Sentence examples for gods representing from inspiring English sources

Indeed, they are like minor Harvard gods, representing all the things that Zuckerberg desires but which seemingly are beyond his grasp: wealth, status, strapping physicality, golden good looks.

The shen comprises deities of the natural environment, gods representing specific concepts or groups, heroes and ancestors, and figures from Chinese mythology.

Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson says that it has been suggested that the figures are partaking in a dance, and that they may have been connected with weddings, as well as linked to the Vanir group of gods, representing the notion of a divine marriage, such as in the Poetic Edda poem Skírnismál; the coming together of Gerðr and Freyr.

The gods represented energy and activity and thus differed markedly from Apsu and Tiamat, who stood for rest and inertia.

It was formerly thought that the Olmec worshiped only one god, a rain deity depicted as a were-jaguar, but study has shown that there were at least 10 distinct gods represented in Olmec art.

The gods represented in Greek sculpture are beautiful because their physical shape perfectly embodies their spiritual freedom and is not marred by marks of physical frailty or dependence.

Post-its on the red threads labeled their destinations — Hanuman, the monkey god, representing devotion; Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, playing a lute-like instrument called a veena, and half a dozen others.

There was no idol representing the God of Israel.

Saudi Arabia is represented by Shadia Alem, whose photographic work "Supreme Ka'ba of God" represents her birthplace, Mecca.

At the left, a river god represents the Tagus, which flows around Toledo, a city built on rocky heights.

Another recent release for teens, Black & White, also lets players literally play God, represented onscreen by a disembodied hand.