08-02-2020, 03:44 PM
In my interpretation they personify places, or regions. They stand in for the habitable aspect of the places, the collective memory of civilisations, and as such are not one soul each, but each signifies a conglomerate of communities over time. Mother Earth and all her children all at once. Demeter, Persephone and Hecate's multiple personalities, in the form of water nymphs. Virgo is an earth sign, represented by the goddess of wheat and agriculture. Combined with the idea of water nymphs, this embodies what humans exist upon, hence what civilizations are ultimately made of, populated fertile land with access to water.
Clothing indicates wealth and culture, and also longstanding nature of habitation. Headresses appear to denote physical features of the landscape. I am still working on those, but so far i am starting to detect some commonalities that seem to work out. Poses reflect history, occupation, and connections to other regions. Length of hair represents connection to the sea, the longer the hair the more seafaring the culture. Male nymphs appear to occupy alternate access points, which may indicate barren land or strategic areas not necessarily populated by civilisations, per se, but more as crossroads used by travelers and traders.
Thus i think the female aspect reflects a duality of purity and fertility which relates to places and their ability to sustain life. The male aspects seem to hint toward concepts which develop in societies beyond the idea of community, ie economics and politics, for instance. I think they are all generally unclothed to remove indications of culture, and to indicate that the conglomerate of souls includes those throughout all time and not just known history, the shared commonality of clothing then, is is the birthday suit.
Clothing indicates wealth and culture, and also longstanding nature of habitation. Headresses appear to denote physical features of the landscape. I am still working on those, but so far i am starting to detect some commonalities that seem to work out. Poses reflect history, occupation, and connections to other regions. Length of hair represents connection to the sea, the longer the hair the more seafaring the culture. Male nymphs appear to occupy alternate access points, which may indicate barren land or strategic areas not necessarily populated by civilisations, per se, but more as crossroads used by travelers and traders.
Thus i think the female aspect reflects a duality of purity and fertility which relates to places and their ability to sustain life. The male aspects seem to hint toward concepts which develop in societies beyond the idea of community, ie economics and politics, for instance. I think they are all generally unclothed to remove indications of culture, and to indicate that the conglomerate of souls includes those throughout all time and not just known history, the shared commonality of clothing then, is is the birthday suit.