The statue and the cross
Ok, Im not going to lie, I havent read all the theories as of late, so I must say words that I normally hate, sorry if this has already been discussed. Nothing big here, unless it hasnt been brought up yet.
There has been a lot of talk lately on the statue, the possibility of it being Egyption. Honestly, I did not think this would go that way, but I may have found something else that further prooves this as true.
The cross that has been discussed, someone posted yesterday asking about it and Ive been digging. It turns out that like many cross symbols it carries different meanings. But the most popular i could find, is that it has an Egyption heritage. Here is info on the cross.
“Ankh Also known as the Key of the Nile, the Looped Tau Cross, and the Ansate Cross. It was an Ancient Egyptian symbol of life and fertility. Sometimes given a Latin name if it appears in specifically Christian contexts, such as the crux ansata (“handled cross”).”
Makes a lot of sense based on the situation at hand, especially with Juliet involved. Add the statue, and we might be on the road to pyramids, lol. I dnt know if theyll go that far, but it would be fun to see how. I did compare the frozen donkey wheel in another post as a sort of “wonder of the world”. It reminds me of a stonehenge, or egyption pyramid.
Let me know if this has been said yet, or if you think it is another link in the chain.
I think you hit gold with this one, AES!
As it turns out, the picture of Tawaret, who is the Goddess of maternity and childbirth, looks exactly like what we saw in last nights episode.
The writers like to play tricks on us! That is why we were given the rear view, I believe.
From Wikipedia;
As a protector, she often was shown with one arm resting on the sa symbol, which symbolized protection, and on occasion she carried an ankh, the symbol of life, or a knife, which would be used to threaten evil spirits.
Yeah, I realized the statue had an Ankh. And the ears suggest animal head, so naturally a lot of people familiar with Egyptian religion assumed an Egyptian God. I picked Anubis because that’s one of the Gods that has similar appearances in multiple religions/mythologies (i.e. Hades in Greek mythology). Kinda made my theory on Egypt/Greek mythologies tie a little better. Thanks for the extra evidence!
The cross is deinitely an ankh (life/fertility) and the statue definitely egyptian 🙂 My only problem is that a mobius crown like the one it is wearing and the cat’s ears would make it a manifestation of Tawaret, but the back is so wrong – it’s a man’s kilt (meaning it would be a male deity or person) and the pregnant belly really would change the shape, even from the back I think as it’s quite dramatic. Gutted. I think it will possibly end up just being used as a generic Egyptian statue which they will stick a Losty’s face on as a big surprise. But yes, an ankh symbolises life and rebirth. Well done 🙂
Oh, by the way, in Egytpian art you often see an ankh being held up to the nose of a mummy to symbolising life being breathed into it to reanimate it for the afterlife.
Sorry, I tend to write a post, then add another, then another comment, but here is a link to a picture of a god embuing eternal life to another via an ankh http://www.templestudy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ankhmouth.jpg
THanks for the reply..appreciate the feedback.