14-02-2020, 08:52 PM
(14-02-2020, 06:22 PM)-JKP- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Koen, did you notice that the animal-root on the left has something that looks like legs and a tail, while the one on the right doesn't look as much like legs, it's almost more like the feathers of a chicken tail? It's like it's two different animals...
Yeah, the animals are tricky. I am very happy that at least this root is clearly symbolic, so there can be no discussion about pareidolia...
When I was thinking about this plant before, several people had been likening these animals to lions, and for some reason this stuck in my mind even though they don't look like lions at all.
The one on the right is almost certainly a horse (or related animal). The way the front legs bend, the curve in the belly, the shape of the tail, the neck... Only the hind legs are a bit unclear, but if this is the same one who did the bulls in the Zodiac section...
The left animal is harder. I am not sure whether the differences are intentional or just because they wanted to fill the horizontal space. It still appears to have 4 legs but I agree they look less convincing. Still I see similar shapes, and the hind legs bend correctly for a horse.
I am not up to date on medieval stallion stereotypes, but nowadays they are synonymous with virility, which may explain (to some extent) the fifth limbs...