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Post by chimera on Apr 24, 2016 1:44:05 GMT
Hullo
The female Chimera was a male goat with lioness body , probably the symbol of Cimmerians who attacked Assyria in 8th century BCE. Later the Greek hero rode his flying horse Pegasus and gave Chimera a hard time. Zeus threw her mother Echidna into mount Etna volcano which is prohibited by EU regulations . Turkey has Chimera as a burning gas vent at Mount Olympias in Lycia. I think she is the Uffington "horse" carved in chalk in England around 7th century BCE or earlier and became the Scottish unicorn . Do you agree?
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Post by donq on Apr 24, 2016 5:50:58 GMT
Hi Chimera, Greeting and welcome to the forum. Okay. Agree. (This is just to say that I don't know much about Greek mythology. lol) Urh...hope you are this one, right?   ![]() |
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Post by chimera on Apr 24, 2016 7:08:52 GMT
Hi donq,
The lion with " goat in the middle" could be "goat's body " and so goat-head with horns. This is more logical for a war-symbol than having a goat-head sitting on the backbone . Marduk in Babylon had the goat-horned beast with lion-paws . I can't get images to show either..
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Post by donq on Apr 24, 2016 7:53:08 GMT
Ah! this one, right?  P.S. You seem to live in the same time zone with me. |
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Post by chimera on Apr 24, 2016 8:17:34 GMT
click on this: Mušḫuššu wikipedia
Marduk Wikipedia
The Cambridge Ancient History: Plates
books.google.com.au/books?isbn=0521242894
1984 - Antiquities
Bronze terminal cast as a dragon's head for fitting to a composite statue or a piece of furniture. ... (Paris, Louvre. ... in Babylon (where it was found in the German excavations) in the sixth century B.C. (Berlin, Staatliche Museen (East) VA Bab.
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