Mi-Shell
Hi everyone!
A couple of days ago I got a PM from a participant in this study group about the historical authenticity of the swords on the cards...
It read in part:
Where will I find information about the hilts/pummels of the swords? and I would like to know more about the plants as pertaining to Druids. I use Scott Cunningham's magical herb book but only on the plants I can identify.
............
So I did some digging in those books of mine and thought I might as well post the results here.
I hope that is ok with the moderators - if not -toss the thread!
Swords:
Aside from the artistic license and creative impulses the deck creator had there are some pretty close matches found in archaeological diggs:
Short swords like the one the Queen of swords and Justice usually made from iron and had a bronze hilt with a triple ball design or an anthropomorphic figure = human-like or human-animal-like design sometimes with gold inlay.
the inlay of the one in the scan was a sun and a moon in gold.
The Saarburg sword has a human on the handle and some gold overlay.
On the 8 of swords and the 9 of swords we see one like it.
The Queen of swords has the short form.....
Then there is the design of the sword from the Kirkburn dig that we find in the ace of swords, the 4 of swords and the 8 of swords.....
And last but not least a scan from a hoard found in the Themse river and a drawing how the user would have looked.....
I am sure other interested parties will find more parallels!
As to the question about the plants..... any insights????
A couple of days ago I got a PM from a participant in this study group about the historical authenticity of the swords on the cards...
It read in part:
Where will I find information about the hilts/pummels of the swords? and I would like to know more about the plants as pertaining to Druids. I use Scott Cunningham's magical herb book but only on the plants I can identify.
............
So I did some digging in those books of mine and thought I might as well post the results here.
I hope that is ok with the moderators - if not -toss the thread!
Swords:
Aside from the artistic license and creative impulses the deck creator had there are some pretty close matches found in archaeological diggs:
Short swords like the one the Queen of swords and Justice usually made from iron and had a bronze hilt with a triple ball design or an anthropomorphic figure = human-like or human-animal-like design sometimes with gold inlay.
the inlay of the one in the scan was a sun and a moon in gold.
The Saarburg sword has a human on the handle and some gold overlay.
On the 8 of swords and the 9 of swords we see one like it.
The Queen of swords has the short form.....
Then there is the design of the sword from the Kirkburn dig that we find in the ace of swords, the 4 of swords and the 8 of swords.....
And last but not least a scan from a hoard found in the Themse river and a drawing how the user would have looked.....
I am sure other interested parties will find more parallels!
As to the question about the plants..... any insights????