deities

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When Hollywood deities Grace Kelly and Cary Grant were shown cruising along the French Riviera in a beautiful, sleek Sunbeam Alpine in To Catch a Thief, for example, they epitomised silver-screen elegance and savoir-faire.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

An ever-changing constellation of societies with evolving languages, deities and symbols, the Celts left no extant written records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The sculptures stand as both witnesses and deities.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Its titles, from tales of Hindu deities to biographies of freedom fighters, sold in the millions and were translated into multiple regional languages.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Such a notion is familiar to us from the cults of earth deities of later times; its origin perhaps goes back to the Old Stone Age.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson