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Love
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Love
Aengus
one of the Tuatha de Danaan; god of love. [Celtic Myth.: Jobes, 40]
Amor
another name for Cupid. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 19]
Anacreon
(563–478 B.C.) Greek lyric poet who idealized the pleasures of love. [Gk. Lit.: Brewer Dictionary, 31]
Aphrodite
goddess of love and beauty. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 25–26]
Bast
cat-headed goddess of love and fashion. [Egyptian Myth.: Espy, 20]
Biducht
goddess of love. [Persian Myth.: Jobes, 210]
Cupid
(Gk. Eros) god of love. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 70]
diamond
token of affection, e.g., for engagement. [Gem Symbolism: Jobes, 440–441]
Frigg
Scandinavian goddess of love and fertility. [Norse Myth.: Parrinder, 101]
Garden of Love, The
Rubens painting of ladies and gallants in an amorous mood. [Flem. Art: EB (1963), III, 190]
honeysuckle
symbol of affection. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 174; Kunz, 328]
Kama
god of love; Hindu equivalent of Eros. [Hindu Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 661]
Krishna
god who plays flute to enamored milkmaids. [Hindu Myth.: Binder, 23]
myrtle
to Renaissance, its perpetual greenness symbolized everlasting love. [Art: Hall, 219]
pear
symbol of love and tenderness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]
red chrysanthemum
symbol of love. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 333]
ring
worn on fourth finger, left hand, symbolizes love. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 919]
rose
traditional symbol of love. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]
Rules of Courtly Love, The
dos and don’ts manual for medieval lovers. [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 301]
St. Valentine’s Day
(February 14) day of celebration of love. [Western Folklore: Leach, 1153]
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Browning’s famous poems celebrating love for her husband (1850). [Br. Lit.: Magill III, 1007–1009]
sorrel
indicates love and tenderness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]
three circles
symbol indicates affection. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 343]
Venus
goddess of love and beauty. [Rom. Myth.: Aeneid]
white lilacs
indicates initial feelings of love. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]

(humour)love - What some users feel for computers.

"There is no truth in the rumour that I love computers, it's just what I tell them to get them to bed."

-- Terry Pratchett


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Its purpose: to show how important it is to develop a personal loving relationship with Jesus through the reading of the Scriptures.
 
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