Garab/Talibong with deity hilt

[JeffS]

Originally Posted by David

I suspect it is very much the same kind of classifications. When these have figural hilts they seem to generally be considered "monster" hilts and while yours is indeed distinctive, given the appearance, with a fanged grin and bulging eyes i would place my money on demon over deity all day.

Agreed, given a choice between a demon or a god, I would select demon. What I was getting at is that I don't think such a distinction is typically made with these mythological beings. For example, Bakunawa which is commonly attributed (on this forum) to horned and fanged pommel heads has characteristics of both - being very monster like but also a celestial being.