Literary notes about RAM (AI summary)
The word "ram" is employed in literature with a remarkable range of meanings that span literal, symbolic, and onomastic uses. It appears as a real animal—often a sacrificial offering imbued with ritual significance in religious texts [1][2][3][4]—while simultaneously serving as a moniker for characters whose names evoke cultural or spiritual identity [5][6][7]. The animal’s fierce image also finds a place in heraldry and myth, symbolizing power and determination, as seen in its depiction on crests and in celestial references [8][9][10][11]. Additionally, the term extends to military contexts, describing the battering ram—a forceful tool designed to break through defenses—which underscores both the material and metaphorical strength associated with the word [12][13][14].
- And you shall offer a burnt sacrifice a holocaust to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old, without blemish: 28:20.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - He shall offer a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - And the holocaust that the prince shall offer to the Lord on the sabbath day, shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Ram Gopal arranged some torn blankets on the floor for my bed, and seated himself on a straw mat.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - " Ram Dass made a gesture with his hands.
— from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Ram Gopal was repeating the same thought which Sri Yukteswar had expressed at our last meeting.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - The Musimon is a fabulous animal with the body and feet of a goat and the head of a ram, with four horns.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - The quadrivalve speculum in the Naples Museum has each end of the crossbar tipped with a fine image of a ram’s head.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne - The ram's head will sometimes be found caboshed, as in the arms of Ritchie and Roberts.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - The Sun claims privilege in it, and it is under the celestial Ram.
— from The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper - Soon the Canadian announced that the craft was a big battleship, a double–decker ironclad complete with ram.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - We would put in a charge of powder, insert half a yard of fuse, pour in sand and gravel and ram it down, then light the fuse and run.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain - It is related that the battering ram for sieges was originally invented as follows.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio