The cuegle is a monster in Cantabrian mythology Cantabrian folklore . Walking on two legs and roughly humanoid in shape, it has black skin, three arms without hands or fingers, five rows of teeth, a single stubby horn and three eyes in its head one green, one red, and one blue. ref name Mythica cite web url http www.pantheon.org articles c cuegle.html title Cuegle work Encyclopedia Mythica accessdate 2007 04 03 ref Despite its small size, it has great strength. ref name Cantabria cite web url http www.cantabriajoven.com mitologia seres.html title Monsters and Creatures of Cantabria Spanish work Cantabria Joven accessdate 2007 04 03 ref The cuegle attacks people and livestock, and is reputed to steal babies from the cradle . It may be protected against by placing oak or holly leaves, which it Apotrope finds repulsive , in the cradle. ref name Mythica References Reflist Category Cantabrian legendary creatures Cantabria stub legendary creature stub europe myth stub es Cuegle ... more details
Image Aphrodite Kallipygos Hermitage .jpg thumb Copy of a Hellenistic period Hellenistic Aphrodite Kallipygos at Hermitage Museum The Hermitage in St. Petersburg . An syrma plural anas rmata , also called anasyrm s , ref Blackledge, C. 2003 . The Story of V A Natural History of Female Sexuality . New Brunswick, New Jersey Rutgers University Press. 12. ref is the gesture of lifting up the skirt or kilt . It is used in connection with certain religion religious ritual s, eroticism, and lewd jokes, see e.g. Baubo . The term is used in describing corresponding works of art . Anasyrma differs from flashing , a physically similar gesture as an act of exhibitionism , in that an exhibitionist has an implied purpose of his her own sexual arousal, while anasyrma is only done for the effect on the onlookers. Anasyrma may be a deliberately provocative self exposing of one s naked genitals and or buttocks . The famous example of the latter case is Aphrodite Kallipygos Aphrodite of the beautiful buttocks . In many traditions this gesture also has an apotrope apotropaic character, as a mockery towards a supernatural enemy analogous to mooning . Curse of nakedness File La Fontaine Tales and Novels in verse v2 p130.jpg thumb upright 0.75 right La Fontaine plate Pliny the Elder was an author , naturalist , and natural philosopher who wrote Natural History Pliny Natural History , an encyclopedia published in AD 77 79, that covered the entire field of ancient knowledge based on the best authorities available at the time, which became a model for all subsequent publications. He wrote that a menstruating woman who uncovers her body can scare away hailstorms , whirlwinds and lightning. Anything she touches turns sour including wine and meat. Seeds turn sterile and plants wither. If she strips naked and walks around the field, caterpillars, worms and beetles fall off the ears of corn. Even when not menstruating, she can lull a storm out at sea by stripping. ref cite book author Pliny the Y ... more details
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