Comments on: The Identity of the Island Statue http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/ A place to write and read Lost Theories Thu, 17 May 2012 19:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MightyEide http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/#comment-19337 MightyEide Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:17:24 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5682#comment-19337 missalex99, the cross with a handle the statue is holding is called an Ankh. It is a very prominent symbol in mythology and represents life. missalex99, the cross with a handle the statue is holding is called an Ankh. It is a very prominent symbol in mythology and represents life.

]]> By: missalex99 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/#comment-19245 missalex99 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:12:49 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5682#comment-19245 What do the crosses that the statue is holding mean? Isn't it the same one that Paul had? What do the crosses that the statue is holding mean? Isn’t it the same one that Paul had?

]]> By: Holdem Caulfield http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/#comment-17730 Holdem Caulfield Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:59:17 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5682#comment-17730 ok, so I admit, I am most likely wrong and it is Tawaret. We'll see. ok, so I admit, I am most likely wrong and it is Tawaret. We’ll see.

]]> By: Holdem Caulfield http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/#comment-17722 Holdem Caulfield Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:42:49 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5682#comment-17722 MightyEide I will agree there is no way to tell for sure, my wife pointed out the same thing about the ears. It just doesn't seem fat enough to be Tawaret, the ankh looks different and I know some one else somewhere said maybe its Sobek, but it doesn't have the proper headdress to be him and his story does not fit at all, Id be more likely to go with Tawaret than sobek given the pregnancy thing, which again, i will agree that fits in with the island and the show also. It is too hard for me to say which, but if i had to bet, I'd bet Anubis. I do think there is no way any of us will be able to figure out exactly what is going on until the very last episode... at least I Hope so... and i think that is why we are all so hooked. MightyEide I will agree there is no way to tell for sure, my wife pointed out the same thing about the ears. It just doesn’t seem fat enough to be Tawaret, the ankh looks different and I know some one else somewhere said maybe its Sobek, but it doesn’t have the proper headdress to be him and his story does not fit at all, Id be more likely to go with Tawaret than sobek given the pregnancy thing, which again, i will agree that fits in with the island and the show also. It is too hard for me to say which, but if i had to bet, I’d bet Anubis.

I do think there is no way any of us will be able to figure out exactly what is going on until the very last episode… at least I Hope so… and i think that is why we are all so hooked.

]]> By: MightyEide http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/#comment-17709 MightyEide Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:45:46 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5682#comment-17709 Holdem, I am familiar with Anubis but I'm not so sure that he is the island statue. Anubis has the head of a jackal, and from what we can tell by the season 5 finale, the island statue probably has the head of a crocodile. The angle of the shot is undoubtedly ambiguous, but for me the give away are the ears. In pictures we have of Anubis his ears are tall and perked up like a jackal, but the island statues ears are tiny in comparison to the rest of the head. Anubis does appear in the hieroglyphs found in the temple though... http://www.scottking.info/Pics/lostglyphs.jpg I'm not convinced that the deity in the last picture is the same as the one represented by the statue. There are too many obvious differences in their appearance. Holdem, I am familiar with Anubis but I’m not so sure that he is the island statue. Anubis has the head of a jackal, and from what we can tell by the season 5 finale, the island statue probably has the head of a crocodile. The angle of the shot is undoubtedly ambiguous, but for me the give away are the ears. In pictures we have of Anubis his ears are tall and perked up like a jackal, but the island statues ears are tiny in comparison to the rest of the head. Anubis does appear in the hieroglyphs found in the temple though…

http://www.scottking.info/Pics/lostglyphs.jpg

I’m not convinced that the deity in the last picture is the same as the one represented by the statue. There are too many obvious differences in their appearance.

]]> By: Holdem Caulfield http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/#comment-17637 Holdem Caulfield Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:33:48 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5682#comment-17637 Hey, definitely some nice thoughts. I believe I know which Egyptian god the statue is. It is Anubis. start with this :http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/newplastic_folder/plastoy/PLASTOY_EGYPTIAN_GODS.gif then look at this one: http://api.ning.com/files/QTH1Ov9r7UR3UV*rJ6bjkJ0tYpSD-SaTFte1*4952YmwlhzeFJmBOrvnsEQqG8zktLtJkD3dwa*dc0R4EyyiHSskstPehOv6/Anubis.jpg then Wiki Anubis. If you start to think it is Anubis and not the other two you mentioned then it actually does make some sense. Anubis was known for embalming the dead and the mummification process. He was the god to protect the dead and bring them to the afterlife. Oddly enough, the Egyptians believed when you died your heart was weighed against the "Feather of Truth" to determine your worthiness of an afterlife... well, Anubis was the one that did the weighing. And I think that makes a whole lot of sense in the context of lost. I had posted some stuff about this in another thread, you can see it here: http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/05/jacob-ra-the-light-nirvana-nemesis-esau-apep-darkness/#comment-17636 Lastly, I would not rule out the incident as destroying it, because we know at the end of season 2 when Jack, Kate and Sawyer go to meet the others and they sail by it, that it is in its present form. Which Ben would have had to have seen, or at the very least, have gotten word from the others. not sure, maybe i missed something, somewhere. Hope this helps. Hey, definitely some nice thoughts. I believe I know which Egyptian god the statue is. It is Anubis.
start with this :http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/newplastic_folder/plastoy/PLASTOY_EGYPTIAN_GODS.gif

then look at this one: http://api.ning.com/files/QTH1Ov9r7UR3UV*rJ6bjkJ0tYpSD-SaTFte1*4952YmwlhzeFJmBOrvnsEQqG8zktLtJkD3dwa*dc0R4EyyiHSskstPehOv6/Anubis.jpg

then Wiki Anubis. If you start to think it is Anubis and not the other two you mentioned then it actually does make some sense. Anubis was known for embalming the dead and the mummification process. He was the god to protect the dead and bring them to the afterlife. Oddly enough, the Egyptians believed when you died your heart was weighed against the “Feather of Truth” to determine your worthiness of an afterlife… well, Anubis was the one that did the weighing.

And I think that makes a whole lot of sense in the context of lost. I had posted some stuff about this in another thread, you can see it here: http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/05/jacob-ra-the-light-nirvana-nemesis-esau-apep-darkness/#comment-17636

Lastly, I would not rule out the incident as destroying it, because we know at the end of season 2 when Jack, Kate and Sawyer go to meet the others and they sail by it, that it is in its present form. Which Ben would have had to have seen, or at the very least, have gotten word from the others. not sure, maybe i missed something, somewhere.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: Devo http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/#comment-17510 Devo Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:51:31 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5682#comment-17510 I don't think The Incident could have destroyed the statue because it was obvious from Ben's reaction to Sun's Question about the statue that it had happened since Ben had last seen it. I don’t think The Incident could have destroyed the statue because it was obvious from Ben’s reaction to Sun’s Question about the statue that it had happened since Ben had last seen it.

]]> By: K2323 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/06/the-identity-of-the-island-statue/#comment-17457 K2323 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:39:17 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5682#comment-17457 Nice find. Very nice. Nice find. Very nice.

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