Sentences with phrase «sacred relics of»

And for Miles» father Morris, a prominent publisher, it is books — perhaps, as Auster so deftly illustrates here, the most sacred relics of all.

The crest depicts a Loftwing, alone the symbol of Skyloft, and the sacred relic of the Golden Goddesses: the Triforce.

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Marguerite Périer, Pascal's niece, was cured of a fistula lachrymalis on 24 March, 1656, after her eye was touched with this sacred relic, supposed to be a thorn from the crown of Christ.

at what part in the Bible does the dismemberment of a corpse and taking its heart as a sacred relic exist?

Think about it people - what kind of religion seriously regards an 800 year old heart as a sacred relic?

Both of these come from a time when rural or underfunded churches and monasteries could get support and funding from the Church if they could demonstrate that they have some sacred relic to maintain.

In Greece, I'm told, many Byzantine icons have been literally «defaced» by the pious who fleck off little pieces of the «holy» object (particularly about the eyes) and keep them as sacred relics.

Religion, after all, is constituted by symbolism — whether in primitive amulets, totems, and rituals, the earth and sky god mythologies of ancient civilizations, crucifixes and relics of the medieval church, formalized texts and creeds of the world's great modern religions, or even the sacred rites and markers we use to define ourselves, our relations to nature, our sense of personal identity, and our collective loyalties and destinies.

While trying to sell the horse, a monk offers him a packet of magic beans — sacred relics from the story of the prologue — for the horse so that he may escape the treacherous Roderick (Stanley Tucci), who is engaged to Isabelle and has diabolical plans.

When a nun is burned alive on the sacred ghats of Varanasi, and the stone she carried is stolen, an international hunt is triggered for the relics of the early church.

Dambulla is home to a beautifully painted cave temple and Kandy houses the island's most sacred Buddhist relic at its lakeside Temple of the Tooth.

-LSB-...] may say the beauty of Belize lies in the great adventures: diving the Blue Hole, swimming with whale sharks, exploring caves that hold sacred Mayan relics and sacrificial remains, jungle expeditions, -LSB-...]

This time around, Chloe has teamed up with Uncharted 4's Nadine Ross to retrieve a sacred relic known as the Tusk of Ganesh.

Once again, Link struggles against his nemesis, Ganondorf, for control of the sacred relic known as the Triforce.

Instigating a play between the sacred and the secular, Thomas» Lightsaber (Diamond)(2012) possesses a detached elegance and formal sophistication, its cool colors and spatial abstractions suggesting some recovered relic — an old church window, or the decorative panes of a renovated brownstone.

He will explore a range of themes connected with notions of craftsmanship and sacred journeys — from shamanism, magic and holy relics to motorbikes, identity and contemporary culture.

On the other hand, «face time» (for the sake of face time) is, for better and worse, more than simply an antiquated relic of a simpler time — in some cases it may seem an almost sacred element of firm culture.»