Strange Question

[just4jensenra]

The reason I ask the following is because I am on a fan board for the show called Supernatural. And We have been debating for months what he necklace means. One mythology board point out to me that it is possibly African. I was wondering if you could take a look a let me know what you think. Enclosed is a picture of this necklace.

Comments

[jetshade]

While the strongest immediate impressions would indicate this to be an image of a deity from either African or Aztec origin, the closest representations I can find are the early European images of Cernunnos that strongly resemble Indian deities. It is possibly a blending of an image of the horned god (some version of Pan / Cernunnos / take your pick) with imagery from African and Indian mythos.
On the other hand, I think you can safely rule out Egyptian.

[spiletta42]

It's fictional so it's probably an amalgamation, hence the lack of definitive identification. Your fandom has many years of inconclusive debate ahead.

[just4jensenra]

Other have also claimed it to be fictional. But to be so dang fictional There are other people that offer opinions, with research links, to support the fact it is not fictional. Even the creator has so that EVERYTHING used in the show can be located, and researched.

[isle_of_wolves]

I don't know that much about mythology, (Haven't studied it or anything) but it looks as if it might be from the Indus region. It has the same sort of design as some of the artwork I've seen while doing a project on the Indus civilisation.
(Probably way off here, but oh well.)

[ravendark122ils]

I'm kind of confused, is this supposed to be based on an actual artefact, or are you simply asking what it most closely resembles?

The horns rendered free-standing in the round like that really don't resemble anything I've seen in Egyptian art, as the bovine horns crowning various goddesses were usually depicted framing an heliomorphic disk. Also, physiognomatic stylisation like that was seldom depicted in sculpture, and it definitely doesn't correspond to any known variation of the canon of proportions for 2-D art.

The two things that jump to my mind first are a South Pacific (I think New Guinean?) mask on display at Boston's MFA, and also a Neolithic Iberian mask cited as an inspiration by Picasso. But it's almost definitely a composite of all kinds of sources its designer only vaguely remembered, and so in other words it's nothing at all. You can determine with some safety what it's not based on, but beyond that you're fumbling in the dark.

[just4jensenra]

THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY ASKING BEFORE ASSUMING IT FAKE LIKE MOST PEOPLE HAVE!!! Yes The creator of the show had made a point that EVERYTHING usued in the show, is researchable and are true facts. He does extensive research for this show. Mostly because he doesn't want it want to be ANOTHER Buffy. He wants as real as he can can get it. So he makes sure EVERYTHING is researchable.

[violet_ivory]

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[just4jensenra]

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[ta_laitha]

It resembles many of the wooden masks of Africa. Similar to West Africa or the Ivory Coast. As others have pointed out though it is probably a mash up of different African masks.