Baubo and the Dancers
by Echoing Multiverse
Buy the Original Painting
Price
$195
Dimensions
11.000 x 14.000 x 0.200 inches
This original painting is currently for sale. At the present time, originals are not offered for sale through the Echoing Multiverse - Website secure checkout system. Please contact the artist directly to inquire about purchasing this original.
Click here to contact the artist.
Title
Baubo and the Dancers
Artist
Echoing Multiverse
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas Panel
Description
Often compared to Sheela Na Gig, Baubo has a long and complex history. She was first mentioned by Christian writers around 200 CE. She appears in the story of Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture. Homer wrote that Iambe cheered Demeter by jesting, helping Demeter to rouse herself from depression after her daugher Persephone was taken. Because of Iambe, Demeter found the strength to fight to retrieve Persephone from the Underworld. Thanks, Iambe, you prevented eternal winter. As a result, the internet reports that iambic verse was named after Iambe. The Christian writers, however, gave the role of cheering Demeter to a woman named Baubo, who, instead of using her wit and jokes, exposed her hilarious 'shameful parts'. Later, Goethe included a lewd witch named Baubo, riding a sow to Walpurgis Night, in Faust. Subsequently, statuettes of women riding pigs and/or exposing their genitals were labeled Baubo. Then, in 1898, a group of German archaeologists working in the 5th century BCE Demeter sanctuary at Priene unearthed a distinctive set of figurines. "The head of each of these female figurines in placed directly onto her legs, and lacking a torso, the chin and vagina [I think they mean vulva] merge into one another. The archaeologists identified this 'grotesque-obscene' aspect with Baubo, and the statuettes became known as Baubo figurines. I wanted to paint Baubo, but I feel like she is somewhat misunderstood, and I wanted to understand her before attemping a painting. While the Christian and German men who wrote her history characterized her as an obscene witch, art historian Winifred Milius Lubell has another hypothesis for Baubo. From an article on bust.com "She thinks Baubo was another aspect of 'extremely ancient...agricultural rituals of fecundity,' in which chosen women 'squatted over the newly plowed fields' and allowed their menstrual blood to drip into the earth to increase its fertility. You might say that Baubo spoke truth to power, the servant's pussy flash reminding the grain goddess of her responsibility over the harvest and thus as a life-giving force to humanity. Without Baubo's timely reminder of the vulva's regenerative power, human civilization would have ended." It has also been suggested that Baubo may have some relation to the Blemmyes, ancient rumored headless inhabitants of ancient Libya or the Nile system. What we do know is that these figurines were found in a temple to Demeter, an agriculture goddess. So, I thought that perhaps she should be dancing in a field with her divine female friends.
Uploaded
March 11th, 2021
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Baubo and the Dancers. Click here to post the first comment.