An amulet in the form of a dog, made around the 3rd millennium BC, is dedicated to Gula of the pantheon of south-western Iran
Gula was venerated in Mesopotamia as the patroness of healing and medicine. Her sacred symbol was the dog, associated with rites of healing
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
