Apoyan Tachu: A Native American sky god who, in the Zuni culture was considered the ultimate father figure. He oversees his people the Zuni race , and protects them. He is an agricultural father, and is honored in ceremonies to insure prosperous corn crops. God expresses fatherly aspects by being all-seeing, all-knowing, wise, provider, sustainer with unquestioned authority. His son, Christ is considered a father to his followers, and is often portrayed as a loving care-giver.
Christ is also a symbol of ultimate fatherly sacrifice for his children. Horned God: Often referred to as Cernunnos in Celtic mythology. He was a god of ultimate creativity. He was said to call forth the life energy from the forests. He had special connection with animals, and is often depicted with antlers, and other animals in Celtic illustrations. He has a distinctive reputation for encouraging reproduction.
Horus: Egyptian sky god, and also a father figure, he was part man, part falcon. As well as sky, he was also associated with the sun, and thus represented fatherly ideals of clarity, intelligence and provision. Horus was also featured as a war god in Egypt. As many fathers engage in battle to protect their ideals, beliefs and homelands in the name of their family and protection , Horus is often associated with fathers. Check out my article on the meaning of the Eye of Horus.
Sky: Father symbols are often found in nature, and the sky is a biggie. It is symbolic of expansiveness, territory and has a concept of pervasiveness always watching over the family.
Air and the sky is an intellectual element. As father energy is associated with logic, strategy and mental acuity, sky is a fitting association.
We find further evidence of father-sky connections in mythology, where several gods are hailed as both fathers and rulers of the sky. Jupiter, for example is a paternal sky god of Rome. Horus was also a paternal god of Egypt, and ruler of the skies. Sun : A symbol of radiance, warmth, giving, healing, provision — its meanings are synonymous with fatherhood.
Overwhelmingly the sun is a symbol of male-ness, and fatherhood in countless cultural myths. It is ever-present, gives life, and illuminates the darkness. Oak Tree: Just as the ideal father is a symbol of strength, so too is the oak tree.
The oak leaf is a symbol of power and influence in Celtic Druidic wisdom, and the tree itself is position as a chief in the hierarchy of sacred trees.
As father symbols go, the oak represents strong moral fiber, integrity, honesty and unbending scruples. It is a symbol of the father god Cernunnos Celtic. Learn more about oak tree symbolism here. Lightning is a major message from a fatherly source, a message to wake up and pay attention.
Lightning was viewed as a creative fatherly spark to the Native Americans as it signified the winking Thunderbird. Linked with both fire and water, lightning is also viewed as a father symbol of creator and destroyer in many cultures. Learn more about the symbolism of lightning here. His name was Tulungersak, and he populated the earth with the Inuit people by rolling clumps of clay and animating them.
Legend states he was also responsible for planting herbs, flowers and he also created all the animals on the land. Father Raven was a teacher. He taught the Inuit how to hunt, fish and tell time by the rising and setting of the sun. In some versions, Tulungersak created light from the darkness. In this culture, the raven is a father symbol who stands for creation, providing, caring and teaching the human family. Ravens are typically known for their restlessness. This ties in with the traditional role of the father.
Working to provide, in addition to caring for the family and tending to their needs, a father, like the raven, is rarely idle. His muted palette and decorative treatment of forms made a considerable impact on a new generation of artists, most notably Gauguin — and the young Pablo Picasso — Here, Gauguin combined heavily outlined, simplified shapes with solid patches of vivid color to symbolically express the ardent piety of simple Breton women. This painting exerted a tremendous influence on the group of artists known as the Nabis , who enthusiastically adopted his aesthetic in the late s and s.
What Are We? Where Are We Going? Though it began in France, Symbolism was an international avant-garde movement that spread across Europe and North America during the last two decades of the nineteenth century.
The Norwegian Edvard Munch — was closely associated with Symbolist circles, spending time in Paris before settling in Germany in the early s. Virtually all of the canvases he produced between and belong to a series called the Frieze of Life. Ferdinand Hodler Swiss, — , Jan Toorop Dutch, — , and a number of Belgians, including Fernand Khnopff — , were among the international participants. Also working in Belgium, though rarely exhibiting his work, was James Ensor — , who developed a unique Symbolist style based on grotesque and carnivalesque figures.
Picasso, an avid admirer of Gauguin, whose works he first encountered while visiting Paris in , enthusiastically embraced Symbolism during his formative years in Barcelona. Myers, Nicole. Visiting The Met?
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