what does it mean if a statue of ahorse with a rider has its back 2 hooves raised off the ground?
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It means Christopher Reeve is about to have a terrible  accident.
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It might look odd but I think the meaning is pretty sophisticated and refined.\n\nThe nose is usually the symbol of pride. Like if someone has their nose up in the air it usually gives the feeling that s/he is stuck up. Muslims, in this part of the prayer, put their noses on the ground, as a sign of submission to God's will. That God is higher and that they're just his slaves.\n\nThis position is very similar to the bow. Mobs used to bow to the king back when we had kings, lol..ya'know..that kinda thing...
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it probably relates to the greek horse which was a gift to the city of troy . . \n\nsolidiers were hidden in the horse and let the Greeks into the castle during the night, and the greeks eventually won the war.
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SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT ACCIDENT WITH THE HORSE. THE SCREWS NEED TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THEIR PURPSE AND NO LONGER ARE NEEDED.\nTHE HEALING HAS TAKEN PLACE!
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If A were lying, the horse would be black, which would mean B and C were lying as well. The answer is clearly not "A is lying".\n\nIf B were lying, the horse would be black, which would mean that A and C were lying as well. The answer is clearly not "B is lying".\n\nNow that we have eliminated the possibilities that A and B are lying, and we know that there is at least one liar and one truth-teller, we can say with certainty that C is lying and (from what we saw earlier) A and B are the truth-tellers. So we know the following:\n\n1. The horse is not black.\n2. The horse is either brown or grey.\n3. The horse is NOT brown.\n\nStatements 2 and 3 together tell us that the horse is, indeed, grey.
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People who kneel to a statue or icon are not idolizing the statue or saint.  They are praying for them to pray for them as well.  Similar to how you might ask a friend to pray for your sick mom.  Catholics and other grouos believe in the communion of Saints which holds the idea that both living and dead are in communion with God and he will listen to both prayers.  \n\nA person who kneels at a icon or statue may not even be praying to that particular figure, they might be praying in that location for privacy, comfort etc.
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When wild horses grow too much hoof, they head for rocky ground to chafe it away.\n\nThink about it.
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I guess it depends on the level of their training. Fully trained horses will most likely stop at the edge of the cliff, while the rider flies off haha.
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I don't recall reading that passage, but a chariot is a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, and a bier is a resting place for a dead person.
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I'm sure its some age old tradition (like putting the riding boots on backwards on a horse for the death of an officer or other highly ranked/respected official)
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Barbaro was not in the 1940s-1050s - nor was Ruffian (who did NOT win the race she broke down in) nor was Devils Bag (although the rest of that is true). Colin won the Belmont on questionable legs but that was in 1908. Bold Ruler was in the 1950s and had run with an undetected bone splinter in his ankle - not quite a broken leg. I don't know of ANY horses contemporary or historical that won on a broken leg. Many were injured during the race or at the finish.
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It rose from the ground.
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It is a sign that someone has visited the grave. They put a pebble there to show that they were there. It's just a custom.
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Its probably 2pts.  Im not sure but it is a "moving violation"
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The elephant is part of the Coat of Arms of Coventry.\n\nHere is the explanation as to why:\n\nMary Dormer Harris, the local historian thought that the elephant had a religious symbolism. The ancient 'Bestiaries' works of unnatural History, treat animals as religious types, and it is from these works that many of the animals and birds in church architecture derive. \n\nThe elephant is seen, not only as a beast so strong that he can carry a tower - Coventry's castle - full of armed men, but also as a symbol of Christ's redemption of the human race. The animal, according to one of the 'Bestiary' stories, is supposed to sleep standing, leaning against a tree. Hunters sever the trunk, and he falls helpless to the ground, until a small elephant approaches and pulls him up with his trunk. \n\nThe elephant, then, is a dragon slayer and is associated with a tree. There is a now forgotten tradition of dragon-slaying in the neighbourhood - Coventry is said to be the birthplace of St George, who slew the dragon. \n\nIn the medieval mind, the elephant suggested the eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and did not merely symbolise strength.
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It's something like: the bone was not taken from Adam's head so that Eve would be above him, nor from Adam's foot that he would be above her, but from his side, so she would be close to his heart.
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Statue?HAHA, I have not seen this fine art yet.