HAND BAGS OF THE GODS
TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS
Alice Black Gallery
SOHO LONDON UK 2020
TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS 2020 ALICE BLACK GALLERY
Handbag of the Gods'
In Mesopotamia there are recorded legends of a heroic bringer of civilisation to humanity, a being known as Adapa, Dagon or Oannes. This mythical figure is portrayed in several forms, a fish tailed man, an eagle headed man or a winged man, always carrying a bag in one hand. The strange deity was considered the founder of civilisation, emerging from the waters of the Persian Gulf and bringing with him the knowledge of writing, art and sciences.
On the other side of the world from ancient Mesopotamia at the Olmec sight of Leventa in Mexico one of the earliest representations of Quetzalcóatl is also carrying a hand bag of the gods and his role is also that of the bringer of knowledge. This
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