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Yunnan Holy Gemu Mountain Goddess

 

Gemu Mountain Goddess in the distance — Yugu Lake, Yunnan

Elevation – 37o metres

 

The lush Yunnan province, in the far eastern foothills of the Himalayas, is said to have as much flowering plant diversity as the rest of the Northern Hemisphere put together. The camellia is the floral emblem of the province, holding the same place in the hearts of its people as the kumquat and peach fruits do in other parts of China. The sacred Gemu Mountain graces the edge of the pristine, deep azure blue Lugu Lake (also known as the Mother Lake} and serenely stretching along its sierra in the form of a woman in a sublime respose, resides a mountain Deity on her lofty throne. This was recognized by the ancient Tibetan tribes of the Mosuos as a good omen for the region and especially because of their matrilineal traditon, they were encouraged to adopt this secluded location for settlement.

To this day in this remote utopian encleve, they still hold annual celebrations for the remarkable Gemu Mountain Goddess on the seventh moon of the lunar calender, with music, dancing and circumnabulations of the mountain, to honour her as their protectress and venerate her as a feminine fertility symbol and for a healthy harvests of their crops. Their deep reverence being transported from a diistant past that reaches into times where the forces of nature ruled their instinctive perception and behaviour.

 

 

Mosuo women celebrate the Mountain Worship Festival-(also-known-as-zhuanshanjie)-near-Lugu-Lake

Mosuo women celebrate the Mountain Worship Festival (known as Zhuanshanjie)

Lugu Lake

 

 

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Mosuo women celebration of the Mountain Goddess

 

 

Gemu Mountain — Lugu Lake

 

 

Mosuoa girls in a field of flowers

Valley of flowers at Yunnan

 

Yunnan bird

 

 

Chen Yongle---Yunnan Art School painting

Chen Yongle—reduction block print

Yunnan Art School painting

 

 

Chen Yongle---reduction block print

Chen Yongle—reduction block print

 

 

More goddess icons and feminine archetypes

 

 

Jean-Alexandre-Joseph---Falguièreexpan----Bust-Of-Diana-19th--Century

Jean Alexandre Joseph—Falguièreexpan—-‘Bust Of Diana’

19th Century

 

Kim Mccombs-clay sculpture

Kim Mccombs

 

 

Glass pillar deity sculpture — Cottesloe Beach, WA

 

Dancing Marie Louise Fuller---Amphora

Dancing Marie Louise Fuller—Amphora

 

Europa, Pan and Dionysis1995 - Barocca

Europa, Pan and Dionysis — Barocca

France, 1995

 

 

Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Ginbari Adachi Kinjiro Vase

 

 

 ‘The Musik’ by Gustaf Klimt

 

 

Shift of Consciousness-Sculpture by Egor Zigura

‘Shift of Consciousness’  – Sculpture by Egor Zigura

 

 

Reflection-female nude sculpture

Feminine Reflection – French female nude sculpture

 

 

Frank W. Benson---Summer (1890)

Frank W. Benson— ‘Summer’

1890

 

 

Indinginous girls at Opera House

Indinginous girls at Sydney Opera House

 

 

Alexande Archipenko,-Woman in Fur,1936

Alexande Archipenko,- ‘Woman in Fur’

1936

 

Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuse-Hebe and the Eagle of Zeus--

Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuse – ‘Hebe and the Eagle of Zeus’

As the Goddess of Youth, she was the cupbearer who filled the nectar bowls and served ambrosia to the gods.

