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previous round: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/5546731

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Virgin Mary: the Virgin Mary, or the Madonna, is one of the most popular tropes in Western religious art. Since 431 CE, when a council of Christian bishops met in Ephesus and canonized Mary as Theotokos, or the God-bearer, her holy figure has been used to represent a wide range of virtues. The singular madonna may gesture benediction & prayer on behalf of humanity, the madonna and child shows humanity’s embrace of the holy son, the Madonnas of humility sit on the ground to display their humble piety, the adoring madonna kneels at the foot of the christ-child.

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Choose your favourite paintings of the Virgin Mary (1-8) - choose up to two

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1) Virgin and Child, with Saints and Donor by Jan van Eyck (1441 – 1443)

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2) Coronation of the Virgin by Diego Velázquez (1635 – 1636)

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3) The Virgin Of The Immaculate Conception by Vicente López Portaña (Spanish, 1772 – 1850)

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4) The Assumption of the Virgin by William Etty (English, 1787-1849)

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5) The Annunciation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1850)

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6) The Virgin With Angels by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1900)

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7) Purissima by Joseph Stella (1927)

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8) Madonna Madre by Artur Nikodem (1929)

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The Virgin Mary is often linked with various flowers, each representing different aspects of her character, virtues, and mysteries. To read more about Marian flowers: https://www.hisgirlsunday.com/post/17-marian-garden-flowers-and-their-meaning

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Choose your favourite painting featuring flowers that depict the Virgin Mary -choose up to 2

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9) Wild Strawberries and a Carnation in a Wan-Li Bowl by Jacob van Hulsdonck (c. 1620)

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10) Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses by Vincent van Gogh (1890)

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11) Iris by Marie Egner (1893)

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12) Forget-Me-Nots by Maria Yakunchikova (1895)

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13) Marigolds and Tangerines by Felix Vallotton (1924)

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14) Violets on the Patio by Alekos Kontopoulos

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15) Morning Glory by Georgia O’Keeffe (1935)

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16) Columbines by Stanley Spencer (1938)

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X YEARS LATER

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Optional SO’s: TH(E), OT(O), KO(S), AR(K)

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1) Child three, a daughter
- her first name is related to Mary
- her middle name contains the letters “JO”

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2) Child six, a son
- their first name and middle name are from the top 100, Basque County: https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/basque-country/2022

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3) A child of your choice, a daughter
- her first and middle name have namedays in Estonia: https://www.behindthename.com/namedays/country/estonia

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4) A child of your choice, a daughter
- her first name is Archaic
- her middle name is a popular middle name

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5) Child two, a son
- his first name is Scottish
- his middle name is a common Biblical name

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6) Child five, a son
- his first name first and middle name have namedays in France: https://www.behindthename.com/namedays/country/france

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7) Child four, a daughter
- her first name has to do with cats (her nickname can be cat, her name is also a cat breed, the meaning is lion etc)
- her middle name is shared with her grandmother

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8) Child one, a son
- his first name ends in the letter “M”
- his middle name is Polish

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9) Child four, a daughter
- her first name and middle name are from this list: https://www.behindthename.com/names/tag/fruits

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10) Child five, gender your choice
- their first name contains the letter “V”, but doesn’t start with it
- their middle name ends in the letter “H”

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11) Child three, gender your choice
- their first name is a color
- their middle name ends in the top 25, France, 1900: https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/france/1900

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12) A child of your choice, a daughter
- her first and middle name are American Hispanic: https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/gender/feminine/usage/american-hispanic

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13) Child six, a son
- his name is from a song his parents love
- his middle name is a from a band member of said song

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14) Child one, a son
- his first name starts with the letter “P”
- his middle name is related to the name Alekos: https://www.behindthename.com/name/alekos/related

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15) A child of your choice, a daughter
- her first name is from this list: https://www.behindthename.com/names/tag/elaborated_forms
- her middle name starts with the same letter as her mother’s

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16) Child two, a daughter
- her first and middle name are French Belgian: https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/gender/feminine/usage/french-belgian

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formerly Belphoebe

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I am in the mood
to dissolve
in the sky.
- Virginia Woolf

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