The best way to determine the correct figure ( in captives ) is by direct observation of pairs isolated from birth, a method that produced surprising results: maturing of a male Indian python in less than two years, his mate in less than three ; ;

alt = Black-and-white photograph of a statue consisting of an inscribed, round pedestal on top of which sits a seated, nude, male figure of which only the legs and lower torso are preserved

While creating a more feminine figure, male cross-dressers will often utilize different types and styles of breast forms, which are silicone prostheses traditionally used by women who have undergone mastectomies to recreate the visual appearance of a breast.

Male characters rarely figure into these stories, and scholars often consider them in counterpoint to male oriented creation myths, like those of the ex nihilo variety.

He saw Lee as a strong Asian male figure and used Lee as a benchmark for stylizing odaiko solo.

Patriarchy is a social system in which the role of the male as the primary authority figure is central to social organization, and where fathers hold authority over women, children, and property.

Murray also used an inaccurate drawing of a mesolithic rock-painting at Cogul in northeast Spain as evidence of group religious ceremony of the cult, although the central male figure is not horned.

Usually there is a male figure ; he should perhaps be seen as the eponymous hero of the Thessalians, Thessalos, who is probably also to be identified on many of the earlier, federal coins of Thessaly.

In addition, in matrilineal culture, the mother's brother was the leading male figure in a male child's life, as he mentored the child within the mother's clan.

The famous bust of her, inscribed Johannes VIII, Femina ex Anglia, which had been carved for the series of Papal figures in the Duomo di Siena about 1400 and was noted by travelers, was either destroyed or recarved and relabeled, replaced by a male figure, of Pope Zachary.

The younger man is Mark Antony being lured by the wiles of the reclining woman ( who is Cleopatra, with the snake being an asp ) into losing his manly romanitas and becoming decadent, with the bearded elder male figure being his mythical ancestor Anton looking on.

A male figure comparable to the courtesan was the Italian cicisbeo, the French chevalier servant, the Spanish cortejo or estrecho.

There are two naked male figures in the border below this figure ; the one directly below the figure is squatting and displaying prominent genitalia, a scene that was frequently censored in former reproductions.

The winged symbol with a male figure who was formerly regarded by European scholars as Ahura Mazda has been shown to represent the royal xvarənah, the personification of royal power and glory.

However, Ahura Mazda remained a dignified male figure, standing or on horseback which is found in Sassanian investiture.

In the meantime, " the readers ' attention became focused on the figure of the male protagonist " and how he navigated his sexual relationships.

The symbolism is associated with Anuttarayoga tantra where the male figure is usually linked to compassion ( Karuṇā ) and skillful means ( upāya-kauśalya ), and the female partner to insight ( Prajñā ).

The sacrifice was related to the belief that the first human being was a girl, born of the mating of the Morning Star, the male figure of light, and Evening Star, a female figure of darkness, in their creation story.

In 1749, Richardson's female friends started asking him to create a male figure as virtuous as his heroines " Pamela " and " Clarissa " in order to " give the world his idea of a good man and fine gentleman combined ".

In 1927, a seated male soapstone figure was found in a building with unusually ornamental brickwork and a wall-niche.

The female figure holds the symbol of the two twisted reeds of the doorpost, signifying Inanna behind her, while the male figure holds a box and stack of bowls, the later cuneiform sign signifying En, or high priest of the temple.

Even certain male deities representing regeneration and fertility were occasionally depicted with breast-like appendices, such as the river god Hapy who was considered to be responsible for the annual overflowing of the Nile.

Other artists depicted scenes, regardless of when they occurred, in classical dress and for a long time, especially during the French Revolution, history painting often focused on depictions of the heroic male nude.

Avalokiteśvara was originally depicted as a male bodhisattva, and therefore wears chest-revealing clothing and may even sport a moustache.

Sontarans reproduce asexually and all the Sontarans depicted in the television series are of one gender ( male ).

The seme is often depicted as the stereotypical male of anime and manga culture: restrained, physically powerful, and / or protective.

While Hatshepsut was depicted in official art wearing regalia of a pharaoh, such as the false beard that male pharaohs also wore, it is most unlikely that she ever wore such ceremonial decorations, just as it is unlikely that the male pharaohs did.

In apparent contrast to Shub-Niggurath, the Black Goat is sometimes depicted as a male, most notably in the rite performed in " The Whisperer in Darkness " ( 1931 ) in which the Black Goat is called the " Lord of the Woods ".

Although almost all of his work depicted women in bondage, he also produced some series of female dominant images, and a few male bondage images, some of which are now displayed at the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago.

It refers to a genre of manga and anime wherein pre-pubescent or pubescent male characters are depicted in a suggestive or erotic manner.

* In Greek vase painting Hermaphroditus was depicted as a winged youth ( erotes ) with male and female attributes.

Determinate gender, however, is not necessarily a characteristic of Etruscan deities, and Thalna is also either depicted as male, or seems to be identified as a male figure because of the placement of names around a scene.

Although the gender is not depicted, the shape and accessories are seemingly male, with a shield in the left hand, a sword in the right, and a scabbard hanging from the belt around his tunic.

The Chimera is generally considered to have been female ( see the quotation from Hesiod above ) despite the mane adorning its lion's head, the inclusion of a close mane often was depicted on lionesses, but the ears always were visible ( that does not occur with depictions of male lions ).

Laufey is depicted as a male character in the Marvel Comics universe, the King of the Frost Giants and father of Loki, the archenemy of the superhero Thor.

Though identified as male, he is never depicted, and thought to be formless.

Khepri was principally depicted as a scarab beetle, though in some tomb paintings and funerary papyri he is represented as a human male with a scarab as a head.

As with the primordial concepts of the Ogdoad, Nu's male aspect was depicted as a frog, or a frog-headed man.

Like all four dualistic concepts in the Ogdoad, Kuk's male form was depicted as a frog, or as a frog-headed man, and the female form as a snake, or a snake-headed woman.

Like the other concepts in the Ogdoad, his male form was often depicted as a frog, or a frog-headed human, and his female form as a snake or snake-headed human.

The god Ḥeḥ was usually depicted anthropomorphically, as in the hieroglyphic character, as a male figure with divine beard and lappet wig.

Watauga Elementary School's mascot is the Warrior, depicted as a Native American male, and the school colors are red and gray.

In medieval and classical European art, it was very rarely depicted, and male pubic hair was often, but not always, omitted.