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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 594080, member: 10171&quot;]having been a birder in earlier years, I focused on the species, and know &#039;quails&#039; universally have topknots... so...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]177092[/ATTACH]</p><p>the plate images look like geese to me... so I&#039;m in the anti-swan camp.&nbsp; The &#039;gods&#039; are listed above for which the goose is a passage vehicle...</p><p>Gayatri is a woman, as is Saraswati, and since that&#039;s a topless guy in the pic, not those goddesses...</p><p>Brahma is an old dude apparently... So I&#039;m going with Vishvakarma...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]177094[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>he&#039;s got the goose here too. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishvakarman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishvakarman" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishvakarman</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And he&#039;s being prayed to and is wearing Mardi Gras beads, so must be a really cool dude... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;used as an epithet for any supreme god<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishvakarman#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishvakarman#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> and as an attribute of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" rel="nofollow">Indra</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya" rel="nofollow">Sun</a>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Best I can do, but I think its a decent start.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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