He made angels unsexy so wouldn’t be distracted by them…!?

  • @TexasDrunk
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    1719 days ago

    Nah, that’s a generic cherub. Reasonable question because both are depicted as children.

    • @[email protected]
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      2119 days ago

      That’s a putto, which has intersection with depictions of Cupid and cherubim. Biblically accurate cherubim look like this:

      Proginoskes, a cherubim in A Wind In The Door by Madeleine L’Engle was quite annoyed that cherubs were depicted as putti.

      Eros is young and boyish, but regarded as adult, and Apollo (his rival in Olympian archery competitions) likes to mock him for looking childlike.

      • @Etterra
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        Admit it. If you saw this fucking thing and didn’t know what it was, you’d grab a gun. And you’d be right to do so. I sure would. And I do know what it is, which means I had to make sure and grab a very large gun. Luckily I’m an American and, no joke, live 5 minutes away from no fewer than three different gun stores and a Walmart.