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scheppingskracht

Definitions of scheppingskracht
  1. noun
    the ability to create
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    examples:
    marsmannetje
    imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
    geldgod
    (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit
    Sint-Nicolaas
    the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
    Pegasus
    (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
    Heracles
    (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
    Pandora
    (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils
    Ajax
    a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad
    Medea
    (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
    Odysseus
    (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey
    Achilles
    a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
    pierrot
    a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
    hoofdpersoon
    the principal character in a work of fiction
    Python
    (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi
    types:
    creativiteit, reproductievermogen, reproduktievermogen, voortplantingsvermogen
    the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
    droomgezicht, fantasie, imaginatie, verbeelding, verbeeldingskracht, visioen, voorstellingsvermogen
    the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
    innovatie
    the creation of something in the mind
    wereld
    a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
    type of:
    kunnen, macht, potentie, solvabiliteit, vermogen
    possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
  2. noun
    the power of creative imagination
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