#hill figure

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The Marree Man, a mysterious geoglyph, discovered in the Australian outback in 1998.

It was "five times larger than the largest drawing at Nazca in Peru, 24 times larger than the largest English chalk hill carving, and 50 times larger than any portrayal of the human form. It appears to be the world’s largest work of art.” 

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A pilgrimage. Communing with the ancestors at the Uffington White Horse while a red kite wheeled above us.

"Behold, a pale horse..."

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view of the hill figure near Boxholm on Ard Skellig

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Wiltshire (2) (3) by Ruth Leach

Via Flickr:

(1) Westbury White Horse (2) (3) Roundway Hill, Devizes     

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White Horse of Uffington, Uffington, Oxfordshire, England,

The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure 110 m (360 ft) long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk.

The figure has long been presumed to date to "the later prehistory” – the Iron Age (800 BC–AD 100) or the late Bronze Age (1000–700 BC). 

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The Cerne Abbas Giant, an Ancient Hill Figure near Dorset, England. Find out more about the "Rude-Man". 👇

The oldest record of The Giant dates back to 1694 when the Church Warden of the area recorded that 3 shillings were paid for "Repairing ye Giant", which were restorative works on the figure. However, along with other famous Hill Figures - such as the Uffington White Horse at 3000 years old - the giant is thought to be much older. 

The figure stands at 55m tall (180ft), holds a club in its right hand and sports an 11m (36ft) erection. The image is created from trenches cut in the turf that have been backfilled with chalk.

If The Giant is much older than the oldest record shows (which is thought to be the case), then there are multiple theories for its existence: ⠀

First, it could represent the ancient Celtic god Nodens, who was worshipped by the tribe who lived in Dorset at the time. Evidence for this is mainly from a Celtic-era Bronze Handle found near the site that depicts a naked man on the handle, with a marked relationship in the drawing style. This is also bolstered by the fact that close to the site there are ruins that are thought to be Iron-Age temples, and that the area has been a source of religious significance for centuries.

Another theory is that The Giant could be the hero Hercules. Hercules himself is often depicted as a warrior with a lion skin draped over his shoulder, and scientific tests at the site show evidence of a cloak draped over the shoulder of The Giant, that since has vanished due to a lack of upkeep. Depictions of Hercules and other club wielding warriors were common around Britain during the Roman occupation, especially during the reign of Emperor Commodus as he himself thought he was the second-coming of Hercules, reviving the revelry and admiration for the Hero as a result. ⠀

Image Via BBC and Matt Cardy

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The Cerne Abbas Giant, a hill figure in Dorset, England. Dating from the 17th century, maybe, the chalk figure’s origins are a bit of a mystery. Possibly it depicts Hercules.

The top image is a 1790 drawing by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, the bottom image is my own photo, taken in 2014 (on June 5, 17:59, according to my Photos app). It was very hard to get a good, clear photo of the figure, but it didn’t matter: I was there, alone, with the kind of weird thing that feeds my soul.

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Japanese Rice Field Art