bident
Sign in to savethumb|Pluto holding a bident in a woodcut from the Gods and Goddesses series of Hendrick Goltzius (1588–1589)
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- Etymology
- Historical uses
- In mythology
- In art
- See also
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thumb|Pluto holding a bident in a woodcut from the Gods and Goddesses series of Hendrick Goltzius (1588–1589)
A bident is a two-pronged implement resembling a pitchfork. In Renaissance art, the bident is associated with the god Pluto.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bident” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.