 foot (17 meters) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri Vulcan statue - Creation of the Statue. Commissioned by the Commercial Club of Birmingham, Italian-born sculptor Giuseppe Moretti began designing the monumental figure in 1903. Using 10-inch and 6-foot tall models to study the form. ...

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Darts are missile weapons, designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first. They can be distinguished from javelins by fletching (i.e., feathers on the tail) and a shaft that is shorter and/or more flexible, and from arrows by the fact that they are not of the right length to use with a normal bow. The term has been used to describe an extremely wide variety of projectiles, from heavy spear-like ammunition for siege engines or atlatls to tiny poisoned needles for use in blowguns. Dart mis ...

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In Greek mythology, Amalthea (Greek Αμαλθεια, "tender") is the most often mentioned among foster-mothers of Zeus. She is sometimes represented as the goat which suckled the infant-god in a cave in Mount Aigaion ("Goat Mountain") in Crete, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph of uncertain parentage (daughter of Oceanus, Haemonius, Olen, or Melisseus), who brought him up on the milk of a goat. In order that Cronus should not hear the wailing of the infant, Amalthea gathered about the cave the Kuretes or the Korybantes to dance and shout and cla ...

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In Greek mythology, Ares ("battle strife"; in Greek, Áρης), is the god of war and before battle people worshipped him. The Romans identified Mars, the god of war (whom they had inherited from the Etruscans) with Hellenic Ares, but among them, Mars stood in much higher esteem. Among the Hellenes, Ares was always mistrusted: His birthplace and true home was placed afar off, among the barbarous and warlike Thracians (IliadIncluding:

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Trishula: (Sanskrit) A three-pronged spear or trident wielded by Lord Siva and certain Saivite ascetics. Symbolizes God's three fundamental shaktis or powers - ic�ha (desire, will, love), kriya (action) and jnana (wisdom).

(See also: Trishula, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

vel: (Tamil) "Spear, lance." The symbol of Lord Karttikeya's divine authority as Lord of yoga and commander of the devas. (Known as shula in Sanskrit.)

See: Karttikeya.

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vel: (Tamil) "Spear, lance." The symbol of Lord

Karttikeya's divine authority as Lord of yoga and

commander of the devas. (Known as shula in Sanskrit.)

See: Karttikeya.

(See also: Vel, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Spear: See also Knife and Sword: Sharp and penetrating; words formed against someone. (Ps. 57:4; John 19:34)

(Source: Tehillah Ministries)

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The song, written and produced by long-time Spears collaborator Max Martin, recalls Britney regretting her previous decision to end a relationship and how much she wishes to reconcile because of what he means to her, emphasizing how much she wants him to "hit me baby one more time". As a result of its international success, the single is generally perceived as Spears' signature song. Its accompanying music video is also perhaps her most well-known, and is famous in the way that it has come to symbolize the late '90s teen-pop revival. ...

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