- Mary was a first-century
Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of
Joseph and the
mother of Jesus. She is a
central figure of Christianity,
venerated under...
- and cults, the most
illustrious of
which was of the
Athena Poliás, "[
protectress] of the city". The cult
image of the Poliás was a
wooden effigy, often...
- Cuckoo's Nest at
Westminster (1648)
included ludicrous dialogue between the
Protectress and Lady Fairfax. This broadside,
printed before Cromwell's inauguration...
-
counterpart of the Gr**** Mnemosyne. Juno Moneta, an
epithet of Juno, was the
protectress of funds, and, accordingly,
money in
ancient Rome was
coined in her temple...
- "Holda, the good
protectress" (1882) by
Friedrich Wilhelm Heine....
- (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/;
Ancient Gr****: Μέδουσα, romanized: Médousa, lit. 'guardian,
protectress'), also
called Gorgo (Ancient Gr****: Γοργώ) or the Gorgon, was one of...
- with the
Roman goddess Minerva.
Athena was
regarded as the
patron and
protectress of
various cities across Greece,
particularly the city of Athens, from...
-
Sarah is now
increasingly being considered as "a
Romani Goddess, the
Protectress of the Roma" and an "indis****ble link with
Mother India". For the Roma...
-
Salus Populi Romani,
depicting the
Blessed Virgin Mary as the
health and
protectress of the
Roman people,
which was
granted a
Canonical coronation by Pope...
- tree Xikum, the "primeval
mother at the
central place of the earth",
protectress of the
saviour Tammuz. Moreover, figs and the fig tree were
closely linked...