Belt
The belt may either be worn as protection (like the chastity belt, being an allegory
of virginity and implying the defensive morals of a person, 'the girding of the
loins') or as decoration, but it is a lasting image of civilian and religious
apparel throughout time. It may also be considered a symbol of deprivation or
restriction, as in the monk's knotted rope, a notion which has been popularized
with the expression "tightening one's belt." A belt may also signify strength,
as it did with the Norse thunder god Thor, who�s strength doubled when he wore
his. When associated with Venus, takes on erotic, fetish sense, especially with
its location on the body -- a girl, wearing her belt twisted is in love.
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