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ID: 300438572
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300438572

 

Record Type: concept
kirins (legendary beings, Animalia (kingdom), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Fabulous beasts of composite form in Buddhist and other Japanese and Chinese art; in typical examples, they have the head of a dragon, body and legs of a stag or horse, tail of an ox or lion, single horn on the forehead, and parti-colored or scaly body.
 
Terms:
kirins (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
kirin (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
kilins (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of living organisms (entities)
........ living organisms (entities) (G)
Hierarchy of Eukaryota (domain)
............ Eukaryota (domain) (G)
Hierarchy of Animalia (kingdom)
................ Animalia (kingdom) (G)
Hierarchy of legendary beings
.................... legendary beings (G)
Hierarchy of kirins
........................ kirins (G)

Sources and Contributors:
kilins............  [VP]
.................  Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
kirin............  [VP]
..............  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
kirins............  [VP Preferred]
.................  Beer, Tibetan Buddhist Symbols (2003)
.................  Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
.................  Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)

 

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