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SciFi & Fantasy Art / Gallery 432 of 884 / Jay W.B. Hildybrant / Picture 60 of 74 / The Goddess

"The Goddess" by Jay W.B. Hildybrant

SF&F Picture 60 out of 74 by Jay W.B. Hildybrant

SciFi and Fantasy Art The Goddess by Jay W.B. Hildybrant


	This is how I pictured the personification of the Goddess one night. A lot of Eastern symbology in this one.

Date	Name	Comment
6 Jul 2005	Anika Stumpf	Loading... This is an interesting combination of different cultures. The celtic weaves, the indian-looking goddess and pose, the blond, nordic-looking hair... I like the way the weaves seem to reflect the light that emanates from the goddess. And the art-nouveau hair of both women is beautiful The outflowing hair of the goddess reminds me of one of the indian goddesses, the one with the many arms. I'm not familiar with any of the symbols, does the second woman have a special meaning? Jay W.B. Hildybrant replies: "Yes, the God Shiva, who has four arms, I personified him as female. In his left hand he holds a flame or a lamp which signifies the burning away of all things material. In his right hand he holds a drum, representing the ticking away of material time. I used these two symbols in the drawing. Good call Anika. The girl to the right is just there as the person meditating on this particular Goddess. Thanks Anika!"
14 Sep 2005	Melissa	Loading... Lovely job! I noticed the pose too.
11 Jul 2006	Meike de Nooy	Loading... IT looked like shova to me form the thumbnail.. funny how those things are engraved in peoples mind o recognise them so easily.. seems to have a lot of underlying thought this one.. Love the yellow, it is a hard colour to work with (in my experience)
25 Aug 2006	Lunar Strix	Loading... The drawing is so full of dancing and color, but the goddess has such a serious look on her face, it's very powerful, and very good coloring!
29 Oct 2006	Anonymous	Loading... It looks like the second person is closong her eyes in digust from seing a naked godess....But then she is naked too...Good drawing tho.
21 Sep 2008	Vineet Aggarwal	Loading... hey nice interpretation of the goddess... it reminds me of the Nataraj pose of Shiva.. its brilliantly done
23 Jul 2009	Jeanette M Thomas	Loading... Apparantly you know that in the evolution of the legend of Shiva there was a gender change. This is also a perfect depiction of Robert Graves’ White Goddess. Excerpted from his poem "In Dedication" with which he begins hs book -- "Whose broad high brow was white as any leper’s, Whose eyes were blue, with rowan-berry lips, With hair curled honey-colored to white hips."

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About 'The Goddess':

• Status: OK
• Created by:

Jay W.B. Hildybrant
• Copyright: ©Jay W.B. Hildybrant. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Ink, Celtic, Prisma, Color, Goddess
• Categories: Elf / Elves, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters, Woman, Women
• Techniques: Black Ink, Markers
• Submitted: 2005-06-06 23:53:06
• Views: 724
• Resolution: 587x700

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