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personal beheading
Beheading of John the Baptist
The beheading of John the Baptist, also known as the decollation of Saint John the Baptist or the beheading of the Forerunner, is a biblical event commemorated as a holy day by various Christian churches.
Judith beheading Holofernes
The account of the beheading of Holofernes by Judith is given in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, and is the subject of many paintings and sculptures from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Beheading video
A beheading video is a video which depicts a live murder in which a hostage or victim is shown to be graphically decapitated, or the head is displayed in the aftermath.
Islamic State beheading incidents
Beheading game
The beheading game is a literary trope found in Irish mythology and medieval chivalric romance.
Beheading in Islam
Invitation to a Beheading
a novel by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov.
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