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Lot's wife
Lot's wife
Lot's wife is a person mentioned in the Book of Genesis who was turned into a pillar of salt for failing to heed the orders of the angels of deliverance from the city of Sodom."Lot's wife" may further refer to:-Geography:...

is a person mentioned in the Book of Genesis who was turned into a pillar of salt for failing to heed the orders of the angels of deliverance from the city of Sodom
Sodom
- Places :* Sodom and Gomorrah, infamous Biblical cities* Sodom, Ontario, Canada* Mount Sodom or Mount Sedom, Israel* Mount Sudum and valley near Lund Khwar, Pakistan Lund Khwar#Holy war against the Sikh* Winschoten or Sodom, Netherlands...

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"Lot's wife" may further refer to:

Geography

  • Lot's Wife pillar, a halite
    Halite
    Halite , commonly known as rock salt, is the mineral form of sodium chloride . Halite forms isometric crystals. The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, orange, yellow or gray depending on the amount and type of impurities...

     pillar on Mount Sodom by the Dead Sea in Israel
  • Lot's Wife (crag)
    Lot's Wife (crag)
    is a volcanic, deserted island located in the Philippine Sea approximately off the coast of Tokyo, in the southernmost tip of the Izu archipelago, Japan.-Geography:...

    , or Sofugan, a deserted Japanese island at the southernmost tip of the Izu
    Izu
    Izu may refer to:*Izu Province, a part of modern-day Shizuoka prefecture in Japan**Izu, a city in Shizuoka prefecture**The Izu Peninsula, near Tokyo***The Izu Islands, located off the Izu Peninsula...

     archipelago
  • Lot's Wife, a rock off the north coast of Gough Island
    Gough Island
    Gough Island , also known historically as Gonçalo Álvares or Diego Alvarez, is a volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha...

    , in the South Atlantic
  • Lot's Wife and Lot, rock formations that are part of the geography of Saint Helena
    Geography of Saint Helena
    Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about mid-way between South America and Africa, at the geographic coordinates . St Helena has a land area of 122 square kilometres and is part of a wider territory called Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Ascension...

    , in the South Atlantic
  • Lot's Wife, a chalk pillar once part of The Needles
    The Needles
    The Needles is a row of three distinctive stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, England, close to Alum Bay. The Needles lighthouse stands at the end of the formation...

     formation off the Isle of Wight, until its collapse in 1764
  • Lot's Wife, nickname of Long Ya Men
    Long Ya Men
    Long Ya Men or Dragon's Teeth Gate, a craggy granite outcrop, formerly stood at the gateway to Keppel Harbour in Singapore. The Long Ya Men served as navigational aids to ancient mariners sailing through the swift waters of the narrow channel between them...

    , a craggy granite outcrop in Keppel Harbour, Singapore, destroyed in 1848

Sculptures

  • Lot's Wife, an 1878 sculpture by Hamo Thornycroft
    Hamo Thornycroft
    Sir William "Hamo" Thornycroft, RA was a British sculptor, responsible for several London landmarks.-Biography:...

  • Lot's Wife, a 1958 sculpture by Moshe Ziffer
    Moshe Ziffer
    -Biography:Ziffer was born in 1902 in Przemyśl, Austro-Hungary. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1919. In 1924-33, he studied sculpture in Vienna, Berlin and Paris. Stone sculptures by Ziffer are on display at the campuses of Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ziffer...


Media

  • Lot's Wife, a student newspaper of Monash University's Clayton campus in Melbourne, Australia

Music

  • "Lot's Wife", a reggae song by Prince Alla
    Prince Alla
    Prince Alla aka Prince Allah or Ras Allah is a roots reggae singer whose career began in the 1960s, and has continued with a string of releases into the 2000s.-Biography:...

  • Lot's Wife, a 1980s musical composition by David Earl
    David Earl
    David Earl is a South African composer and pianist. He was educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School. He made his professional debut at the age of sixteen when he broadcast Bach, Chopin and Chabrier on the SABC. In 1968, he performed Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 1 with the Cape Town...

  • "Luscious Word (Lot's Wife)", a bonus track on the 1996 album All Under the Leaves, the Leaves of Life by Eyeless in Gaza (band)
    Eyeless in Gaza (band)
    Eyeless In Gaza are a Post-punk musical duo of Martyn Bates and Peter Becker, based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. They have described their music as "veer[ing] crazily from filmic ambiance to rock and pop, industrial funk to avant-folk styles." Formed in 1980, the group went into hiatus in...

  • Portland indie rock band The Thermals
    The Thermals
    The Thermals are an American indie punk band based in Portland, Oregon. The group was formed in 2002. With influences heavily rooted in both lo-fi punk, as well as more standard rock, the band's songs are also known for their political and religious imagery.- History :The Thermals came together in...

     reference this story on their 2007 A Pillar of Salt single.
  • Gang of Four (band)
    Gang of Four (band)
    Gang of Four are an English post-punk group from Leeds. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill...

    : "... remember Lot's wife...." in "Natural's not in It"

Television

  • "Would You Believe It?", 1981, first episode of the 4th series of "Tales of the Unexpected" (Episode Guide)

Theatre

  • "Lot's Wife", a song from the musical "Caroline, or Change" written by Tony Kushner.
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