Talismanic or just randomly placed copper dots

VVV · 2nd September 2008, 09:53 AM

Interesting piece, congratulations!
I also agree that they must have some meaning, even if we probably never really will know what.
Here are two suggestions that maybe(!) could be the case:

- Magic; to counter an enemy who has powers not to be hurt by steel by adding another metal in the blade.
- Symbolic leverage; by including 4 higher powers in the blade they will assist the owner in the fight. I don't know which 4 powers but the
most common ones are: the 4 archangels, the 4 rulers of the corners of the earth, the 4 elements, the 4 friends of the Prophet etc.

Just ideas, but based on ethnographic information collected in the same cultural area.

Michael

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2nd September 2008, 09:53 AM	#8
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Interesting piece, congratulations! I also agree that they must have some meaning, even if we probably never really will know what. Here are two suggestions that maybe(!) could be the case: - Magic; to counter an enemy who has powers not to be hurt by steel by adding another metal in the blade. - Symbolic leverage; by including 4 higher powers in the blade they will assist the owner in the fight. I don't know which 4 powers but the most common ones are: the 4 archangels, the 4 rulers of the corners of the earth, the 4 elements, the 4 friends of the Prophet etc. Just ideas, but based on ethnographic information collected in the same cultural area. Michael