. Diversions of a naturalist . Natural history. MORE AS TO THE BARNACtE AND GOOSE 131 the great mother—" Nature "—as Astarte or Aphrodite risen from the foam of the sea. Being sailors and fishermen, marine life was even more familiar to them than that of the land, and they placed little models of. Fig. 14.—Fanciful designsiy Mykensean artists, showing change of the cuttle- fish (octopus or "poulpe") into a bull's head and other shapes. a. Octopus drawn on a goblet from Crete, the arms reduced to two, the eyes detached, b and c, Bull's head variations of the octopus, from de
. Diversions of a naturalist . Natural history. MORE AS TO THE BARNACtE AND GOOSE 131 the great mother—" Nature "—as Astarte or Aphrodite risen from the foam of the sea. Being sailors and fishermen, marine life was even more familiar to them than that of the land, and they placed little models of. Fig. 14.—Fanciful designsiy Mykensean artists, showing change of the cuttle- fish (octopus or "poulpe") into a bull's head and other shapes. a. Octopus drawn on a goblet from Crete, the arms reduced to two, the eyes detached, b and c, Bull's head variations of the octopus, from designs found at Knban in the Caucasus. d. Spiral treatment of the arms of the octopus (a pose actually seen in living specimens). e, f. Human faces painted on Cretan jars across the whole width of the neck, the design being derived from the octopus with detached eyes as in Fig. a. Such designs survive long after their origin is forgotten, as (according to M. Houssay) the legend of the barnacle and the goose survived two thousand years after the Mykensean drawings assimilating one to the other had been forgotten. sea animals as votive offerings in the temples of the great mother, and also honoured her in decorating their pottery with marine creatures. The little fish. Hippo- campus, called the sea-horse, the sea-urchin, the octopus, the argonaut and its floating cradle, the sea-anemone,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. New York : Macmillan Co.
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