Rather than putting their trust in ephemeral sensations they seek form in the stable relationships of pure design, which symbolize an order more real than the disorder of the perceptual world.

League members swore to have the same friends and enemies, and dropped ingots of iron into the sea to symbolize the permanence of their alliance.

Some nations imitated this flag so as to symbolize their similarity to the United States and / or the American Revolution.

Later, because of their use by governments and large businesses, tubes began to symbolize bureaucracy.

" Zechariah's horses differ from Revelation's in that their colors do not seem to indicate or symbolize anything about their characters ; also, the horses in Zechariah act as patrollers, not as agents of destruction or judgement.

Salting the earth, or sowing with salt, is the ritual of spreading salt on conquered cities to symbolize a curse on their re-inhabitation.

Since it occurs in a section devoted to eclipses of sun and moon, it may have been used to symbolize a lunar eclipse and its dire consequences for women, especially pregnant ones: Lunar eclipses exposed their unborn children to the risks of deformation and death.

" Historians use legends as geographers do fabulous animals-to symbolize unknown countries in their maps "-quoted from Spanish Historiography and Iberian Reality by J. N. Hillgarth, History and Theory, Vol.

Brides who are virgins may make use of the veil to symbolize and emphasize their status of purity during their wedding however, and if they do, the lifting of the veil may be ceremonially recognized as the crowning event of the wedding, when the beauty of the bride is finally revealed to the groom and the guests.

After battles in some cases, winners castrated their captives or the corpses of the defeated to symbolize their victory and seize their " power ".

Crown jewels are jewels or artifacts of the reigning royal family of their respective country. They belong to monarchs and are passed to the next sovereign to symbolize the right to rule.

These quilts symbolize the respect the community feels toward the veterans, who put themselves at risk, serving their country.

Some myths say the siblings did not have intercourse but women gave birth after goat ’ s blood was poured on their legs to symbolize menstruation.

The creation of Wario allowed them a character of their own to " symbolize their situation ".

The band's logo was created by artist Raymond Pettibon to symbolize their themes of rebellion and anarchy.

symbolize their relations with the Indians.

At midnight on December 31, Buddhist temples all over Japan ring their bells a total of 108 times ( じょやの鐘 joyanokane ) to symbolize the 108 human sins in Buddhist belief, and to get rid of the 108 worldly desires regarding sense and feeling in every Japanese citizen.

The assembly is complete once all castellers have climbed into their designated places, and the enxaneta climbs into place at the top and raises one hand with four fingers erect, in a gesture said to symbolize the stripes of the Catalan flag.

They changed their last name to " Phoenix " to symbolize a new beginning.

The procedure of anointment, in David's case, is said to symbolize the descent of God's holiness ( kedusha ) upon the king and as a sign of a bond never to be broken.

He takes her home, but refrains from sexual intimacy with her for many days, to symbolize the fact that Israel will be without a king for many years, but that God will take Israel back, even at a cost to Himself.

In ancient Egypt, the bee was seen to symbolize the lands of Lower Egypt, with the Pharaoh being referred to as " He of Sedge and Bee " ( the sedge representing Upper Egypt ).

To symbolize the new relationship, the PDS changed its name to The Left Party / PDS or The Left / PDS, with the letters " PDS " optional in western states where many voters still regarded the PDS as an " eastern " party.

Plain yellow, green, and even black flags have been used to symbolize disease in both ships and ports, with the color yellow having a longer historical precedent, as a color of marking for houses of infection, previous to its use as a maritime marking color for disease.

In keeping with this understanding, certain verses of it are read by Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews on Shabbat eve, to symbolize the love between the Jewish People and God that is also represented by Shabbat.

: The fierce being holding the wheel symbolizes impermanence, which is why the being is a wrathful monster, though there is no need for it to be drawn with ornaments and so forth ... Once I had such a painting drawn with a skeleton rather than a monster, in order to symbolize impermanence more clearly.

The chosen flag has a white background with the city's seal in the middle, surrounded by twelve small red triangles that symbolize the twelve historic capitals of Armenia.

( 9 ) In addition eight elephants were led by to symbolize his Punic victory and not the least spectacle were Sosis of Syracuse and the Spaniard Moericus proceeding in front with golden wreaths.

Female virtue was tied to literary knowledge in the 17th century, leading to a demand for Murasaki or Genji inspired artifacts, known as genji-e. Dowry sets decorated with scenes from Genji or illustrations of Murasaki became particularly popular for noblewomen: in the 17th century genji-e symbolically imbued a bride with an increased level of cultural status ; by the 18th century they had come to symbolize marital success.

Black panthers in the American Southeast feature prominently in Choctaw folklore where, along with the owl, they are often thought to symbolize Death.

Doubtless by this he intended to symbolize his claim to be " Lord Paramount " of Scotland with right to oversee its King.

According to Jewish feminist writer Tamara Cohen, the practice of filling a cup with water to symbolize Miriam ’ s inclusion in the seder originated at a Rosh Chodesh group in Boston in 1989.

It has served to symbolize and provide a sense of belonging, to identify and unify the Japanese people culturally, and to serve as a barrier demarcating the Japanese from other peoples, providing them with a sense of cultural uniqueness.

Since the merger, the black background has been replaced with green, to symbolize the new parent company.

In this context, gay rights laws have come to symbolize an out-of-control, meddling government bent on " interfering with individual freedom ".

The German association with the colours black, red, and gold surfaced in the radical 1840s, when the black-red-gold flag was used to symbolize the movement against the Conservative European Order that was established after Napoleon's defeat.

Proposed by the Norwegian Prime Minister and unionist Peder Anker, the white saltire on a red background was supposed to symbolize Norway, as the country had previously been united with Denmark and initially continued to use the same flag as an independent country, but with the national arms in the canton.

A pink triangle surrounded by a green circle, as used to symbolize straight ally | alliance with gay rights and safe-space | space free from homophobia.

The plan of the temple was rectangular with the corners pointing in cardinal directions to symbolize the four rivers which flow from the mountain to the four world regions.

However this does not symbolize any subordination to the religious authority, hence it is not usually performed in Catholic monarchies by the pope but usually reserved for the ( arch ) bishop of a major see ( sometimes the site of the whole coronation ) in the nation, as is sometime the very act of crowning.

* March 27 – Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo gives 3, 000 cherry trees to be planted in Washington, D. C., to symbolize the friendship between the two countries.

In his essay " Rashomon ", Tadao Sato suggests that the film ( unusually ) uses sunlight to symbolize evil and sin in the film, arguing that the wife gives in to the bandit's desires when she sees the sun.

While the lotus and the lovemaking couple symbolize life and the urge to create life, in a way gives life-force to the beheaded goddess, the blood flowing from goddess conveys death and loss of the life-force, which flows into the mouths of her devotee yoginis, nourishing them.