 

 

large-cobalt-ground-Satsuma-vase-Satsuma-VaseBy-the-Kinkozan-studio,-Meiji-period-(late-19th-century)

Exquisite Satsuma Geisha vase by the Kinkozan studio

Meiji period (late 19th century)

 

Pythia dreaming Joan Relke

Prophetess of Gaia – ‘Pythia Dreaming’ cast marble — Joan Relke

 

 

‘Horizon’ inversion glass orb by Lucy Humphrey

 

 

Japanese Geisha vase

Japanese Geisha vase

 

 

Pinnicle desert at night

Pinnicle Desert

 

king neptne-pinnacle desert

King Neptune, (Pinnicle desert)

 

 

Michelle Gregor-At the dance II

‘At the dance II’  —  Michelle Gregor

 

 

Windy-Tree-Ceramic-cone 5 oxidation multifired with stains and glazes

‘Windy Tree’ – Michelle Gregor

Ceramic cone 5 oxidation multifired with stains and glazes

 

 

Woman with the blue coat and Chapeu

Grecian Tanagra statue – Woman with the blue coat and Chapeu

320 BC

 

 

Tamlaine by Robert Macnair

Tamlaine by Robert Macnair

 

 

‘Egyptian Rocket Goddess’ — Audrey Flack

Beauty, transcendance, and strength were some of the attributes the sculptor considered.

 

 

Endangered

‘Endangered’  – Tamara Dean

 

Grecian woman and antelope profile – Suzy Birnstein

 

Stonewall Spiral sculpture

Stonewall Spiral sculpture

 

 

Keep River National Park, NT

Natural Moai aerial landscape figure

Keep River National Park, NT, Australia

 

 

Notturno Piu

Wastelands – Notturno Piu

 

 

Rebecca Fontaine Wolf

 

Rebecca Fontaine Wolf painting

Rebecca Fontaine Wolf

To me images have the ability to turn ordinary people into icons, to encapsulate all their beauty whilst erasing any trace of a banal existence

 

 

Diana the Huuntress French Art Deco

‘Diana the Huntress’ French Art Deco sculpture by Uriano

 

 

Sevres vase decorated by Susanne Kaehrling

1937

 

Valentina Sampaio, Vogue Portugal

Photo — Luis Monteiro

 

 

Lady of Guadalupe -- Vincent Canlas of Nuevo Siglo

Lady of Guadalupe — Vincent Canlas of Nuevo Siglo

 

 

Vincent Van Gogh -- Mulberry Tree

Vincent Van Gogh — ‘Mulberry Tree’

 

 

Edouard-Cazaux-(1889---1974}--Firebirds

Edouard Cazaux—-Firebirds charger

 

Vickie Quandelacy Cultural-Affiliation---Zuni corn maiden

Vickie Quandelacy –Zuni corn maiden

 

Chongqing sculpture

 

Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge – two of the four Seasons sculptures at the location – these were the first nude public sculptures in China. Cast in aluminium, they stirred up controversy and had to be thinly veiled.

 

 

Biswarup-SarkarFrom-the-mythological-story-India--Char-Bangla-Temple-complex,-Murshidabad,-West-Bengal,-India,

Terracotta relief — Char Bangla Temple

Biswarup Sarkar Flickr

 

 

Goddess-Durga-on-the-wall-of-a-temple-in-Char-Bangla-Temple-complex,-Murshidabad,

Goddess Durga on the wall of Char Bangla Temple complex, Murshidabad,

As a goddess, Durga’s feminine power contains the combined energies of all the gods.

 

 

 

Christ of the Abyss underwater statue - Miami

Christ of the Abyss underwater statue – Miami

 

 

vase by Japanese Potter Yoko Komae

vase by Japanese Potter Yoko Komae

 

Natasha Dikareva teapot

 

 

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White Dove Figurine – Rosenthal – Signed F. Heidenreich

Germany – 1590

 

Australian Lyrebird-Alex Maisey

Australian Lyrebird – Alex Maisey

 

 

Ancient Female Goddess relief Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Ancient Female Goddess relief Angkor Wat, Cambodia

 

 

Statue of Sofia with owl of wisdom sitting on her arm – Georgi Chapkanov

Belgrade, Bulgaria

 

 

Annette-Jalilova-sculpture abstracted

Annette Jalilova

 

 

