A most unusual haladie for comment

drac2k · 2nd February 2016, 02:09 PM

Now that you have posted examples, I can see the similarities of the weapons; mine being the crudest of the lot.
What was the significance of the Thugges putting their victims eyes out? Was it religious , ritualistic or punitive ?

kronckew · 2nd February 2016, 02:18 PM

the eye was a window to the soul

also a window to the brain, a thrust thru the eye into the brain thru a fairly thin layer of bone would kill quickly and relatively bloodlessly, what little did ooze out after the victim died and the heart stops before you then pulled out the dagger would drop into the well, followed by the body. anywhere else may have cut an artery or vein and it might spurt a fair distance while they died.

drac2k · 2nd February 2016, 03:01 PM

Very interesting and based on the drawing it makes sense; the heads are held over the well and as you say, any small drops of blood would have been dissipated in the water. Thanks for the answer.

2nd February 2016, 02:09 PM	#1
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	Now that you have posted examples, I can see the similarities of the weapons; mine being the crudest of the lot. What was the significance of the Thugges putting their victims eyes out? Was it religious , ritualistic or punitive ?

2nd February 2016, 02:18 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	the eye was a window to the soul also a window to the brain, a thrust thru the eye into the brain thru a fairly thin layer of bone would kill quickly and relatively bloodlessly, what little did ooze out after the victim died and the heart stops before you then pulled out the dagger would drop into the well, followed by the body. anywhere else may have cut an artery or vein and it might spurt a fair distance while they died.

2nd February 2016, 03:01 PM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	Very interesting and based on the drawing it makes sense; the heads are held over the well and as you say, any small drops of blood would have been dissipated in the water. Thanks for the answer.