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love 1. Christianity a. God's benevolent attitude towards man b. man's attitude of reverent devotion towards God 2. (in tennis, squash, etc.) a score of zero Love Aengus one of the Tuatha de Danaan; god of love. [Celtic Myth.: Jobes, 40] another name for Cupid. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 19] (563–478 B.C.) Greek lyric poet who idealized the pleasures of love. [Gk. Lit.: Brewer Dictionary, 31] goddess of love and beauty. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 25–26] cat-headed goddess of love and fashion. [Egyptian Myth.: Espy, 20] goddess of love. [Persian Myth.: Jobes, 210] (Gk. Eros) god of love. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 70] token of affection, e.g., for engagement. [Gem Symbolism: Jobes, 440–441] Scandinavian goddess of love and fertility. [Norse Myth.: Parrinder, 101] Rubens painting of ladies and gallants in an amorous mood. [Flem. Art: EB (1963), III, 190] symbol of affection. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 174; Kunz, 328] god of love; Hindu equivalent of Eros. [Hindu Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 661] god who plays flute to enamored milkmaids. [Hindu Myth.: Binder, 23] to Renaissance, its perpetual greenness symbolized everlasting love. [Art: Hall, 219] symbol of love and tenderness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176] symbol of love. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 333] worn on fourth finger, left hand, symbolizes love. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 919] traditional symbol of love. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]
dos and don’ts manual for medieval lovers. [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 301] (February 14) day of celebration of love. [Western Folklore: Leach, 1153] Elizabeth Browning’s famous poems celebrating love for her husband (1850). [Br. Lit.: Magill III, 1007–1009] indicates love and tenderness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177] symbol indicates affection. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 343] goddess of love and beauty. [Rom. Myth.: Aeneid] indicates initial feelings of love. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]
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Amid paeans to idealized love, Tannhauser loses his grip and embarrasses everyone by singing of physical love's rewards, about which he knows plenty. Bob is the apparent cohesive thread in the three plays, appearing in the first with his old friend Joey in a hotel room, in the second with his sister Jolly and her husband Carl in their home, and in the third with Deeny, a still idealized love of the past, in a restaurant. We see idealized love suggested by the picturesque and romantic symbols and communicated through the body, its wounds and blood. |
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