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Post by bobdoc on May 6, 2009 12:46:44 GMT -4
Michael and TPTB shared some big new details about the four toed statue that will be revealed on the show soon. From www.tvguidemagazine.com/lost/lost-statue-unmasked-841.htmlLost fans will see the last angle of the ancient, Goliath four-toed statue on the two-hour May 13 season finale. “You’ve seen its foot. You’ve seen its back,” says exec producer Damon Lindelof. Now at long last, the face will be revealed. Michael Emerson, who plays Benjamin Linus, hopped on the computer and did some research of his own after he realized that the same figure is represented on wall carvings in the island’s underground temple. “She’s Taweret, the goddess of childbirth,” concludes Michael, referencing the pregnant, hippo-headed Egyptian deity. “That dovetails in pretty well with our themes, wouldn’t you say?” says Michael, who also discovered that whom Taweret mates with, and when, is of great relevance. |
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Post by Nuala on May 6, 2009 13:16:42 GMT -4
 OMG!!!! Finally! * rushes to google egyptian gods* i was hoping to see Richard's face in that statue... cause, you know how ppl have been saying about his eyes and his allegedly eyeliner, and i thought: "In what culture did men use eyeliner? EGYPT!!!!" 
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Post by Nuala on May 6, 2009 14:06:22 GMT -4
i found an image, here. Looks similar... |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2009 14:50:09 GMT -4
If that statue doesn't have eyeliner, some fans are going to VERY P.O.'d
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Post by Belle MacFarlane on May 7, 2009 12:07:18 GMT -4
Who she mates with is important? Quick! To Google! Okay, so I found this on the Lostpedia forum: According to "The Book of the Dead", Taweret guarded the paths to the mountains of the west which led to the underworld and could also use magic to help the deceased pass safely through that dangerous and frightening land.
WHO SHE MATES WITH
1. She was ocassionally (usually in older texts) described as the demon-wife of Apep who lived in the norther sky.
2. One myth (reported by Plutarch) claimed that Taweret was the concubine of Set but that she was loyal to Horus.
3. She was also described as the wife of Sobek
4. She was frequently described as the wife of Bes
5. One of the most popular festivals (called Ipet or Opet) celebrated her marriage to Amun
Set was the embodiment of disorder and chaos while Horus was the embodiment of order.
APEP
Apep (Aphopis) was the ancient spirit of evil, darkness and destruction who threatened to destroy the sun god Ra as he travelled though the underworld (or sky) at night.
SET
Set was a storm god associated with strange and frightening events such as eclipses, thunderstorms and earthquakes. He also represented the desert and, by extension, the foreign lands beyond the desert. His glyph appears in the Egyptian words for "turmoil", "confusion", "illness", "storm" and "rage". He was considered to be very strong but dangerous, and strange. However, he was not always considered to be an evil being. He was a friend of the dead, helping them to ascend to heaven on his ladder.
SOBEK
Sobek was a god of the Nile who brought fertility to the land. As well as being a force for creation, he was seen as an unpredictable deity who sometimes allied himself with the forces of Chaos.
AMUN
Amun was associated with a number of animals, whose form he sometimes took in inscriptions. Originally he was depicted as a goose and given the epithet the "Great Cackler" (like Geb). It was also thought that he could regenerate himself by becoming a snake and shedding his skin. However, he was most frequently depicted as a Ram, a symbol of fertility.
BES
Bes was a complex being who was both a deity and a demonic fighter. He was a god of war, yet he was also a patron of childbirth.
WHEN SHE MATES
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OMG!!!! Finally!
