Hic Est Custos Templum Vitae et Mortis by Mondwin
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Description
(The English translation of the title is: Here is the guardian of the temple of life and death.)
An ancient Sumerian legend tells of a goddess, guardian of a temple, who asked to anyone wishing to enter there if he was willing to sacrifice himself to live or to die. In both cases, there would be a price to pay, and this was no money or other material richness.
There are so many things that money can not pay or reach!
About the stone represented in the scene as a monolith, it is a temple hymn to Iddin-Dagan, king of Larsa, cuneiform (Sumerian script) inscripted clay from ca. 1950 BC. Current located in the Department of Oriental Antiquities of Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
For more info about Sumerian religion you can start from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_religion
then explore many other dedicated websites about.
Comments (317)
Beautiful composition. excellent work
Full of fantasy! Awesome work and light! Fascinating!
A wonderful fantasy scene with gorgeous textures and great lighting. Excellent work with the goddess too and her super head adornment. Lovely to see an image from you too.
wonderful composition
Wonderful fantasy image Whylma. So nice to see another image from you. A year is a long time! :)
Une image magnifique et parfaitement bien composée, à la fois fantastique, surréaliste et ésotérique !! J'aime beaucoup l'envolée des manches, comme des ailes d'Or et de Lumière !!! Un travail d'une grande maîtrise !! Bravo !!
Just beautiful! erland
GREAT CREATION
Stunning work, sweetie! Hugz ")
So Beautiful,
Dearest Whylma .. It is deeply good to see you returning .. and with a new wondrous vision. Your works keep alive the vital process of transmission and help us remain connected with the ancient sacred energies and original inspirations. I smiled brightly upon seeing your presence within my gallery today. With warmest regards, Terry
Fantastic work!!!
Fantastic imagination and mood!!!
Fantastic and very well done work!!!
Great work!! Excellent done, love the composition to express the idea!
very interesting story and composition
Wonderful work! I love anything that has to do with the Sumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians! The ancient world was more exciting than a thriller! Wonderful done!
A most cherished and marvelous masterpiece, Mondwin! The annual image! This one is just and exquisite and superb as all your previous one! A most magnificent and fine creation! Thank you again for sharing with us here! I very much appreciate it!!!!!
Excellent and beautiful work!
fantastic scene Haven't seen much from you lately... checking my favorite artists to make sure you are still there. great to see your work.
Very nice!
Amazing creation!!!!I agree with Lenord's comments.Congratulations!!!!!
Fantastic render! Amazing details and superb composition! Once again well done!
Wow I didnt realize you had posted. I wait all year for your next instalment and then I missed it. This is such a stunning image it was well worth waiting for. Thank you so much for sharing such a magnificent image and your words are so inspirational as well.
Splendid and very well done image!
A must see in full zoom most excellent work Malady!
my dear mondwin, this is most beautiful done art work, great color and perspective! have not forget you, you was the first answer for my first pic!!!! thank you for this!
A fascinating work. Good to see you for your annual post/upload.
AWWW!! This is incredibly beautiful. Gorgeous render indeed. Superbly done.!!!
Wonderful job, Have a lovely summer week my friend