) Amestris has often been identified with Vashti, but this identification is problematic, as Amestris remained a powerful figure well into the reign of her son, Artaxerxes I, whereas Vashti is portrayed as dismissed in the early part of Xerxes's reign.

Isis, an Egyptian goddess who represented, among many other things, ideal motherhood, was often portrayed as suckling pharaohs, thereby confirming their divine status as rulers.

* Date Masamune is often portrayed as using a bokken as his main weapon in several media he has appeared in, such as Samurai Deeper Kyo and the original Samurai Warriors.

Garbage collection is often portrayed as the opposite of manual memory management, which requires the programmer to specify which objects to deallocate and return to the memory system.

The central commercial area often is portrayed, as in the map at right, to include parts of Near North Side and Near South Side, as well as the Loop.

Bernard Rosenthal laments that Mather is so often portrayed as the rabid witch hunter.

In the 1950s George Reeves series, Clark Kent is portrayed as a cerebral character who is the crime reporter for the Daily Planet and who as Kent uses his intelligence and powers of deduction to solve crimes ( often before Inspector Henderson does ) before catching the villain as Superman.

This " Cernunnos " type in Celtic iconography is often portrayed with animals, in particular the stag, and also frequently associated with the ram-horned serpent, and less frequently bulls ( at Rheims ), dogs and rats.

As a goddess of hunting, she wore a very short tunic so she could hunt and run easily and is often portrayed holding a bow, and carrying a quiver on her shoulder, accompanied by a deer or hunting dogs.

Although the differences tend to be portrayed in polarized terms, both major coalitions have developed modified, nuanced and often complex positions.

They are often portrayed as children with Williams syndrome ( which was not recognised as a medical condition but some specialist believe that people were enchanted with their character and appearance that they believed to be magical ), usually with fair hair.

The Goddess is often portrayed with strong lunar symbolism, drawing on various cultures and deities such as Diana, Hecate, and Isis, and is often depicted as the Maiden, Mother and Crone triad popularised by Robert Graves ( see Triple Goddess below ).

Saint Louis has often been portrayed as a one dimensional character, a flawless representant of the faith and an administrative reformer who for the governed ones.

As a prominent member of the Roman clergy, he has often been portrayed anachronistically in the garb of a cardinal.

Lawrence's work often portrayed important periods in African-American history.

He often portrayed them as if caught in motion, especially feeding or hunting.

She was often portrayed as the shrewish, jealous wife of Zeus, who himself often escaped from her controlling ways by cheating on her with other women, mortal and immortal.

Sex in Tiptree's writing is frankly portrayed, a sometimes playful but more often threatening force.

Lesbians portrayed in literature, film, and television often shape contemporary thought about women's sexuality.

Unlike in most other portrayals, Hackman's Luthor appears to view Superman as a respectable and challenging foe rather than a subject of intense hatred and is portrayed as somewhat light and comical, resembling a fast talking con artist more than a criminal mastermind ; often attempting to talk his way out of trouble.

As a straight man he was often a foil to the rising ire of characters portrayed by John Cleese.

Ngurunderi pursued the fish ( who, like many totem animals in Aboriginal myths, is often portrayed as a man ) on rafts ( or lala ) made from red gums and continually launched spears at his target.

* Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series, Antony is portrayed as a deeply flawed character, a brave warrior but sexually promiscuous, often drunk and foolish, and a monster of vanity who loves riding in a chariot drawn by lions.

If a samurai was able to afford a daishō, it was often composed of whichever two swords could be conveniently acquired, sometimes by different smiths and in different styles.

Medieval Japan employed spears for infantrymen to use, but it was not until the 11th century in Japan that samurai began to use spears over bows. Several spears ( Yari ) and pole weapons were very fearsome in the Japanese theatres ; the naginata was a heavy, but powerful pole arm often used by mounted samurai in the 16th century.

Depictions of famous persons later deemed ninja often show them in samurai armor.

The original wrestlers were probably samurai, often rōnin, who needed to find an alternative form of income.

This often led to numerous confrontations between noble but impoverished samurai and well-to-do peasants, ranging from simple local disturbances to much bigger rebellions.

Daimyo often hired samurai to guard their land and they paid the samurai in land or food.

Ninja jūhakkei was often studied along with Bugei Jūhappan ( the " 18 samurai fighting art skills ").

Shuriken were mainly a supplemental weapon to the more commonly used sword or other various weapons in a samurai warrior's arsenal, though they often played a pivotal tactical role in battle.

The samurai often listened to and performed in these music activities, in their practices of enriching their lives and understanding.

A functional naginata was often a traditional part of a samurai daughter's dowry.

Also, low-level samurai, often poor and without choice, were forced to quit or escape their masters.

Not having the status or power of employed samurai, rōnin were often disreputable and festive, and the group was a target of humiliation or satire.

Though this act is often viewed as an act of loyalty, there had been a second goal, to re-establish the Asanos ' lordship and finding a place to serve for fellow samurai.

Throughout the film, Sanjuro is considered by some of the samurai as a problem figure: he has bad manners, behavior unbecoming a samurai, weird ways to express his thoughts, often seems lazy and disinterested during planning, and a flippant attitude regarding violence.

He wrote often of having to fight rumors at home that he had betrayed his old friends ; the idea of a nation was still relatively new in Japan and so the majority of samurai cared more for securing privileges for their own domain.

Some teachers of Zen would say that the reason why it was called " farmer Zen " was because of its down-to-earth approach, while the Rinzai school was often called " samurai Zen " because of the larger samurai following.

Oddly, samurai families were often reputed to share similar arrangements with kitsune, but these foxes were considered zenko and the use of their magic a sign of prestige.

Though samurai were discouraged from entering the Yoshiwara area, they often did so anyway.

Antique Japanese ( samurai ) armoured tabiConstruction workers, farmers and gardeners, rickshaw-pullers, and other workmen often wear a type of tabi called.