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<p>[QUOTE="Ryan McVay, post: 7298262, member: 117904"]The knob on the head is cleary a reference to Egyptian mythology and origin. It is the lotus flower. You have to look to other art forms to really see this. Pottery, statuary, bronze, etc.</p><p>The attributes of the lotus flower are regeneration, rebirth, creation and the sun. Keeping with sun it is easy to attribute the attributes. The sun continually regens and dies and is reborn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryan McVay, post: 7298262, member: 117904"]The knob on the head is cleary a reference to Egyptian mythology and origin. It is the lotus flower. You have to look to other art forms to really see this. Pottery, statuary, bronze, etc. The attributes of the lotus flower are regeneration, rebirth, creation and the sun. Keeping with sun it is easy to attribute the attributes. The sun continually regens and dies and is reborn.[/QUOTE]
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