Maiden
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| + | [[Image:Ill-Matched Lovers (Quentin Matsys).jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Ill-Matched Lovers (Quentin Matsys)|Ill-Matched Lovers]]'' (c. 1520/1525) by [[Quentin Matsys]]]] | ||
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| '''Maiden''' may refer to: | '''Maiden''' may refer to: | ||
| - | * A [[female virgin]] (athough originally referring to [[male]] virgins as well) or to any young woman. | + | * A [[female virgin]] (athough originally referring to [[male]] virgins as well) or to any [[young]] [[woman]]. |
| * The first of the three aspects of the [[Triple Goddess]]. | * The first of the three aspects of the [[Triple Goddess]]. | ||
| * An [[Iron maiden (torture device)|iron maiden]], a torture device. | * An [[Iron maiden (torture device)|iron maiden]], a torture device. | ||
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Maiden may refer to:
- A female virgin (athough originally referring to male virgins as well) or to any young woman.
- The first of the three aspects of the Triple Goddess.
- An iron maiden, a torture device.
- "New, fresh, first." For example: "maiden voyage" and "maiden speech" (also called "first speech"), a figurative sense first recorded in 1555.
- Death and the maiden, a theme in visual art.
- The Maiden in the Tower, a trope in fairy tales
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