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Originally Posted by Rumil
Its a great year for weddings,
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Originally Posted by Lhunardawen
But what is it indeed?
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It is a skull with eagle perched on top and snake coiled round the base of. I had it made at the reckless age of eighteen, out of defiance and to underline my independence and 'coolness' and to stress on my 'deepness' too (I would not have done the same for same reasons now) Skull was supposed to symbolize mortality, the eagle - angel and reason, and the snake - fallen angel and vanity, the whole composition implying struggle of the two for the human soul. The snake's tail higher than eagle implyed possibility of pride to overrule reason. But that were inner considerations, outwardly reasons given were like 'it helps me with the ladies'
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