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Confronted animals
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Confronted animals is an ancient bilateral artistic motif where two animals face each other in a symmetrical pose. Anti-confronted animals is the opposing motif, with the animals back to back.
The Gebel el-Arak Knife. The reverse of the handle shows a Master of Animals motif: two confronted lions, flanking a central figure (note confronted dogs and other animals below)
The Gebel el-Arak Knife. The reverse of the handle shows a Master of Animals motif: two confronted lions, flanking a central figure (note confronted d
Cylinder seal of Uruk displaying a confronted-lioness motif sometimes described as a "serpopard" - 3000 BC - Louvre
Cylinder seal of Uruk displaying a confronted-lioness motif sometimes described as a "serpopard" - 3000 BC - Louvre
Minoan snake goddess figurine from Crete, holding confronted snakes, dated 1600 BC.
Minoan snake goddess figurine from Crete, holding confronted snakes, dated 1600 BC.
Narmer Palette with confronted lionesses, displayed in iconographic registers - Ancient Egypt c. 3,000 BC
Narmer Palette with confronted lionesses, displayed in iconographic registers - Ancient Egypt c. 3,000 BC
Tree of life
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The tree of life is a fundamental archetype in many of the world's mythological, religious, and philosophical traditions. It is closely related to the concept of the sacred tree. The tree of the knowl
Confronted animals
…the entrance to the palace. The lions are thus guarding the entrance to the palace and the walled fortification simultaneously. The motif called the Tree of Life, where two confronted animals graze on a shrub or tree, is also very ancient. Examples of confronted animals exist on Cylinder seals from Mesopotamia…
An 1847 depiction of the Norse Yggdrasil as described in the Icelandic Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge
An 1847 depiction of the Norse Yggdrasil as described in the Icelandic Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge
Confronted animals, here ibexes, flank a tree of life, a very common motif in the art of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean
Confronted animals, here ibexes, flank a tree of life, a very common motif in the art of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean
The Urartian tree of life
The Urartian tree of life
Goddess Nut as a sycamore tree assisting a soul in the afterlife.
Goddess Nut as a sycamore tree assisting a soul in the afterlife.