by Ann » Tue Nov 10, 2020 2:07 pm
neufer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:35 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_angel wrote:
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<<A shoulder angel is a plot device used for dramatic and/or humorous effect in fiction, mainly in animation and comic books/strips. The angel represents conscience and is often accompanied by a shoulder devil representing temptation. They are a useful convention for depicting the inner conflict of a character.
The non-canonical early Christian book, The Shepherd of Hermas, of around A.D. 140–150, has a reference to the idea of two angels: "There are two angels with a man—one of righteousness, and the other of iniquity". These angels in turn descend into a person's heart, and attempt to guide a person's emotions. Hermas is told to understand both angels, but to only trust the Angel of Righteousness.
There is a similar Islamic belief of Kiraman Katibin, two angels residing on either shoulder of humans which record their good and bad deeds. However, these angels do not have influence over the choices one makes, and only record one's deeds. In Japanese Buddhism, the Kushoujin are a pair of beings – Domyo, meaning "same name" and Dosho, meaning "same birth" – which sit on a person's shoulders, observing and reporting all his deeds. Domyo records good deeds, but Dosho reports bad ones.>>
Art, that was really funny. Gotta love your tiny, tiny version of
yesterday's APOD. I guess that the guy at the top of Pilan Peak is the shoulder angel of the mountain? (And of the auroras?)
Ann
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<<A shoulder angel is a plot device used for dramatic and/or humorous effect in fiction, mainly in animation and comic books/strips. The angel represents conscience and is often accompanied by a shoulder devil representing temptation. They are a useful convention for depicting the inner conflict of a character.
The non-canonical early Christian book, The Shepherd of Hermas, of around A.D. 140–150, has a reference to the idea of two angels: "There are two angels with a man—one of righteousness, and the other of iniquity". These angels in turn descend into a person's heart, and attempt to guide a person's emotions. Hermas is told to understand both angels, but to only trust the Angel of Righteousness.
There is a similar Islamic belief of Kiraman Katibin, two angels residing on either shoulder of humans which record their good and bad deeds. However, these angels do not have influence over the choices one makes, and only record one's deeds. In Japanese Buddhism, the Kushoujin are a pair of beings – Domyo, meaning "same name" and Dosho, meaning "same birth" – which sit on a person's shoulders, observing and reporting all his deeds. Domyo records good deeds, but Dosho reports bad ones.>>[/quote]
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[float=right][img3=""]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_201109.jpg[/img3][/float]Art, that was really funny. Gotta love your tiny, tiny version of [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201109.html]yesterday's APOD[/url]. I guess that the guy at the top of Pilan Peak is the shoulder angel of the mountain? (And of the auroras?)
Ann