Crossword-Solution: MENHIRS
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| Stonehenge stones | 1 answer |
| Upright prehistoric stones. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in
some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue
of Hercules, or of a lion.
Hint 2 anagram
TTUASE
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Sentences with MENHIRS (5)
During the first centuries of the Christian era, strange rites were still performed in honor of dolmens and menhirs.
That of Salkeld in Cumberland includes sixty-seven menhirs; that near Loch Stemster in Caithness, thirty-three, whilst in Westmoreland, _Long Meg and her daughters_ are still the objects of superstitious reverence.
Menhirs properly so called, also known as _lechs_ in Brittany, are in reality isolated monoliths or single upright stones, often of considerable size.
Some archæologists in view of the shape of certain menhirs and the superstitions connected with then, think they must be phallic monuments.
Menhirs in France are quoted in this connection, cut into the form of the phallus; and the same form occurs in some menhirs near Saphos, in the island of Cyprus,12 and in others found amongst the ruins of Uxmal, in Yucatan.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1953–2007).