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Nikokaro
Nikokaro
What do you mean? The symbols I think correspond to the gods mentioned...On the pentagram I can't say. All that for what reason? Then, that seems to me the image of a devil in the medieval Christian imagination, not a latin mythological character...
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Creamu
It is weird. Because the Caduceus is clearly there, and thats rather unusual for a medieval Chrisitian fabrication. So this is a strong clue that the creator had a greko/roman understanding of symbolism.

Caduceus, deception and controlling of public debate.
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Creamu
So if the connection of Mercury/Caduceus is so clear, it's not far fetched to look for other roman symbology.


Moon is usually connected to Diana (although she is the sister of Apollo and in early depiction shown as a sun goddess)
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Creamu
The fire is then clealy connected to Vulcan.


The blood (I assume) is connected to wine (drinking the blood of jesus) and therefore connected to Bacchus god of wine (and chaos).
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Creamu
The goat motive leads me to believe that there is a connection to

Saturn, Pan, Satyr


If you see something I don't see let me know. I believe this is a counter part to the celestial gods Apollo, Jupiter, Mars which don't appear at all.
Nikokaro
Nikokaro
Medieval writers (mostly friars, nurtured in Latin-Greek culture) explicitly associated the infernal demons with Pan, Satyr, Faun, Lupercus, goat, because of the connection of these with drunkenness, brutality, bestiality, unrestrained orgiastic sexuality.
Nikokaro
Nikokaro
Excuse me, but I'm going to sleep. And tomorrow morning I have to take my car to the mechanic since it won't start. Heck. :ohnoes:
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Creamu
I wish you all the best, that your car will be fix without much hassle.

Thank you for you insight. If there are other things that come to your mind let me know.
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Creamu
'Pan, Satyr, Faun, Lupercus, goat, because of the connection of these with drunkenness, brutality, bestiality, unrestrained orgiastic sexuality.'

This seems to describe a bacchus-cult.
Nikokaro
Nikokaro
I noticed now the female breasts (thus the temptress and sinful woman, in medieval ecclesiastical thought) and "solve"(dissolve) and "coagula"(gather) indicating the alchemical process: dissolve the vile, crude, material to create the noble, supreme, spiritual.
Nikokaro
Nikokaro
The wings recall the Jewish conception of an angel. But they are black; thus a fallen angel (Lucifer?).
Or in mythology there is Icarus, who rising near the sun burns his wings (thus turned black): this symbolizes human conceit.