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	Animal	Vegetation	Object	Structure

Figure


Types
accuser	acolyte	African	angel	assassin
bard	beadle	beggar	bellman	blacksmith
cherub	child	chimney sweeper	corpse	covering cherub
demon	devil	disciple	Druid	emanation
fairy	family	father	female	fetus
ghost	giant	herald	infant	jailor
king	knight	lars	lemures	male
messenger	mother	nurse	nymph	philosopher
piper	poet	Pope	priest	priestess
prisoner	prophet	putto	queen	sailor
saint	scribe	self-flagellant	shepherd	sibyl
slave	slave owner	spectre	spirit	student
traveler	trumpeter	victim	virgin	watchman
wrestler

Characters
Abel	Abraham	Adah	Adam	Ahania
Albion	Albion's Angel	Albion's sons	Ancient of Days	Anubis
Anytus	Apollo	Arthur	Ashtaroth	Astarte
Babylon	Bacon	Bildad	Blake, Catherine	Blake, Robert
Blake, William	Boston's Angel	Britannia	Bromion	Cain
Cambel	Caroline	Christ	Clod	Cloud
Cupid	Dagon	Daphne	Daughters of Albion	Death
Diana	Elihu	Elijah	Eliphaz	Elizabeth
Elohim	England	English boy	Enion	Enitharmon
Enitharmon's daughter	Enitharmon's son	Eno	Eve	Ezekiel
Fates	Female Will	Fuzon	George III	God
Groat, John	Grodna	Gwendolen	Hand	Har
Hayley	Hecate	Heva	Holy Ghost	Homer
Hyle	Jack	Jacky	Jerusalem	Jerusalem's daughters
Jerusalem's sons	Job	Job's wife	John of Eltham	John the Baptist
Joseph	Justice	Lamech	Laocoon	Lazarus
Leutha	Leviathan	Lilly	little black boy	little boy lost
Locke	Los	Los's daughters	Luvah	Lyca
Lycon	Mary	Mason, Mrs.	matron Clay	Melitus
Milton	Milton's daughters	Milton's wives	Moloch	Moses
nameless shadowy female	Nancy	Naomi	Nebuchadnezzar	Newton
Noah	Oberon	Old John	Ololon	Oothoon
Orc	Orpah	Osiris	Palamabron	Rahab
Reuben	Rintrah	Robin	Ruth	Satan
Scofeld	Spirit of Nature	Spirit of Peace	Tharmas	Thel
Theotormon	Thiriel	Tirzah	Titania	Typhon
Ugolino	Urizen	Urizen's daughters	Urthona	Utha
Vala	Virgin Mary	Worm	Zacharias	Zillah
Zoa	Zophar

