Until the end of the 18th century, talion provided the rationale for such corporal punishments as flogging, branding, mutilation, the stock, and the pillory. |
But it is to be questioned whether the rule of talion is the right one for the Kabyles. |
Resurrected from death and inextricably linked to a Wraith Spirit, Talion ventures on a quest of vengeance and discovery to unearth why he has been denied the peace of death. |
Talion is revived from the dead between the events of the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. |
The protagonist, a ranger named Talion, is killed in the prologue, but his corpse is reanimated by an angry spirit named Celebrimbor. |
We're witnessing the demise of talion, the English word that describes punishment meted out to match the offense. |