Featured Mythological Parian or Bisque figure group

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by blooey, Jan 28, 2020.

  1. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    And it is very doubtful even that one post gets registered as 'best answer'. People have hit the 'best answer' button for quite a few of my posts, but none of them have been recorded.:rolleyes: It is a useless option.:(
     
  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

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    Bronwen Well-Known Member

  4. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    And as pedantic as ever. The goat is not to be confused with Amalthea, who nurtured Jupiter.
     
  6. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Perfect!
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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  8. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    After watching that for 30 seconds, I need a nap!!! Thank you, ma'am. ;)
     
  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    :hilarious:
    So it is therapeutic?:playful:
    Don't watch it for too long. Unless you want to take a nap of course.:yawn:
     
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  10. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    I read, earlier on in my quest that the goat was associated with Mercury, so it seemed natural to see it in place in the scene ...after reading your last post I revisited the Wikipedia page where I read about the association:

    Mercury had essentially the same aspects as Hermes, wearing winged shoes (talaria) and a winged hat (petasos), and carrying the caduceus, a herald's staff with two entwined snakes that was Apollo's gift to Hermes. He was often accompanied by a cockerel, herald of the new day, a ram or goat, symbolizing fertility, and a tortoise, referring to Mercury's legendary invention of the lyre from a tortoise shell.
     
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  11. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    As I remember my mythology textbook, Hermes was originally a god of herds/fertility/increase but mutated into a messenger of the gods, patron of travelers & thieves. In your group I think the goat is there as a way of indicating the rustic setting where nymphs dwell & lonely goatherds hang out.

    As far as I know snakes on his staff are an error caused by confusion with the staff of Asklepios, which has a single snake coiled around it. The caduceus is the staff of a herald/messenger, & has ribbons. I have never encountered a tale of Apollo giving it to him. (But I should look it up.)

    He is seen with a cockerel more than the other & it represents him symbolically. Have never found an explanation for the association. The 2 I can invent are that the rooster is a herald of the new day & the story of Hermes being conceived, gestated & born in the course of a single night, being born at dawn.

    Hermes brooch in cock-drawn car.JPG

    The tortoise may also refer to his changing Chelone into one:

    Mercury Chelone 2.JPG

    Mercury Chelone 1.JPG
     
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