Postures and Gestures
arm	arm at side	arm behind back	arm bent	arm bent upward
arm bent over shoulder	arm braced	arm dangling	arm down	arm drawn back
arm extended	arm on lap	arm raised	arm raised at 45 degrees	arm raised at 135 degrees
arm raised horizontally	arm raised vertically	arm reaching between legs	arm reaching downward	arm resting
arm wrapped around body	arm wrapped around head	arms at side	arms bent	arms bent upward
arms braced	arms crossed	arms down	arms drawn back	arms on lap
arms extended	arms folded	arms raised	arms raised at 45 degrees	arms raised at 135 degrees
arms raised horizontally	arms raised vertically	arms reaching downward	arms resting	arms wrapped around body
arms wrapped around head	arms wrapped around knees	bathing	batting	bending backward
bending forward	bending left	blessing	body horizontal	bound
bowing	brain	breaking	buried	buttocks
carrying	casting	chest	climbing	combing
contracted	contrapposto	cooking	copying	crawling
creating	crouching	crucified	crying	cutting
dancing	descending	dividing	drawing	dreaming
drinking	drowning	dying	ear	embracing
encircling	eyes closed	eyes down	eyes raised	facing away
facing down	facing forward	facing left	facing right	facing up
falling	falling backward	feet	feet touching	fighting
fingers	fingers spread	fist	fleeing	floating
flying	giving	giving birth	hand	hand beside head
hand clutching head	hand holding	hand on breasts	hand on face	hand on genitals
hand on ground	hand on knee	hand raised, palm down	hand raised, palm out	hand raised, palm up
hand resting	hand under head	hands behind head	hands beside head	hands clutching head
hands on ankles	hands on breasts	hands on face	hands on ground	hands on knees
hands raised, palms down	hands raised, palms out	hands raised, palms up	hands resting	hands to ears
hands together	hanging	harvesting	head bent back	head down
head on arm	head on arms	head on hand	head on hands	head on knee
head on knees	head on shoulder	head toward viewer	head up	heads, multiple
hitting	holding	hovering	howling	huddled
hunched over	kicking	kissing	kneeling	knee
knees	leading	leaning	leaping	left foot
leg	leg bent at knee	leg bent forward	leg dangling	leg drawn up
leg extended backward	legs bent	legs crossed	legs dangling	legs drawn up
legs extended	legs spread	legs together	lifting	limp
listening	looking	lunging	lying	lying on side
measuring	mourning	mouth open	palm down	palm out
palm vertical	palms down	palms facing viewer	palms up	palms vertical
petrifying	planting	playing	plowing	pointing
praying	prone	pulling	pursuing	pushing
reaching	reading	reclining	rescuing	resuscitating
riding	right foot	rigid	rising	rocking
running	sailing	scalp	sculpting	seen from behind
serpent-coiled	sheathing	shooting	shoulder	shoulders
singing	sitting	sitting cross-legged	sleeping	smiling
speaking	spine	spinning	squatting	standing
straddling	strangling	stretched	striding	stroking
supine	supplicating	supporting	swimming	taking
teaching	thigh	throwing	tiptoe	touching
twisted	upside down	vegetating	walking	weaving
whipping	winding	writing

Clothing and Other Attributes
abdomen	anger	armor	aura	bald
bat-eared	bat-winged	beard	belt	blind
blindfolded	boots	breasts	breeches	buckle
bun	cannibalism	chained	cloak	cloth
coat	curly hair	dark-skinned	dead	despair
disease	disembowelment	dismembered	drapery	drowned
ear	eating	ecstasy	emaciated	erotic
exhausted	face	famine	fainting	fear
fibres	flame-like hair	flesh	forelock	genitals
gown	grief	head	headless	hair
hair standing on end	halo	hem	hood	intestine
lap	laurels	loincloth	long hair	meekness
melancholy	muscular	nerves	nude	old
pain	pants	partly nude	pity	ribs
robe	sacrifice	sandal	scarf	severed head
shackled	shirt	shoes	short hair	shroud
sinews	skeleton	skirt	skull	snake-like
stigmata	stockings	surprise	swaddled	tail
tarsus	tears	teeth	terror	tights
tongue	torture	upper body	veil	veins
wing	womb	young

Animal


ant	antenna	ass	bat	barking
beak	bee	beetle	Behemoth	bird
butterfly	cat	caterpillar	centipede	chrysalis
coiled	cow	crab	crane	crest
cuckoo	deer	dog	dove	dragon
dragonfly	duck	eagle	eel	emmet
fin	fish	flock	fly	flying
fox	frog	fur	glow-worm	grasshopper
grazing	hawk	hoof	horn	hornet
horse	inch-worm	insect	Leviathan	lion
lizard	locust	mammal	mane	moth
mouse	owl	ox	oyster	parrot
paw	peacock	perching	pig	polypus
preying	ram	rearing	reticulated	robin
rooster	scales	scorpion	serpent	sheep
shrimp	skin	snail	snake	sparrow
spider	squirrel	stag	starfish	stork
swan	tail	talon	tiger	toad
unicorn	whelk	wolf	worm	wyvern

