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Old 3rd July 2012, 05:41 AM   #5
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YOU MAY FIND THE INFORMATION YOU ARE LOOKING FOR EITHER IN THE HISTORY OF THE OLD KINGDOMS OR HINDU LEGENDS AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. BUT I TEND TO AGREE WITH JIM AND RICK THAT THE KERIS HANDLES I AM FAMILIAR WITH TEND TO REPRESENT HINDU GODS IN ONE OF THEIR VARIOUS ASPECTS OR WAYANG CHARACTERS MOST OF WHICH ARE ALSO GODS OR BEINGS WITH SUPERNATURAL POWERS. THE HORSE SHOWS UP USUALLY IN ABSTRACT FORM AS DO GOD FIGURES DUE TO ISLAMIC LAW. SO ITS LIKELY ACTUAL LIVING PEOPLE UNLESS THEY WERE CONSIDERED DIETYS WILL NOT APPEAR ON TRADITIONAL HANDLES. BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT APPEAR ON A FANTASY KERIS HANDLE IF SUCH ARE BEING MADE PERHAPS BATMAN, ECT.
THE KEEPING OF HUMAN ODDITIES IN HIGH COURTS WAS WIDE SPREAD FROM EUROPE, ASIA , THE ORIENT AND ANCIENT AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS. OFTEN THERE IS A BELIEF OF A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE UN-NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL. SOMETIMES THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE ARE RESPECTED AND CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK AND OTHER TIMES EVIL AND ARE DESTROYED OR DRIVEN OUT. GOOD LUCK ON YOUR QUEST.
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