I’m always fascinated by this bench featuring two female creatures with the body of a lion or similar animal, the wings of angels, and distinctly human faces, hair, and… mammaries… outside the church where I give blood. I wonder whether a donor wanted it installed as a condition of their financial support.
@cassandra17lina You're out at the coast, yeah? I think those are harpies. I think they're symbolic for wind and storms.
@Foxthorn That is fascinating and more than a little disturbing. Thanks!
@cassandra17lina LOL I'm of that age where all this makes me think of is ...
@Foxthorn all I want to know is what the heck this bench is doing at a Methodist church. Admittedly, I am no religious scholar but…
@cassandra17lina I mean a mythological monster that bites people's heads off....sounds very old testament. I am not a Christian but I was raised methodist and I feel like we were the least fervently religious members of my family (the rest of my family is catholic and baptist).