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Depicting a Tsuchigumo(top right) Woodblock printby Yoshitoshi, 1887. The Tsuchigumo(translated as "Earth spiders")[d]of Japan, is a mythical, supernatural creature faced by the legendary Minamoto no Raiko. Depending on the version of the story, the Tsuchigumowas able to take the visage of either a boy or a woman.
All kinds of bizarre things can happen when you close your eyes: teeth falling out at a dinner party, out-of-control cars, and yes, even creepy...
Dreamcatcher. In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher ( Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for 'spider') [ 1] is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. It may also be decorated with sacred items such as certain feathers or beads. Traditionally, dreamcatchers are hung over a cradle ...
Hopi mythology. In Hopi mythology, "Spider Grandmother" ( Hopi Kokyangwuti) [ 1][ 3] also called "Gogyeng Sowuhti" among many other names can take the shape of an old, or timeless woman or the shape of a common spider in many Hopi stories. When she is in her spider shape, she lives underground in a hole that is like a Kiva.
A seal consisting of a Manji, Star of David, Ankh, Om, and Ouroboros, used by the Theosophical Society, an organization formed in 1875 to advance Theosophy. Septenary Sigil. Order of Nine Angles. The main symbol of the Order of Nine Angles, a neo-Nazi Satanic and Left-hand occult group based in the United Kingdom.
Indra's net (also called Indra's jewels or Indra's pearls, Sanskrit Indrajāla, Chinese: 因陀羅網) is a metaphor used to illustrate the concepts of Śūnyatā (emptiness), [1] pratītyasamutpāda (dependent origination), [2] and interpenetration [3] in Buddhist philosophy . The metaphor's earliest known reference is found in the Atharva Veda.
Symbol. Spider. Ethnic group. Akan • Ashanti • African Americans • Afro-Caribs. Anansi or Ananse ( / əˈnɑːnsi / ə-NAHN-see; literally translates to spider) is an Akan folktale character associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and trickery, most commonly depicted as a spider, in Akan folklore. [ 1]
There are only a few species of spiders in the U.S. that can bite humans. “The truth is that most spiders are too small to bite us, including those adorable jumping spiders,” Jody Gangloff ...