The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.

A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.

A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate one's future destinies; a horoscope.

The Nativity (also known as the Berlin Tondo) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Masaccio, c. 1427-1428.

The Nativity (also known as Holy Night or as Adoration of the Shepherds) is a painting finished around 1529-1530 by the Italian painter Antonio da Correggio. It is housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.