• How does the inverse of aging impact the storytelling? What is its purpose?
• Discuss the symbolism of the mythology and historical allusions. (ie, what does Ceres represent?)

n. Abacea plant, with large heart-shaped leaves, very short stem and edible tubers, grown in low and humid lands

adj. blurred

n. antique seller

v. pursue

n. Hawksbill seed

adj. having really close knees but with legs that spread out at an angle.

n. poverty house

adj. shaggy

n. greyhound

n. hound (dog)

adj. tiger patterened

adj. unbuttoned

n. Easter

n. Embroidery in gold or silver, which was worn as a badge by the soldiers, ministers and other high officials in the uniform sleeves.

n. A state decoration such as a medal or the insignia of an order, that is awarded by a sovereign state to honor the recipient.

adj. sparkling

n. firefighters as they are known in Cuba.

n. Saint Melchior, or Melichior, was purportedly one of the Biblical Magi along with Caspar and Balthazar who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Melchior was often referred to as the oldest member of the Magi. He was traditionally called the King of Persia and brought the gift of gold to Jesus.

adj. juicy

n. castrated male cow; one usually found on Christmas nativity scenes

n. wells

n. Denis of Paris;Saint Denis was a legendary 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint. According to his hagiographies, he was bishop of Paris in the third century and, together with his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius, was martyred for his faith by decapitation.

n. donkey; one usually found on Christmas nativity scenes

n. the (Three) Wise Men or (Three) Kings, were, in the Gospel of Matthew and Christian tradition, a group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

n. The typical virgin on a manger is usually one with a sky blue mantel. In Cuba, the Virgin most commonly associated with the Virgin of Charity.

n. Lamb that the Israelites were commanded to eat with peculiar rites as part of the Passover celebration. It has always been the constant belief in the Christian tradition that the Paschal Lamb prefigured symbolically Christ, "the Lamb of God," who redeemed the world through the shedding of his Blood, and particularly at the feast of the Eucharist, or new Easter.

v. to tread

n. cracked sidewalk

n. cholera; an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and muscle cramps may also occur

n. basil

v. to whisper

n. spines on the back

n. armored bug

n. ghost

n. Astronomical instrument, composed of a vertical rod and a plane or horizontal circle, which was used to determine the azimuth and height of the Sun.

n. a type of early photography.

n. a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy. In his natural philosophy, he differed from the schools on two major points: first, he rejected the splitting of corporeal substance into matter and form; second, he rejected any appeal to final ends, divine or natural, in explaining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God's act of creation.

n. an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. Bacon has been called the father of empiricism. His works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. Most importantly, he argued this could be achieved by use of a sceptical and methodical approach whereby scientists aim to avoid misleading themselves.

n. an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis.

n. an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, in the north of Classical Greece. Along with Plato, Aristotle is considered the "Father of Western Philosophy"

n. an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large (quarto) volumes written between 1749–1804 by the Comte de Buffon, and continued in eight more volumes after his death by his colleagues, led by Bernard Germain de Lacépède. The books cover what was known of the "natural sciences" at the time, including what would now be called material science, physics, chemistry and technology as well as the natural history of animals.

n. Ostrich

n. ecumenical assembly of peplos

n. the domines

n. one of the oldest educational institutions of Zaragoza, Spain

v. to bring to a stop

n. dandruff

n. a frock-coat

n. the one who grants the last wishes of the one who is passing away, guarding their assets and giving them the corresponding destination according to the inheritance.

n. notary

n. Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory.

n. goldsmith

n. Adornment of ribbons with which the mane of the horse is trained.

n. in music; an interval of five tones, three majors, two minors,

n. sugar cane juice

n. mist

n. strong odor used for perfumes

n. a flower; poinsettia

n. reddish rumps (from the leather attached to the horse and carriage)

n. carriages

n. screen

n. redness as from embarrassment

n. bundles

n. tangle

n. bodice

n. crushed silk

n. petticoat

n. temples of the head

n. chamber

n. long, thick wax candles

n. a good place to hide oneself or hide something.

n. a type of early photography

n. served as Pope from 27 November 399 to his death in 401.

n. damask tassels

n. knob of medicine

n. the flame in the middle of a fire, candle, or lit object

n. lonic scroll

n. hunger

adj. with the likeness of a baluster.

adj. sticky

n. palms

n. Container made of tinplate or other materials, usually conical in shape, in which the oil is stored for various uses.

n. pulleys

n. mute

n. a Bishop's pastoral staff

adj. wide eyed

adj. mossy

n. grain from which bread is made

n. faded peplo

n. Roman Mythology. Goddess of agriculture, grain, crops, fertility and motherly relationships.

n. heads

n. tarsal bone

n. denticle

n. garlands

n. Set consisting of moldings that serves as the finishing touch of a construction.

n. Each one of the prisms that crown the walls of the old fortresses to shelter in them the defenders.

n. limes and plasters

n. masonry

n. cooked clay

n. roof tiles

n. snooping

n. scaffolding