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Originally Posted by Stan S.
Why peacock feathers? And always why 2 (as opposed to 1 or 3 or 57 feathers)? Sorry to derail...  |
Hi Stan
not easy to create a derailment ... with feathers
why peacock feathers ? because it's a Persian tradition, see explanations below, extracted from Internet
In Babylonia and Persia the Peacock is seen as a guardian to royalty,
and is often seen in engravings upon the thrones of royalty.
also
(quote on/Wikipedia sources)The
Peacock Throne, called Takht-e Tāvus (Persian: تخت طاووس) in Persian,
is the name originally given to a Mughal throne of India,
which was later adopted and used to describe the thrones of the Persian emperors from Nader Shah Afshari and
erroneously to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi whose throne was a reconstruction of the Achemenid throne. (quote off/Wikipedia sources)
Personally, I put back to back, two feathers, so that all sides it is good sense
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Dom