Hand of benediction
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The hand of benediction, also known as benediction sign or preacher's hand, has been said to occur as a result of prolonged compression or injury of the median nerve at the forearm or elbow.
The Hand of God, Fresco from Sant Climent de Taüll, Catalonia, Spain.
The gesture of benediction displayed on a model of the baby Jesus in a shop window in Little Portugal, Toronto.
Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios, 1st–2nd century CE
Sabazios
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Sabazios is a deity originating in Asia Minor. He is the horseman and sky father god of the Phrygians and Thracians.
Hand of benediction
…the connection between the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendons, which is called the Quadriga phenomenon. Name Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios, 1st–2nd century CE The term "hand of benediction" refers to the similarity to a sign commonly used in Catholicism, which is said to originate from…
This copper alloy Roman hand of Sabazios was used in ritual worship. Few hands remain in collections today. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Thracian horseman, National Museum of Romanian History
View from various angles.