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Subject: Re: Celestial Horse statue in Lodz
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 09:52:31 EDT


Hello,

Armorer's marks are also very similar to these. See the Sypniewski family
pages

Margaret
<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/9538/syptab.html">Sypniewski-Table of Contents</A>

<<In a message dated 5/7/01 9:50:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:


> All of this is true, and I would only add, that western US cattle brands
> often bear a close resemblance to Asian tamgas through sheer coincidence.
> It's inevitable, that simple combinations of intersecting curves, lines and
> dots will resemble each other even if they evolve completely independently
> in totally different cultures.
>
> >>> "Boris Jivoult" <> 05/05/01 06:15AM >>>
> Concerning the cavalry, we must not forget that the horses were present in
> west from the earlier prehistory (From cave paintings to Solutre rock) and
> that BC the German (Goths from Baltic ?) cavalry was used by Cesar himself
> against "Galli" who had a good one too. (All that before the Huns.)
> Some Celtic coins and Roman "bas -reliefs" represent Celtic horsemen in a
> very close way to your Lithuanian Knight !
> Concerning the Tamgi, their "universal family aspect" certainly comes from
> common technical reasons of wood, bone or stone (quick) carving :
> the same (simple) gesture/cause induces the same (geometrical/abstract)
> result.
>
> B.J.
>
>



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