Looking at his self-image with a severed ear, I think Van Gogh believed he was a martyr, that his act of violence was somehow religious.
Aravan is worshipped in the form of his severed head and is believed to cure disease and induce pregnancy in childless women.
Authorities believe the severed head and a headless body found in two separate places not far from each other in Jackson on Saturday belong to 30-year-old Jeremy Jerome Jackson.
On Monday evening, the police released a picture of what they said they believed was the severed head of the bomber, who appeared to be in his late teens.
In 1958 workers extracting peat discovered the severed head of what is believed to be a Romano-British Celt, possibly a sacrificial victim, in the eastern part of the bog near Worsley.
It is widely believed that the severed laticifers are plugged by rubber coagulum as a result of rubber particle aggregation (RPA) caused by the bursting of lutoids [ 11, 12].
A video posted on the Internet showed Pearl's severed head held by what some believe is Mohammed's hand, recognizable by the "extra meat" on his ring finger, as a Filipino investigator once put it.
We've seen the Abigail we know.' The three-inch deep wound is believed to have partly severed the teacher's spinal cord and has left her unable to speak.
It is believed that the man whose severed head was found at the factory was killed before the explosion.
Still known only as "the Lady of the Dunes," the woman had been left naked, head nearly severed, with her hands and several teeth removed, all in an attempt, police believe, to keep her identity a mystery.
