Headless
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| - | [[Image:Blemmyes (legendary creatures).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Blemmyes (legendary creatures)|Blemmyes]] from [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'' ([[1493]])]] | + | [[Image:Blemmyes (legendary creatures).jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Blemmyes (legendary creatures)|Blemmyes]] from [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'' ([[1493]])]] |
| - | [[Image:Two Bodyheads by Paul Rumsey.jpg|thumb|right|''Two Bodyheads'' ([[2003]]) by [[Paul Rumsey]]]] | + | [[Image:Salome, c. 1530 - Cranach.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Salome (Cranach)|Salome]]'', c. [[1530]] - [[Cranach]], [[Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest]]]] |
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| '''Headless''' means [[without]] a [[head]], either in the physical sense of [[decapitation]] or [[figuratively]] without [[leadership]]. | '''Headless''' means [[without]] a [[head]], either in the physical sense of [[decapitation]] or [[figuratively]] without [[leadership]]. | ||
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| * [[Acephali]] | * [[Acephali]] | ||
| * [[Decapitation]] | * [[Decapitation]] | ||
| - | *[[Independent body parts]] | + | * [[Independent body parts]] |
| - | * [[Blemmyes]], headless [[humanoid]] creatures | + | * [[Headless men|Blemmyes]], headless [[humanoid]] creatures |
| - | * [[The Headless Horseman]] | + | * [[Headless Horseman]] |
| - | *[[Saint Denis]] | + | *[[Denis]] |
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Headless means without a head, either in the physical sense of decapitation or figuratively without leadership.
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See also
- Acéphale
- Acephali
- Decapitation
- Independent body parts
- Blemmyes, headless humanoid creatures
- Headless Horseman
- Denis
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