《Roman Ocean God Statues and Fountains》

R049, 這艘比較像 HMS Bellerophon. 這艘才是Neptunn 海神 同 R48. (英國海軍戰列艦列表)

Hi s-Khoan, According to internet there were 9 ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean: The fist one was a 90-gun sail built in 1683. The latest ships include a battleship (1909) (Figs. R49 & R51) and a light cruiser (1933) (Fig. R48). Thus all your pics are ships of the same name but of the different generation and class. ^_^ ＜cenyer> HMS Neptune, British light cruiser (1933~1941); sunk in a minefield off Tripol BTW, there was a Swedish sub (1980) also called HMS Neptune.

V&A Museum houses a Neptune without a trident (R4) and a Diana without bow and arrow (R17). R18 >> 『It is seen that the Diana of R17 also not equipped with “bow and arrow”! And to equip, or not to equip, that is the question. 』 I think I didn’t make the statement clear enough again. The Diana (1778) by Joseph Nollekens in V&A Museum actually is holding an imaginary arrow and grip a solid center portion of a bow and therefore should be considered as “armed”. The rendition of holding the bow grip, instead of the whole piece, probably was inspired by the Diana of Versailles cresting the Fountain of Diana seen in the gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau which I revisited in the Summer:

The Fountain of Diana A marble copy of the Diana also be seen in Musée du Louvre, Paris. It is a Roman copy (1st or 2nd century AD) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, c. 325 BC.

If you ask why Diana statue often accompanied, besides hounds, with a stag. The disturbing myth of Diana and Actaeon(the Theban prince and mighty hunter)tells you why :『The goddess is observed by a young huntsman as she bathes naked in a stream. He stares in fascination and awe at “the most beautiful vision ever beheld by man”. But his harmless voyeurism leads to tragedy; Diana sees him and turns him instantly into a stag - a form in which he would never be able to tell anyone he had seen her naked. However, as luck would have it, his hunting dogs did not recognize their master in his new form, so they turned on him, hunted him down and tore him.』 This is one of many myths which unmasks the Greek male‘s fear of women (Medea and Atalanta are two others) - female beauty is not just there for his enjoyment - it has a power to trap and then destroy. Diana Punishes Actaeon by RICHARD L. MINNS

印度也是個多神教國度. 有個印度女神也是恐怖至極, 叫 Kali.

R57 >> “印度也是個多神教國度. 有個印度女神也是恐怖至極, 叫 Kali.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indeed this Kali is extremely fearsome and horridness. However, in the making of deities the Oriental images are seemingly more flexible and fascinating. One forms of blue skin Kali has 10 arms which carries trident and bow and arrow among other varieties of weapons. I like the later form in the light of having the equipments of Neptune and Diana’s. A wise and learned gentleman like s-Khoan san should gives us the readers more enlightenment about Indian Deities and Hinduism. These gods and goddesses and their stories must be of very interesting and enthralling. Thus far we have leaned Shiva and Kali; we expect to know lots more from you.

有關R2的神兵利器 ‘trident‘ 看來像pitchfork (草叉), 其實也不辱沒. Pitchfork 本身也是同等級的利器, Hades (宙斯的另一兄弟, 除了 Poseidon/Neptune 海神外), 就是使用這種武器. 下面顯示 三神兄弟分別使用的武器:

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