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[rm]

sannion is looking for music relevant to Greco-Roman/Egyptian deities. Some of you can surely help him out. I personally want to see what people come up with. I feel like I should have answers, but I am so immersed in Nordic music lately that seems unlikely. Also, I'd be very curious to see if anyone comes up with anything Anubis-related that isn't a crappy goth tune (not that I object to crappy goth tunes, quite the contrary, but I'm familiar enough not to be curious).

Quasi-randomly, this prompts me to ask, what deity-type statues or things do you all have in your houses. It occurs to me that Patty and I have a Ganesha, an Anubis (these first two are both mine, and I realize, in a weird, inappropriate math way that Ganesh + Anubis sort of equals Hermes, who I've had an affinity for since I was really small), and (I think) at least two Buddhas (one is hers, and one is my Mizuko Jizo).

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[rm.livejournal.com]

I am envious of your heretical icon. That is exactly the sort of thing I'd love to stumble upon for the house at some point.

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

Well you, my dear, are in luck, because when I brought mine (which is a reproduction, not an original) home I researched it, and you can purchase your very own copy here.

I have the larger size and I recommend getting that one, else you will miss a lot of detail.

Adam and Eve are in the garden, standing beneath the tree. They are surrounded by the four archangels, and God is above them. There are a bunch of saints whose names I don't know, also in the frame.

The Serpent is in the tree. It wears a crown, and holds the Apple in its mouth; Eve is accepting the Apple from the Serpent's mouth.

This is a pretty unusual scenario to see in an Orthodox Christian artwork. I am thinking Bogomils or something similar infiltrated the local church. The original was painted on glass in Roumania.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you so much for the link. I really love that style of art and of course the context here is just too fabulous.

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I am totally in love with it, myself. I went to the festival not intending to buy anything, but this icon just drew me and I kept going back to stand in front of it mooning until R bought it so we could go home :)

I love the reverse perspective seen in traditional icons.