Please Help ID Carved Horn Deities

JISX · 14th August 2024, 10:48 PM

Understandable. Sometimes depicted wearing no garb at all such as in this 17th C. Hindu painting and bronze statue in, Nepal.

My figure also appears to be wearing a serpent necklace.

Whatever these figures are or intended to be, I don't believe they're just monkeys. There's something more to them. JMHO

Rick · 16th August 2024, 08:33 PM

I agree.
Both the monkey and the turtle are included in various aspects of Hinduism.
The one with the serpent is most likely Hanuman wrestling the Naga.

14th August 2024, 10:48 PM	#1
JISX Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 10	Understandable. Sometimes depicted wearing no garb at all such as in this 17th C. Hindu painting and bronze statue in, Nepal. My figure also appears to be wearing a serpent necklace. Whatever these figures are or intended to be, I don't believe they're just monkeys. There's something more to them. JMHO Attached Images

16th August 2024, 08:33 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	I agree. Both the monkey and the turtle are included in various aspects of Hinduism. The one with the serpent is most likely Hanuman wrestling the Naga.