Nimbi <g>

[Benjamin]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Jen wrote on the main list:
> 
> > There was no god Nimbus, but
> >the word is also used to refer to the circle behinds the heads of 
> >gods
> >or holy persons in (just Christian?) iconography.
> 
> This circle appears in Buddhist iconography too.  I don't know if 
> scholars of Buddhist art call it a nimbus, but it looks the same 
and 
> has more or less the same meaning as in Christianity.
> 
> Amy Z

Isn't it a type of plane too? (presumably they got the name from 
iconography) I think it is used as an airborne early warning system 
(useful for spotting enemy missiles/planes/ducks)

-Ben.