Vegetation

acorn	amaryllis	anemone	anemone pulsatilla	anthropomorphic
apple	arching	barren	berry	birch
blight	blossom	branch	bud	catchfly
catkin	corpse-plant	cypress	date	Dodecatheon
fallen	fig	flame-like	flower	fruit
gloriosa superba	grain	grain stem	grain tassel	grape
grass	hedge	indeterminate	intertwined	ivy
leaf	leafless	lichens	lily	Lilly of Havilah
loop	mandrake	marigold	Meadia	monotropa
mushroom	moss	oak	palm	pasqueflower
petal	pine	plant	pomegranate	poppy
reed	root	rose	St. Bernard's Lily	seaweed
snake-like	stamen	stump	sunflower	thistle
thorn	thyme	tree	Tree of Jesse	trunk
vallisneria spiralis	vine	wilderness	willow

Object

altar	anvil	air	apron	ark
Arnon	arrow	Atlantic	backpack	bag
ball	bank	banner	barn	basket
bat	beads	beams of light	bed	bell
bellows	bier	birdbath	blanket	blood
blotch	boat	book	Book of Brass	bow
bowl	bracelet	bread	Britain	brush
bubbles	bundle	Caithness	candlestick	cannon
cannonball	carpet	cave	chain	Chain of Jealousy
chair	Chaldea	chalice	chaos	chariot
circle	city	cliff	clothing	cloud
coal	coffin	coffin lid	cog	coil
coin	collar	comb	comet	compasses
constellation	couch	crack	cradle	crescent
cross	crown	crutch	curtain	cymbal
dagger	dark	darkness	dart	decalogue
diagram	distaff	dividers	door	Dover
Durness	earring	earth	eclipse	effigy
egg	etching needle	eye	eye socket	feather
Felpham	fire	flag	flagpole	fleur-de-lis
furnace	geometry	glass	globe	goblet
graphite pencil	grave	graver	graveyard	haft
hail	hammer	handle	harness	harp
hat	heaven	Hebrew letters	hell	hieroglyphic
hill	hinge	hook	hoop	horn
inscription	iron	island	jewelry	key
kite	knife	knot	ladder	lake
Lambeth	lamp	leash	light	lightning
line	liquid	London	Lizard Point	lyre
mandolin	manger	mantel	map	marble
mark	mat	moon	mound	mountain
nail	necklace	nest	net	Net of Religion
night	note (musical)	Old Testament	open	Orion's belt
page	pair of balances	palette	palmette	paper
path	pearl	pedestal	pen	peninsula
Pentland	pickax	picture	pillow	pipe
pitcher	plague	plain	planet	plate
Pleiades	plinth	plow	plume	poison
pole	pot	purse	quill	quiver
racquet	radiance	rain	rainbow	rein
ring	river	road	rocker	rod
rope	sand	scales	scepter	scissors
scroll	scythe	sea	sea of time and space	seat
serpentine	shackle	shadow	sheath	sheet
shell	shepherd's crook	shield	ship	shoe
shore	shuttle	shuttlecock	skein	skull
sky	sleet	smoke	snow	soot
spear	spectacles	sphere	spike	spiky
spindle	spinning wheel	spiral	staff	star
star of Bethlehem	statue	stick	stone	stool
storm	straw	stream	streams of gore	string
stripe	sun	sunrise	sunset	sword
table	tablet	tambourine	text	thread
throne	tongs	trace	trilithon	tombstone
triangle	trumpet	Ulro	valley	vapor
vase	Venus	vial	void	wake
walking stick	water	waterfall	water spout	waves
web	weight	wheel	whip	whirlwind
wicker	wig	will o' the wisp	wind	wine
wing	wood	yoke	York

Structure

altar	arch	beam	brick	building
cell	chamber	chimney	church	classical art
cottage	dome	door	facade	fence
fireplace	floor	garden	Gothic art	grate
house	hut	lintel	London Stone	menhir
mine	pilaster	pillar	plinth	post
prison	pyramid	rafter	roof	room
ruin	St. Paul's Cathedral	spire	stable	stairs
step	Stonehenge	street	temple	tent
tomb	tomb canopy	tombstone	tower	tracery
trilithon	tunnel	turret	wall	Westminster Abbey
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