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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 400454, member: 5833"]I see him as a priest. I can't tell for certain whether the shaft is meant to go all the way down to the ground; it would then look like a bident, a symbol of Hades. It looks more to me like it just has a short handle. I don't recognize it as any actual ancient ritual item but will observe that a crescent moon is one of Diana's symbols & that's how it first struck me. It's not entirely out of keeping to have the goddess present at a sacrifice in her own temple. The modeler(s) behind these played rather fast & loose with the conventions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 400454, member: 5833"]I see him as a priest. I can't tell for certain whether the shaft is meant to go all the way down to the ground; it would then look like a bident, a symbol of Hades. It looks more to me like it just has a short handle. I don't recognize it as any actual ancient ritual item but will observe that a crescent moon is one of Diana's symbols & that's how it first struck me. It's not entirely out of keeping to have the goddess present at a sacrifice in her own temple. The modeler(s) behind these played rather fast & loose with the conventions.[/QUOTE]
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