• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medjed

    Mykola Tarasenko have argued that Medjed’s dome-like torso is either a shroud or a “shapeless body” that symbolizes the deity’s imperceptible nature, and Cariddi has proposed that Medjed’s prominent eyes and legs could signify that he can “see, move and act even though humans cannot perceive him”.

    In contrast, Bernard Bruyère and Terence DuQuesne have contended that Medjed is actually a personification of an oil jar, and that his red “belt” is actually a stylized lid fastener.

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    12 hours ago

    What if all characters depicted in hieroglyphs just look like that when facing forward?

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      19 hours ago

      This is somehow worst

      From the Wiki “I know the name of that smiter [i.e., Medjed] among them who belongs to the House of Osiris, who shoots with his eyes, yet is unseen. The sky is encircled with the fiery blast of his mouth and Hāpi makes report, yet he is unseen.[7]”

      seems i am not the only one who thinks his eyes are piercing