Right then there might some spoilers in here for anyone who hasn't seen the second episode of season 5 yet so....be warned.
Anyway I've been doing a little digging (now I've seen said pendant close up) as to what it might symbolise and was wondering if you all would care to help me. I haven't done much so far.
Anyway, this is what the pendant looks like up close:
Now as was pointed out to me before it looks like a sort of pagan symbol so I started here and quickly came up with this:
Granted the horns on it look a little off but the face is strangely similar. Apparently though this is the Great Horned one. A pagan god to be sure.
apparently according to the site I got the above picture from this God appears in:
Now to me this seems quite apt for dean. I mean
"the figure is celebrating what appears to be a hunt and wooing a woman."
Definately very Dean.
However this is just the first possibility I've come across. I'm going to try and search all mythologies to try and find a possible match. However, so far I think this is a real possibility. The only thing that would make me doubt is that "The Horned One" Is depicted usually as having stag like antlers whereas the ones on Deans Pendant clearly aren't.
Anyway I've been doing a little digging (now I've seen said pendant close up) as to what it might symbolise and was wondering if you all would care to help me. I haven't done much so far.
Anyway, this is what the pendant looks like up close:
Now as was pointed out to me before it looks like a sort of pagan symbol so I started here and quickly came up with this:
Granted the horns on it look a little off but the face is strangely similar. Apparently though this is the Great Horned one. A pagan god to be sure.
apparently according to the site I got the above picture from this God appears in:
Paintings discovered in the Caverne des Trois Freres at Ariege, France provides evidence of the first views of the Horned One. Depicted as a stag standing upright on hind legs with the upper body of a man, the figure is celebrating what appears to be a hunt and wooing a woman.
From some of the earliest myths come the union between the fertile Goddess and the triumphant phallus hunter, the Horned God. The more successful the tribal hunter in providing for his people, the greater his stature became. The more likely he would be the one chosen to impregnate the "Mother" of the tribe. Often seen as the High Priestess or at least a tribal woman who was touched by the goddess because of her prowess at becoming pregnant and extending the life of the tribe. Something that was needed during the days of ancient man, as life spans were short and death by illness or disease was common.
From some of the earliest myths come the union between the fertile Goddess and the triumphant phallus hunter, the Horned God. The more successful the tribal hunter in providing for his people, the greater his stature became. The more likely he would be the one chosen to impregnate the "Mother" of the tribe. Often seen as the High Priestess or at least a tribal woman who was touched by the goddess because of her prowess at becoming pregnant and extending the life of the tribe. Something that was needed during the days of ancient man, as life spans were short and death by illness or disease was common.
"the figure is celebrating what appears to be a hunt and wooing a woman."
Definately very Dean.
However this is just the first possibility I've come across. I'm going to try and search all mythologies to try and find a possible match. However, so far I think this is a real possibility. The only thing that would make me doubt is that "The Horned One" Is depicted usually as having stag like antlers whereas the ones on Deans Pendant clearly aren't.
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