An alternative hypothesis maintains that the notion of symbolizing sovereign and state in the form of a dragon emerged in neighboring China and was adopted by the rulers of Bhutan as a symbol of royalty in the early 20th century.
The writer deplored "all attempts, however glittering and golden, to confound destroyers with benefactors" — in this case, a man "symbolizing the very breath of the Destroyer" with "embodied grace, in the form of a beautiful American girl, attending his business".
The writer deplored "all attempts, however glittering and golden, to confound destroyers with benefactors"—in this case, a man "symbolizing the very breath of the Destroyer" with "embodied grace, in the form of a beautiful American girl, attending his business".
The column is topped by a copper figure of Liberty (1), which is 9 m tall and in the form of a woman lifting three gilded stars, symbolizing the constitutional districts of Latvia: Vidzeme, Latgale and Courland.
Much like Eastern Ukrainians seeking "protection" in the form of invasion by Putin's Russia, the 12 stars on blue symbolized to them a cultural non-negotiable.
To baby boomers especially, the steel-stringed instrument symbolizes those carefree days when six months' allowance could buy a lifetime of musical fun in the form of a knockabout guitar.
In fact it was a secret meditation sanctuary for the Dalai Lama and the temple's structure is in the form of a 3D mandala, a sacred shape in Tibet that symbolizes the universe.
The incarnation of the Son of Man, the Messiah, in the form of a human being who was created in the "image of God"—granted theological approval of a sort to the use of images that symbolized Christian truths.
Each of these civilizations had a unique power, symbolized by the form that Naija learns after defeating their former gods.
Significantly, the form of the hotel's monogram, etched in glass, resembles a butterfly, which symbolizes resurrection.
