Comments | vilhem: SALOMÉ

vilhem

SALOMÉ

Jun 24, 2005 19:47

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars

Luxuriously carnal, voluptuous and dangerous-femme fatale?. Perhaps.

Literally translated, femme fatale is French for "deadly woman." Her archetypes are both Lilith and Eve. She is Jezebel, Delilah, and ( Read more... )

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anonymous June 24 2005, 19:27:02 UTC

The Song! Finally!

I love you. Stealing it right now.

Elena

(sorry about your sister´s loss)

vilhem June 26 2005, 09:27:10 UTC

La la! do it soon, next one will be totally different.

I found a tiny one for her. Not sure how to send it.

lilidarkstar June 25 2005, 01:03:57 UTC

"...I was chaste, and thou didst fill my veins with fire...." Oh how I adore that.

vilhem June 26 2005, 09:27:34 UTC

Oscar Wilde´s version is still the best.

lady_alinore June 25 2005, 05:16:48 UTC

Salomé was a paradox as most women are, only on a level of beauty, perfection of form and desirability rare in her times. She was caught between her budding sensuality and innocence. She was fully aware of her affect on men, but didn't understand its source. She was no calculating schemer, just a girl growing into remarkable beauty and with a talent to arouse. Oui, the dance was her vehicle but that was mostly to do with the time in which she lived. A young maiden of the court was expected to entertain or produce in someway. Who could ever envision Salomé sitting to weave or spin? She simply did what she did best, entice and beguile ( ... )

vilhem June 26 2005, 09:57:08 UTC

Agree completely, her mother Herodias is the one regarded with contempt, the instigator of the crime. There is a picture...conversion of Salomé. That says it all. She was forgiven and became one close to the Christ. Apparently she then married her great-uncle Philip the Tetrach and then she married again when this one died. She was not the luscious adolescent we all want to remember, like an eternal Tadzio. But I find her so special. And later, the head of the Baptist was regarded as sacred and magic, by Templars and other groups. But that is another story. Lovely picture you chose.

viking_allen June 25 2005, 07:02:35 UTC

Waves at Andrew kid. So, according to your enlightening post, oh mighty Van Helsing you, (chuckles) women can be either femme fatale, femme fragile or disciples. You take the second and the third for you, I will have fun with the first.
Good to be back home, Gypsy. Nine a.m. and ready to strike. I am not following the general trend. Someone has to tell that kid a thing or two.

Amazed about Starbucks.

vilhem June 26 2005, 09:33:35 UTC

Tonto!

The girl in the middle is Isis, the Great Mother. She is clothed only with her hair, which falls over her breasts in six waves, the material world, the illusion of appearances. Six means macrocosm. The crown on her head has a pentagram, which means the world of spirit, five is the microcosm. You know...tycoons know what they have in their hands.

mdb79 June 25 2005, 10:05:29 UTC

Ahhhh the power of the mixture of minx and girl. It is something some women embrace and others deny. The effect women have on men can be a powerful one, and it can be very fragile. You men get so bored so easily.

what I find interesting about the Femme Fatal is how the ideal of her changes. Sometimes she is the bubble headed blond, other times she is powerful and smart, other times she is dangerous and can bring ruin. It all depends on what MEN fear or want at the time.

The women who have been considered temptresses over the years are all amazing in their ways, your salome, Lilith, Phyllis...poor Aristotle, Pandora who brought pain and suffreing to man, Cleopatra, Merlins Vivien, Lola Montez, Deliliah, Jean Harlow, Clara Bow, ahh the list goes on. Men are interesting creatures when it comes to their prespective of the Temptress over the ages. The Vamp the Bombshell, the Vixen, the femme fatal....

it is an interesting topic to look into.

Melinda

vilhem June 26 2005, 09:45:14 UTC

We get bored so easily? I don´t think so. We have a natural inclination for trying out new things, but not out of boredom but of curiosity. Most divorce demands are started by wives, not husbands. If we find another better, we leave. If you get bored with us, you stay to make our lives miserable! laughing.
You know my idea of femme fatale? Kathryn Hepburn in her good years. And of course, Lauren Bacall, serious, not explosive, intelligent women with a low voice, shakes.