The Flying Carpet by fractalbeke

Fractal • Fantasy • posted on Feb 06, 2010

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Xenodream 2222 (frame and text in PSP). Background = one of my photos. Please, full size for more details. The popularity of One Thousand and One Nights brought magic carpets to the attention of Western audiences. The literary traditions of several other cultures also feature magical carpets. The magic carpet of Tangu, also called "Prince Housain's carpet" was a seemingly worthless carpet from Tangu in Persia that acted as a magic carpet. It was featured in tales from One Thousand and One Nights. Solomon's carpet was reportedly made of green silk with a golden weft, sixty miles long and sixty miles wide: "when Solomon sat upon the carpet he was caught up by the wind, and sailed through the air so quickly that he breakfasted at Damascus and supped in Media."[ The wind followed Solomon's commands, and ensured the carpet would go to the proper destination; when Solomon was proud, for his greatness and many accomplishments, the carpet gave a shake and 40,000 fell to their deaths. The carpet was shielded from the sun by a canopy of birds. In Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Tadifi al-Hanbali's book of wonders, Qala'id-al-Jawahir ("Necklaces of Gems"), Shaikh Abdul-Qadir Gilani walks on the water of the River Tigris, then an enormous prayer rug (sajjada) appears in the sky above, "as if it were the flying carpet of Solomon [bisat Sulaiman]".[4] In Russian folk tales, Baba Yaga can supply Ivan the Fool with a flying carpet or some other magical gifts (e.g., a ball that rolls in front of the hero showing him the way or a towel that can turn into a bridge). Such gifts help the hero to find his way "beyond thrice-nine lands, in the thrice-ten kingdom". Russian painter Viktor Vasnetsov illustrated the tales featuring a flying carpet on two occasions (illustrations, to the right). In Mark Twain's "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven", magic wishing-carpets are used to instantaneously travel throughout Heaven. In J. K. Rowling's book "Quidditch Through the Ages", it is said that flying carpets are more popular than broomsticks among wizards in countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Mongol. Source: Wikipedia. I'd like to thank all of you who viewed and commented.

Comments (27)

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3x3

1:29PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

lovely shape and texturing x

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algra

1:56PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

Heel knap gedaan, het oogt echt ald een moderne sculptuur, maar dan wel een waar meer werk aan is besteed dan dat gewoonlijk het geval is. Er zit ook vaart in. Al met al een heel boeiend 'beeldhouwwerk'. De schreef het al, een zoom-in loont de moeite.

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joefraq

1:56PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

Beautifully done!

M2A

2:14PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

Bel impact, une structure et un design trés modernes.

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Juliette.Gribnau

2:25PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

orgineel en leuk.. mooi uitgewerkt met een fijne reflectie

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SIGMAWORLD

2:33PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

Sehr schöne Arbeit!

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jmb007

2:57PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

un tapis volant tres science-fictionesque,superbe travail!!

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annie5

3:07PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

Magnifiques formes et textures! Très jolie et élégant :)

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claude19

3:07PM | Sat, 06 February 2010

Je suis littéralement E-B-E-R-L-U-E- par cette prouesse graphique avec XD !!! Vous le loiuez à l'heure votre tapis volant ? Merci pour les informations !

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