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In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (from Latin cornu copiae), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers or nuts. [1]

81 relations: Abundantia, Achelous, Achelous and Hercules, Amalthea (mythology), Angel, Annona (mythology), Chalice of Doña Urraca, Chile, Coat of arms, Coat of arms of Colombia, Coat of arms of Kharkiv, Coat of arms of Peru, Colombia, Copiapó, Crete, Cronus, Cup of Jamshid, Cura Annonae, Datura metel, Demeter, Drinking horn, England, Flag and seal of Idaho, Fortuna, Fruit, Gaia, Greco-Roman mysteries, Hades, Halloween, Heracles, Hercules, Holy Chalice, Holy Grail, Holy Nail, Holy Prepuce, Holy Sponge, Holyrood (cross), Horn (anatomy), Huntingdonshire, Idaho, Imperial cult of ancient Rome, List of Greek mythological figures, List of mythological objects, List of Roman deities, Louis XV of France, Maia, Metamorphoses, Mount Ida, Mural, Mythology, ..., Nanteos Cup, North America, North Carolina, Nymph, Origin myth, Ovid, Panama, Pax Romana, Peru, Plutus, Regionalism (art), Relic, Relics associated with Jesus, Sampo, Sandals of Jesus Christ, Seal of North Carolina, Shroud of Turin, Statue of Flora in Szczecin, Terra (mythology), Thanksgiving, The Hunger Games, Thomas Hart Benton (painter), Titulus Crucis, Tree of Jesse, True Cross, Ukraine, Vegetable, Venezuela, Victoria (Australia), Whistler, British Columbia, Zeus. Expand index (31 more) »

Abundantia

In ancient Roman religion, Abundantia was a divine personification of abundance and prosperity.

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Achelous

In Greek mythology, Achelous (Ancient Greek: Ἀχελώїoς, and later Ἀχελῷος Achelṓios) was originally the god of all water and the rivers of the world were viewed by many as his sinews.

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Achelous and Hercules

Achelous and Hercules is a 1947 mural painting by Thomas Hart Benton.

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Amalthea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Amaltheia (Ἀμάλθεια) is the most-frequently mentioned foster-mother of Zeus.

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Angel

An angel is generally a supernatural being found in various religions and mythologies.

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Annona (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion, Annona (Latin annōna “corn, grain; means of subsistence”, from annus "year") is the divine personification of the grain supply to the city of Rome.

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Chalice of Doña Urraca

The Chalice of Doña Urraca is a jewel-encrusted onyx chalice which is alleged to be the Holy Grail, the cup from which Jesus drank and served Holy Communion.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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Coat of arms of Colombia

The coat of arms of Colombia contains a shield with numerous symbols.

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Coat of arms of Kharkiv

The Coat of arms of Kharkiv is the official coat of arms of both Kharkiv city and Kharkiv Oblast.

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Coat of arms of Peru

The Coat of arms of Peru is the national symbolic emblem of Peru.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Copiapó

Copiapó is a city in northern Chile, located about 65 kilometers east of the coastal town of Caldera.

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Crete

Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Cronus

In Greek mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos (or from Κρόνος, Krónos), was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth.

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Cup of Jamshid

The Cup of Jamshid (جام جم, jām-e Jam) is a cup of divination, which in Persian mythology was long possessed by the rulers of ancient Greater Iran.

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Cura Annonae

In ancient Rome, the Romans used the term Cura Annonae ("care for the grain supply"), in honour of their goddess Annona and the grain dole was distributed from the Temple of Ceres.

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Datura metel

Datura metel is a shrub-like annual (zone 5-7) or perennial (zone 8-10) herb, commonly known as devil's trumpet and metel.

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Demeter

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (Attic: Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr,; Doric: Δαμάτηρ Dāmā́tēr) is the goddess of the grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth.

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Drinking horn

A drinking horn is the horn of a bovid used as a drinking vessel.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Flag and seal of Idaho

The seal of the Territory of Idaho was adopted in 1863, and redrawn several times before statehood in 1890.

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Fortuna

Fortuna (Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.

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Gaia

In Greek mythology, Gaia (or; from Ancient Greek Γαῖα, a poetical form of Γῆ Gē, "land" or "earth"), also spelled Gaea, is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities.

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Greco-Roman mysteries

Mystery religions, sacred mysteries or simply mysteries were religious schools of the Greco-Roman world for which participation was reserved to initiates (mystai).

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Hades

Hades (ᾍδης Háidēs) was the ancient Greek chthonic god of the underworld, which eventually took his name.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

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Heracles

Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς, Hēraklês, Glory/Pride of Hēra, "Hera"), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of AmphitryonBy his adoptive descent through Amphitryon, Heracles receives the epithet Alcides, as "of the line of Alcaeus", father of Amphitryon.

