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    In classical Roman religion, a genius loci (pl.: genii locorum) was the protective spirit of a place. It was often depicted in religious iconography as...
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    Genius Loci is a 2020 French animated short film by Adrien Merigeau. Renee, a young loner, sees a mythical oneness beneath the urban chaos one night....
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  • Genius Loci is a novel by Ben Aaronovitch, focusing on the early career of Bernice "Benny" Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the...
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  • designed by Tadao Ando, houses the Parang-i gallery. Ando also designed Genius Loci, home of the resort’s meditation hall and media art zone. Mario Botta...
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    individual place had a genius (genius loci) and so did powerful objects, such as volcanoes. The concept extended to some specifics: the genius of the theatre...
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  • ancient Rome, the genius (plural in Latin genii) was the guiding spirit or tutelary deity of a person, family (gens), or place (genius loci). Connotations...
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    resemblance. Scholars have stated that he is the spirit of a place, a genius loci. Old Tom Bombadil was a merry fellow; bright blue his jacket was and...
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  • when it began to be distinguished from ingenium in a discussion of the genius loci, or "spirit of the place". It was a way of discussing essence, in that...
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    such as the water nymph or mermaid, the earth being (terroir), the genius loci or guardian spirit of a location, the succubus who comes from the diabolical...
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  • Genius Loci and Other Tales is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by American writer Clark Ashton Smith. It was released...
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