Oliphant
Italy, Fatimid dynasty, 11-12th century
About 30 specimens of these carved ivory horns have survived, though exclusively in collections located outside the Islamic world. The horns are believed to have been made for European patrons, but are attributed to Fatimid craftsmen working in the artistic centres of the Norman kingdom of southern Italy and Sicily. The horns also show close parallels in style and iconography to the ivory caskets made in Sicily and southern Italy during the same period. The ivory used for these objects was most probably imported from North Africa.
The term oliphant occurs for the first time in the French poem of 'Chanson de Roland' (probably written 1075–1100). The poem describes the horn that Roland, commander of the Frankish king, used when he called Charlemagne (747–814) to come to Roncesvalles to help him against the advancing Muslims. Above all, ivory horns were symbols of honour and were used by dignitaries as signal horns. Ivory horns decorated with representations of animals were possibly used for hunting, though it is not known in what way.
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Assurance From Faramir - by Breath Art2004
"But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo."
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"what is an oliphant?"
- me as a kid
"oh it's an elephant with an abnormal amount of tusks."
- me ten minutes later
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Oliphant series. With @sweetchaosphotos #joncalderasphotography #oliphant #lgbt #lgbtq🌈 #ohiomodel #bdsmart #fetishart #leather https://www.instagram.com/p/Co4v8OFO1tn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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I never, never, NEVER thought in a million years that I’d ever find a need to dust off these old chestnuts.
For those of you unaware, the son of the infamous dictator of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, has been elected President, and the unchecked corruption of online and broadcast media is to blame.
While I do not agree with Oliphant on everything he illustrates (hints can be found above), he did not candy-coat in his accuracy that Marcos was a bloody, greedy dictator who had support from the U.S. These five political cartoons (I chose to leave out the ones where Oliphant portrays Marcos in caricature as a minuscule monkey) from 1985-1986 represent a breakdown of the Marcos’ activities from their despotism, their assassination of Benigno Aquino, to their losing the election, to seeking asylum in the U.S., to what the mainstream world best recalls-thousands of hoarded pairs of shoes.
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You ever say "Fuck if I know" really fast and it sounds like a fictional creature? Like an Oliphant and a FuckifIknow walk into Mordor kinda thing?
Idk. It makes me smile.
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Atma Upanishad, part of Upanishad 5, book releasing shortly, eBook available. For link details view
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Sam drew a deep breath.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - J.R.R. Tolkien
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Amazing Body Lexi Luna Uses Boyscout Step Son to Fuck Her Hard
Teen Melissa Moore makes sex bet with anonymous creeper
Monique Symone riding dick
Thicc Chonga Dick By Tony Rubino
Sexy teen blowjob and anal fuck
Explicitly wild pussy licking with unfathomable fingering for sexy dyke
Granny from San Diego California is Looking for a Man on Cam
Teen Girl Peeing Toilet
In mixed Room teen girl roommate changing in front of me flashing tits and pussy
BUSTY MOMs fucks her HORNY SON
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On the oliphaunts
I've been thinking. Who the hell made those things? I'm certain Eru wouldn't break his holy-ass laws so why make those things? I'm almost a hundred percent certain their bone mass is not big enough to sustain their speed or their weight, so either they have to be way slower or way smaller. But they aren't! What the fuck.
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Oliphant series. With @_madalynn____ #joncalderasphotography #indianamodel #indianamodels #oliphantbackdrops #oliphant #portraitphotography #portrait https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDeQmbOCQV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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I wasn’t supposed to live like this. No one was supposed to live like this. The problem was that I simply didn’t know how to make it right...no one had ever shown me the right way to live a life, and although I’d tried my best over the years, I simply didn’t know how to make things better. I could not solve the puzzle of me.
Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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Photography by Diana Jean Oliphant
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