Symbolism of Christian saints has been used from the very beginnings of the religion. Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church. A number of Christian saints are traditionally represented by a symbol or iconic motif associated with their life, termed an attribute or emblem, in order to identify them. The study of these forms part of iconography in art history. They were particularly used so that the illiterate could recognize a scene, and to give each of the Saints something of a personality in art. They are often carried in the hand by the Saint.
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Processional giants are costumed figures in European folklore, particularly present in Belgian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and English folkloric processions. The main feature of these figures is typically their wooden, papier maché or -more recently- synthetic resin head, whilst bodies are covered in clothing matching the costume's theme.
"}{"type":"standard","title":"Orcus","displaytitle":"Orcus","namespace":{"id":0,"text":""},"wikibase_item":"Q860314","titles":{"canonical":"Orcus","normalized":"Orcus","display":"Orcus"},"pageid":84896,"thumbnail":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bomarzo2013parco21.jpg/330px-Bomarzo2013parco21.jpg","width":320,"height":213},"originalimage":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Bomarzo2013parco21.jpg","width":4288,"height":2848},"lang":"en","dir":"ltr","revision":"1283889445","tid":"52dc8644-1129-11f0-8118-a364c72ff072","timestamp":"2025-04-04T07:49:23Z","description":"Roman god of the underworld","description_source":"local","content_urls":{"desktop":{"page":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus","revisions":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus?action=history","edit":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus?action=edit","talk":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Orcus"},"mobile":{"page":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus","revisions":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Orcus","edit":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus?action=edit","talk":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Orcus"}},"extract":"Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Etruscan and Roman mythology. As with Hades, the name of the god was also used for the underworld itself. Eventually, he was conflated with Dis Pater and Pluto.","extract_html":"
Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Etruscan and Roman mythology. As with Hades, the name of the god was also used for the underworld itself. Eventually, he was conflated with Dis Pater and Pluto.
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