Pictish_Beast Search Results

The Pictish Beast (sometimes Pictish Dragon or Pictish Elephant) is an artistic representation of an animal, distinct to the early medieval culture of...

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Pictish stone

A Pictish stone is a type of monumental stele, generally carved or incised with symbols or designs. A few have ogham inscriptions. Located in Scotland...

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Picts (redirect from Pictish studies)

details of their culture can be gleaned from early medieval texts and Pictish stones. The name Picti appears in written records as an exonym from the...

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Kelpie

Bride of Lammermoor (1818). Pictish stones dating from the 6th to 9th centuries featuring what has been dubbed the Pictish Beast may be the earliest representations...

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Hippocampus (mythology) (category Heraldic beasts)

The sea-horse also appears in Pictish stone carvings in Scotland. The symbolism of the carving (also known as "Pictish Beast" or "Kelpie") is unknown. Although...

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