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Found on the Camino near Portomarin.
It has the French FB Forum wondering ....
It has the French FB Forum wondering ....
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Can't stop smiling at this. Thank you, Bradypus - you nailed it!I think it may be the new name for "the author formerly known as Brierley"
LOL....I thought the same thing......House Lannister, I'd guess!!Looks like something you'd see in Game of Thrones!
Found on the Camino near Portomarin.
It has the French FB Forum wondering ....
Found on the Camino near Portomarin.
It has the French FB Forum wondering ....
Going through my photos today and found another symbol. Clearly by the same person. Somewhere between Estella and Navarette. Pretty sure around the 18 km mark before Logrono. Many hundreds of kilometres from Portomarin. Up market grafitti? The design is etched into the stone so someone has out a lot of work into them.Found on the Camino near Portomarin.
It has the French FB Forum wondering ....
I'd describe both stones as boulders. Not even the most penetant would attempt to carry either to Cruz de Ferro. Symbol is definitely not ancient. I wonder if the stones were put in place after the symbols had been added elsewhere? I wished I'd paid more attention to their surroudings. I'm guessing the aim of the sculptor(?) is to generate just this sort of speculation but whoever did them has put a lot of time and effort into them.Intriguing. I can't tell from the photo how large and heavy the stone is but wondered: if the symbol is ancient/valuable it would haven been nicked by now .... I did not notice it but then I miss a lot of stuff along the way.
Perhaps Dan Brown is planning a new mega bestseller and this already in preparation of a later marketing plan?
Maybe the artist had misgivings and is now on a 'Gilt' tripI came across it as well , it seemed to have been recently treated to some gold gilt work .
You might not be far from the truth there Katharina During captivity, Israelites would have become familiar with the griffin image. Both Persians and Assyrians decorated with images of this magical beast. Images of two griffins drinking from a flaming cup were common in the Persian religion, Zorastrianism. Later, the Crusaders, coming across this image, would be reminded of the Eucharist and the cup of fire became associated with the Holy Grail.Next best seller waiting to happen???????Intriguing. I can't tell from the photo how large and heavy the stone is but wondered: if the symbol were ancient/valuable it would have been nicked by now .... I did not notice it but then I miss a lot of stuff along the way.
Perhaps Dan Brown is planning a new mega bestseller and this already in preparation of a later marketing plan?
Not the same design but clearly the same style. They remind me of certain types of runes.Going through my photos today and found another symbol. Clearly by the same person. Somewhere between Estella and Navarette. Pretty sure around the 18 km mark before Logrono. Many hundreds of kilometres from Portomarin. Up market grafitti? The design is etched into the stone so someone has out a lot of work into them.
This time happily a better photo than my last one.
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The blog entry that I quoted earlier dates from October 2016 so I guess these stones with these chiseled and gilded images must have been there since 2016 and most likely earlier. Very few people seem to notice them or seem to be bothered by them. Judging by the photos, they don't seem to be attention seeking.I've seen these a few times in early 2018 near Paradela. In 2019 I noticed one leaving Torres del Rio. Evocative and interesting but there is plenty of that type of graffiti. Not sure how chiseling into a stone and painting in it and taking a permanent marker to it are any different. I 'value' one over but...
I've seen these as a topic with other pilgrims in the winter and also on FB and here several times over the last couple of years. One gentlemen was sure they were ancient Templar carvings. I think they are noticed but with all of the other eye catching things they just become part of the noise. I've photographed each one that I have seen as I do find them interesting. The ones that I remember from Galicia were carved not in rocks but in large slabs of bedrock.The blog entry that I quoted earlier dates from October 2016 so I guess these stones with these chiseled and gilded images must have been there since 2016 and most likely earlier. Very few people seem to notice them or seem to be bothered by them.
Perhaps when it is not immediately recognisable as graffiti? I think there is another forum thread about what we now know is contemporary rock art but I couldn't find it. People who noticed these gilded stone carvings are wondering what they are, who made them, how old they are ...Interesting pictures - but when does graffiti become art?
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