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The Nile Goddess reaches for the Stars and "Draws Down the Moon" with the graceful crescent-sweep of her arms. The hook-shaped hands of this goddess from early Egypt (a people who called themselves the Kemi) symbolize regeneration, an evocative image of the life-death-life principle of reincarnation. The Mother Goddess in late Neolithic times was equated with bird and animal life; her birdlike head is suggestive of later death-bringing vulture goddesses such as Neith and Mut. (The Kemian word mother, in fact, was depicted by the vulture hieroglyph.) Here in one evocative image of life-death-life is shown the core of Kemian wisdom, the principle of reincarnation. An uplifting and inspiring addition to your home or office.
[Brooklyn Museum, predynastic era] Brown fading to Grey Resin. #N
see also: Eyptian items
see also: Goddess and Modern items
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