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RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - CaryR - 21-01-2021
The example of the Wise Virgins who hold their oil lamps up, in contrast to the Foolish Virgins who hold their lamps down, reminds me of something else I found- "Cautes and Cautopates" are a pair of torch-bearers found in Mithraic icons. One always holds a torch pointing upwards, and the other holds a torch pointing down. They're usually found alongside the god Mithras slaying a bull and other associated imagery called the Tauroctony.
This is completely unrelated to the wise/foolish virgins imagery in context and meaning, but it shares the motif of "pairs of figures with one torch held up and the other held down."
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - davidjackson - 21-01-2021
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - MarcoP - 09-03-2021
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - Koen G - 10-03-2021
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - MarcoP - 10-03-2021
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - proto57 - 11-03-2021
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - -JKP- - 11-03-2021
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - Koen G - 11-03-2021
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - RobGea - 11-03-2021
RE: The Thing as compared to the Other Thing - proto57 - 13-03-2021