Website review: Aardvarchaeology : Sacred Imagery o...
mrund discovered this in History
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mrund discovered 3 months ago- Dish rags with religious imagery!?
- jenjen1352 rated 3 months ago
- Apparently Swedish museums like to sell decorated dishcloths as souvenirs. With religious and or sacred female symbols on them. Rather antediluvian, no?
- AngelaHayden rated 3 months ago
- In the 5th through the 12th centuries, Gotland was home to a unique tradition of commemorative picture stones, comparable only to those of Pictland, with which they do not appear to have had any actual connection. The early stones are dominated by abstract imagery that has been compared to Visigothic Christian art in Spain, and may hint at an early influence of Arianic Christianity on the island. It is highly likely that the symbolism of these stones was strongly religious. And there, on my dish rag, was one of these sacred designs! Now, I'm a materialistic atheist, but I'd still find it in pretty poor taste if someone started to make dish rags with a picture of the Crucifixion or calligraphy of the Islamic creed. And the picture-stone dish rag is pretty much comparable to that.
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