Fatima
This is a spin-off of a discussion with Miss Yuko about a Brasilian version of the Lenormand deck.
This is the best I am finding. Too bad I had once links where the full deck could be seen in bigger size. Plus I think there is another one with nicer drawings even, but can't seem to find it right now.
http://www.acartomante.hpg.ig.com.br/sigcigano.htm
http://www.jampers.com/ciganos/baralho.html
Some of the cards carry symbols and meanings quite different from what the French tradition has. I'd be interested to study similarities and differences...
I find this whole talk of gypsies so fascinating, particularly because I lived one year in Spain, a country where there is an actual gypsy community and culture yet the Lenormand cards are not any more used than anywhere else, and your typical "gypsy" card reader will read you from the Baraja espanola, the spanish naipes.
Why is it that in Brasil, the whole gypsy theme got so strong?...
F.
This is the best I am finding. Too bad I had once links where the full deck could be seen in bigger size. Plus I think there is another one with nicer drawings even, but can't seem to find it right now.
http://www.acartomante.hpg.ig.com.br/sigcigano.htm
http://www.jampers.com/ciganos/baralho.html
Some of the cards carry symbols and meanings quite different from what the French tradition has. I'd be interested to study similarities and differences...
I find this whole talk of gypsies so fascinating, particularly because I lived one year in Spain, a country where there is an actual gypsy community and culture yet the Lenormand cards are not any more used than anywhere else, and your typical "gypsy" card reader will read you from the Baraja espanola, the spanish naipes.
Why is it that in Brasil, the whole gypsy theme got so strong?...
F.