ekorre > 08-08-2021, 04:06 PM
bi3mw > 08-08-2021, 04:44 PM
Linda > 08-08-2021, 05:14 PM
ekorre > 08-08-2021, 05:49 PM
(08-08-2021, 05:14 PM)Linda Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think animals in the vms seem pretty realistc with a couple of possibilities of not being as they seem.
I have thought that the animals on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are representative of the various natures of animals, ie reptiles found in desert vs reptiles in water, mammals on land vs mammals in water. I like to think of it as the evolution page, with the big fish depositing the first human as per Anaximander's theory of origins where humans were incubated in fish mouths until the land was habitable for humans.
I think the gold colored one represents a dugong, manatee, dolfin, whale, or seal, being a mammal but with the head colored green like the water, located in the water, showing that it has taken back to it, possibly to avoid the desert. If this is so then it is a hint that the body of water is a sea, rather than a lake or a pond. To me it is a further expression of the idea that the earth used to be different and explains a bit about the diversity of life in general.
In particular, i think this is a representation of the Red Sea. I find it interesting that the placement of the fish matches the rift in the bottom of the sea, and how it turns to the shore at that point. The fish, if straightened, would also look like the sea itself with its double tail, and the facial feature would be the islands to the south that are otherwise represented by the animals. As it is, there is a double bump on the left (north) side indicating the gulfs on that end, while still remaining vague enough to be a pond full of animals. The spray on the hand of the nymph matches dried remains of water erosion in that area.
As to whether we are taking the drawings too literally, it depends on who "we" are and what "we" think the drawings are portraying, i guess. Which ones were you thinking of?
Anton > 08-08-2021, 06:23 PM
Ranceps > 08-08-2021, 08:38 PM
(08-08-2021, 05:14 PM)Linda Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think the gold colored one represents a dugong, manatee, dolfin, whale, or seal, being a mammal but with the head colored green like the water, located in the water, showing that it has taken back to it, possibly to avoid the desert. If this is so then it is a hint that the body of water is a sea, rather than a lake or a pond. To me it is a further expression of the idea that the earth used to be different and explains a bit about the diversity of life in general.
Linda > 08-08-2021, 09:50 PM
(08-08-2021, 08:38 PM)Ranceps Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.[quote="Linda" pid='46802' dateline='1628439262']
The animal you are mentioning doesn’t have a green head. The green color is from the other side of the folio.
IMHO, the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. animals can be seen as a heraldic manifestation of to me unknown Houses fighting over something. Your dolphin looks like a yellow lion/lioness to me.
Koen G > 08-08-2021, 11:02 PM
Linda > 09-08-2021, 06:38 AM