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Re: Of Snakes, Massacres, and Talking Donkeys
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lugnet.build.ancient
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Mon, 12 May 2003 17:15:12 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> > Great work, as always.
> > I like the bronze snake design, but I think it's historically
> > inaccurate--I think the real snake was supposed to be life-sized.
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> Is there some Biblical support for the snake being life-sized?
I had this notion that it was placed in the Ark, but can't find any reference
to such (maybe I was mixing Aaron's staff with the staff with the snake?).
Maybe I'm getting my impression from some classical painting?
> In support of the snake being significantly larger than life-size, much
> later in 2 Kings 18, we learn that the bronze seprent Moses had built is
> still around, and has a name: Nehushtan.
Actually that would argue for a smaller snake to me. They obviously took this
thing with them, which would not be easy if it was a large statue.
> I don't know if
> stripes are all that anachronistic or not.
> .... so if you think of them as fitted striped
> shirts, it does seem a little odd.
I guess that's it. Those torsos just scream "Pirate" to me.
> > Great town, btw. That gives me hope for when I finally build Minas
> > Tirith that I can get away with simpler designs.
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> I don't know what Minas Tirith is
Big city in the final portion of Lord of the Rings. It's where Boromir came
from.
Great job.
Bruce
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| (...) Hey, Bruce. I never tire of hearing that. @8^) (...) Yeah, balancing the snakes on their sides makes them look a little more aggressive. They kept falling over, though. (...) Is there some Biblical support for the snake being life-sized? I'll (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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