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Land & Sky Flashcards

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The ancient Greeks believed that there were four elements that everything was made up of:

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earth, water, air, and fire.

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Water in Islam and Christianity represents ….

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Purification

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Hindy, Babylonian and Ancient Egyptian creation myths focus on water as a primordial arena that issued forth ….

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life

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Water’s presence in the Sun Stone is part of a symbolic cycle of creation and destruction that reminds us of the wrath of the gods and the elemental power of water to …… as well as to …..

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obliterate
rejuvenate

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Viola’s Tristan’s Ascension, and its partner piece Fire Woman, symbolise the lover’s demise and dematerialisation.
In the former, Tristan’s transcendence simultaneously represents a …., ….. and …… (consistent with western iconography).

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drowning, a baptism and a rebirth

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Now, not to get all scientific, but let’s face facts. Your body burns food to create energy. This is …..

Your skin, your organs and your bones make up your body. This is ……

You inhale every moment from the time that you are born until the day that you move on. This is …..

Finally, your blood is vital to your entire essence. This is …..

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Fire
Earth
Air
Water

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Pre-modern times, no human could ascend closer to heaven than by standing on the highest …..

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mountain

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Mountains associated with ….. and seen as the …. of gods. and humans. Mountains associated with ….

Hence why the Greek Gods resided on Mount Olympus

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divinity
dwelling
sanctity

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Tibet’s Mount …. believed to be the dwelling of the Hindu god Shiva.

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Kailash

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Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is a series of landscape prints by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist …. ….. (1760–1849).

The series depicts Mount Fuji from different locations and in various seasons and weather conditions. The immediate success of the publication led to another ten prints being added to the series.

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Katsushika Hokusai

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Some religions urge its followers to consider the spiritual significance of mundane, earthly actions. - To see ….. all around them.

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divinity

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Clouds can be seen as …. since they are saturated with fertilising water, presaging prosperity and growth.

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auspicious

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Clouds can act as the …. or ….. of a deity

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throne
vehicle

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Clouds can be seen as symbols of …. ….. , such as when Jupiter envelopes himself in a dark cloud to seduce Lo.

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divine concealment

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In Primavera, Mercery is prodding the clouds with his wand i.e., dismissing rainclouds ready for …. or piercing to allow the light of …. to illuminate the grove below.

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summer
wisdom

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Rainbows often represent a link between ….. and the …..

Like clouds, it can also act as a throne.

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humanity
gods

17
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According to the Bible, the rainbow is the sign of God’s promise to mankind that he will never again …. the Earth. Indeed, rainbows often indicate that the rain has passed. Generally, it will be sunny when you see a rainbow, but rain clouds (usually cumulonimbus ) will be just a short distance away.

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flood

18
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Rainbow are rare occurrences so often associated with good ….. and ….

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fortune
prosperity

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Lightning reconnects us with a primeval sense of wonder and our …. in the face of the raw power of nature.
Resets our sense of scale in the order of the cosmos

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smallness

20
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Common trope to show thunderbolts as weapons of divine …. or ……

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punishment
revelations

21
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Lightning describes the ..-… and …. capacities of water.

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life-generating
destructive

22
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Lightning bolts and the sun are symbols generally associated with the divine power of …. gods. Moon often linked with ….. deities

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masculine
female

23
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Moon often connected with …. and lack of reason, and its power over tidal patterns.

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insanity

24
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In Christianity, moon often functions as ….. transport.

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celestial

25
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The sun is an attribute of the allegory of … in Renaissance art.

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truth

26
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Sun a masculine …. force and the moon a feminine yin force.

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yang

27
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…. is one of the three principal Hindu deities, the others being …. and …..

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Shiva
Vishnu
Brahma

28
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Shiva embodies the cyclical energy of the universe: he destroys it with …. before regenerating it again.

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fire

29
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The idea that fire can …., …. and …

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destroy, purify and regenerate

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