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‘Awakening’ Sculpture by Mircea Puscas

 

 

c, an art print by Julie Dillon-----Space Sirens

‘Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy’s Edge’, art print by Julie Dillon—–Space Sirens

 

 

Ceramic Vase -- Lehigh Senior High School Center for the Arts

Ceramic Vase — Lehigh Senior High School Center for the Arts

 

 

Dancing Shiva

 

 

Land of Venus III-Photograph by Steven Irwin

‘Land of Venus III’ – Photograph by Steven Irwin

 

 

Mayan Rattle depicting a goddess.-600–800AD

Mayan Rattle depicting a goddess

600–800AD

 

 

Egyptian-theme-Metal-Sculptureby-Pierre-Matter

Egyptian theme Metal Sculpture head by Pierre Matter

 

 

‘Chronos 8’ – Nicolas Schoffer

 

 

Monument of gratitude_to_france

Monument of gratitude – Belgrade

 

 

Moon Goddess by Becca Douglas

‘Moon Goddess’ by Becca Douglas

 

 

Niankhwadjet inhales the scent of a lilyFirst half of Dynasty 4-(2575-2520-B.C

Egyptian relief – Niankhwadjet inhales the scent of a lily

    Dynasty 4-(2575-2520-B.C}

 

 

Nike--the winged goddess of Victory, her figure at Ephesus,Ionia,Asia-Minor.

Carved figure of Nike–the winged Goddess of Victory

Ephesus,Ionia, Asia-Minor

 

Duetto female Art Deco figure sculpture by-Erte

‘Duetto’   –  Erte

 

Bronze sculpture of the Dian Kingdom, 3rd century BCE

Bronze sculpture of the Dian Kingdom, 3rd century BCE, China

 

 

Pat Swyler--ceramic sculpture kwan-yin

Pat Swyler — ceramic meditation figures kwan yin

 

 

reefline-sculpture-underwater park-Miami-Beach

Reefline sculpture underwater park – Miami Beach

 

 

Diving at Reefline sculpture underwater park - Miami Beach

Diving at Reefline sculpture underwater park – Miami Beach

 

 

Jessie Makinson – ‘Miss ghost’

Fabian Lang Gallery, Zurich

 

Jessie-Mooy raku art

Raku sculpture – ‘Lady with wolf’ – Jessie Mooy

 

 

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Goddess relief – Banteay Srei Temple, Ankor Wat

Cambodia

 

Ada-Loumani glass vessel

French artist Ada Loumani glass vessel

 

 

Amanda-Charchian

Photo by Amanda Charchian

 

KATHERINE-GORGE,-NT--Emile-Ristevski

Ohoto — Emile Ristevski

Katherine  Gorge, Northern Territory

 

Rōka no geigi-(Entertainer standing on a veranda)---Eizan Kikukawa (1787-1867)

Rōka no geigi (Entertainer standing on a veranda)—Eizan Kikukawa

1787-1867

 

Chris Hawthorne glass vessel

Chris Hawthorne

 

 

Four Moonface cups - Rebecca Hillman

Moonface cups – Rebecca Hillman

 

 

Walnut by Franka Slothouber (Netherlands)

Walnut by Franka Slothouber (Netherlands)

 

Green Tara,-14th-15th-centuryTibet

Tibetan Green Tara bronze turquoise statue

 

 

Jari Cornelis -- Storm Dragon

Jari Cornelis — Storm Dragon

 

Old Chinese Cizhou Kiln Porcelain Dynasty Palace Phoenix Bottle Vase

 Chinese Cizhou Kiln Porcelain Dynasty Palace Phoenix Bottle Vase

 

 

A female Dryad dances gracefully

Tree carving — female Dryad dancing gracefully

 

Mulas textile craft of the Kuna people, a self-governing indigenous from the e San Blas islands.

 

 

Terracotta Aphrodite riding a dolphin over the sea

 

 

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