24-08-2016, 07:43 PM
Anton!
Your deer suggestion makes more sense than you may expect. I am as sure as one can get in the context of the Voynich that these three plants refer to the labors of Hercules.
The subject plant is Cerberos (dancing dog because he was dragged into the sunlight for the first time and started vomiting because it caused him extreme discomfort). That you see curtseying in it may be relevant - at this point in the story, Cerberos has willingly submitted himself to Hercules.
The plant to the right is the Hydra, with many heads cut off (limp necks and various appendages) and two remaining.
I had always taken the plant to the left to represent Hercules himself, though the pose always struck me as strange and I could not make sense of how any name for Heracles connected to the label. If you say it might be a deer, though.....
![[Image: 800px-Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28...%29_03.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_03.jpg/800px-Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_03.jpg)
Your deer suggestion makes more sense than you may expect. I am as sure as one can get in the context of the Voynich that these three plants refer to the labors of Hercules.
The subject plant is Cerberos (dancing dog because he was dragged into the sunlight for the first time and started vomiting because it caused him extreme discomfort). That you see curtseying in it may be relevant - at this point in the story, Cerberos has willingly submitted himself to Hercules.
The plant to the right is the Hydra, with many heads cut off (limp necks and various appendages) and two remaining.
I had always taken the plant to the left to represent Hercules himself, though the pose always struck me as strange and I could not make sense of how any name for Heracles connected to the label. If you say it might be a deer, though.....