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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 4226441, member: 74834&quot;]What a fascinating thread full of endearing coins (like the L. Caesar L. filius denarius showing a biga drawn by flying Cupidos!, a griffin raising its paw like your aunt Jenny&#039;s little lapdog, and the jumping griffin of Alexandria Troas, and that dusty old wardrobe full of stuffy old trophies about to be spring-cleaned by the goddess Roma with her feather-duster). </p><p><br /></p><p>I had never heard of a carnyx. But thanks to modern possibilities, this morning I listened to the eerie beauty of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnyx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnyx" rel="nofollow">carnyx</a>, the reproduction of the Scottish <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVFGT2NX-YQ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVFGT2NX-YQ" rel="nofollow">Deskford carnyx played by John Kenny</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine being in a dark and silent wood in Moray, Scotland, or in the south of France, or the Celtic East of Europe, and you heard a sound like that! You&#039;d feel rooted to the ground, your back shivering, and all the other living beings would ruffle their bristles and feel fettered. You&#039;d feel united with all the other Celts and be able to start some great resolutions to drive all the bad spirits and mean enemies away.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1081432[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Carnyx found at the little French village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintignac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintignac" rel="nofollow">Tintignac</a></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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