12-01-2025, 06:03 PM
Some randomish thoughts on the female figure.
I don't see rosaries, I see garlands.
I have thought before that she exhibits age on one side with the stick, youth on the other side with the floral garlands.
I just looked up synonyms for garland: chaplet, coronal, lei, wreath. Interestingly enough, the first got me immediately back to rosary (but different, has less beads, different prayers). Seems like more than coincidence that the two are conflated, although that doesn't necessarily confer youth or age, but it does add to the ambiguity.
But if there is both youth and age, it could be hecate/demeter/kore, although again I don't know what that would mean in the context of the page, seasons, agriculture, while the others display other aspects of the world, perhaps? A link to the 3 fates with their threads?
Beyond their aesthetic appeal, garlands have long held symbolic significance. In various cultures, these festive loops represent unity, continuity, and the cyclical nature of life.
I don't see rosaries, I see garlands.
I have thought before that she exhibits age on one side with the stick, youth on the other side with the floral garlands.
I just looked up synonyms for garland: chaplet, coronal, lei, wreath. Interestingly enough, the first got me immediately back to rosary (but different, has less beads, different prayers). Seems like more than coincidence that the two are conflated, although that doesn't necessarily confer youth or age, but it does add to the ambiguity.
But if there is both youth and age, it could be hecate/demeter/kore, although again I don't know what that would mean in the context of the page, seasons, agriculture, while the others display other aspects of the world, perhaps? A link to the 3 fates with their threads?
Beyond their aesthetic appeal, garlands have long held symbolic significance. In various cultures, these festive loops represent unity, continuity, and the cyclical nature of life.


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