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I've often wondered if the "pipes" (which many have equated to the elements) represent the humors (bile, blood, etc.).

Western designations were usually black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm but I imagine there were other systems relating to bodily fluids (and there are five pipes, not four).


The stuff coming out of them looks more like elements (water, air, fire, earth, and possibly spirit/ether) but... maybe something biological was intended.