Author: eklastic

Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.

The winged helmet

The helmet gives it away, this here is either Hermes or Mercurius, the Greek or Roman god of merchants and thieves who was often employed by the other gods as messenger because of his speed as symbolized by the wings. He stands high up on the walls of Castle Biebrich in Wiesbaden and I wonder why they chose to depict him so … mature rather than the young spritely god.

More the merchant, possibly the thief, but not the fast messenger after whom the fastest of all planets and thus quicksilver was named.

FOWC with Fandango: Helmet

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Roach

Well, 5 (letters) out of 8 is not bad.

Children’s Easter chocolate in Germany, it’s actually a May beetle or chafer. But since an American friend screeched “Cockroach, it’s a chocoolate cockroach!” we call it that, too. And it was my first thought when I saw the prompt. And sometimes, the first thought is not the worst.

FOWC with Fandango: Encroach

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