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Hercules

Hercules is a Roman hero and god.

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Holy Chalice

The Holy Chalice, also known as the Holy Grail, is the vessel which in Christian tradition Jesus used at the Last Supper to serve the wine.

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Holy Grail

The Holy Grail is a vessel that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature.

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Holy Nail

Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Christ was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians, particularly Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox.

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Holy Prepuce

The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin (Latin præputium or prepucium), is one of several relics attributed to Jesus, a product of the circumcision of Jesus.

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Holy Sponge

The Holy Sponge is one of the Instruments of the Passion of Jesus Christ.

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Holyrood (cross)

The Holyrood or Holy Rood is a Christian relic considered to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died.

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Horn (anatomy)

A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals consisting of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone.

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Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire, as well as a historic county of England.

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Idaho

Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.

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Imperial cult of ancient Rome

The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas) of the Roman State.

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List of Greek mythological figures

The following is a list of gods, goddesses and many other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion.

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List of mythological objects

Mythological objects encompass a variety of items (e.g. weapons, armour, clothing) found in mythology, legend, folklore, tall tale, fable, religion, and spirituality from across the world.

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List of Roman deities

The Roman deities most familiar today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts (see interpretatio graeca), integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes religious practices into Roman culture, including Latin literature, Roman art, and religious life as it was experienced throughout the Empire.

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Louis XV of France

Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774.

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Maia

Maia (or; Μαῖα; Maia), in ancient Greek religion, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes.

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Metamorphoses

The Metamorphoses (Metamorphōseōn librī: "Books of Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus.

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Mount Ida

In Greek mythology, two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida, the "Mountain of the Goddess": Mount Ida in Crete; and Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey) which was also known as the Phrygian Ida in classical antiquity and is the mountain that is mentioned in the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil.

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Mural

A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other permanent surface.

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Mythology

Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the study of such myths.

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Nanteos Cup

The Nanteos Cup (Cwpan Nanteos) is a medieval wood mazer bowl, held for many years at Nanteos Mansion, Rhydyfelin, near Aberystwyth in Wales.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Nymph

A nymph (νύμφη, nýmphē) in Greek and Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform.

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Origin myth

An origin myth is a myth that purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world.

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Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Pax Romana

The Pax Romana (Latin for "Roman Peace") was a long period of relative peace and stability experienced by the Roman Empire between the accession of Caesar Augustus, founder of the Roman principate, and the death of Marcus Aurelius, last of the "good emperors".

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Plutus

Plutus (Πλοῦτος, Ploutos, literally "wealth") was the god of wealth in ancient Greek religion and myth.

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Regionalism (art)

American Regionalism is an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting realistic scenes of rural and small-town America primarily in the Midwest and Deep South.

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Relic

In religion, a relic usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial.

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Relics associated with Jesus

A number of relics associated with Jesus have been claimed and displayed throughout the history of Christianity.

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Sampo

In Finnish mythology, the Sampo or Sammas was a magical artifact of indeterminate type constructed by Ilmarinen that brought riches and good fortune to its holder.

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Sandals of Jesus Christ

The Sandals of Jesus Christ were among the most important relics of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages.

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Seal of North Carolina

The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina was first authorized by the North Carolina Constitution of 1776, created in its first form in 1778, and largely took on its modern form in 1835.

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Shroud of Turin

The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud (Sindone di Torino, Sacra Sindone or Santa Sindone) is a length of linen cloth bearing the negative image of a man who is alleged to be Jesus of Nazareth.

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Statue of Flora in Szczecin

Statue of Flora in Szczecin is a baroque monument of Flora, a goddess of flowers and spring, located at White Eagle Square (Polish: Plac Orła Białego) in Szczecin (the Old Town).

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Terra (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Tellus Mater or Terra Mater ("Mother Earth") is a goddess of the earth.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and Liberia.

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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games is a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels written by American novelist Suzanne Collins.

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Thomas Hart Benton (painter)

Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist.

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Titulus Crucis

Titulus Crucis (Latin for "Title of the Cross") is a piece of wood claimed in to be a relic of the True Cross, kept in the church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome.

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Tree of Jesse

The Tree of Jesse is a depiction in art of the ancestors of Christ, shown in a tree which rises from Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David and is the original use of the family tree as a schematic representation of a genealogy.

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True Cross

The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christian Church tradition, are said to be from the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.

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Ukraine

Ukraine (Ukrayina), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.

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Vegetable

Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans as food as part of a meal.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler (Squamish language: Sḵwiḵw) is a resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver and south of the town of Pemberton.

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Zeus

Zeus (Ζεύς, Zeús) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus.

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Cornacopia, Cornicopia, Cornu Copiae, Cornu coriaie, Cornu coріае, Horn of Amalthaea, Horn of Amalthea, Horn of abundance.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopia

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