The Goose-Footed Queen
Oct 15, 2013 19:45:37 GMT
Post by Goldenfleeced on Oct 15, 2013 19:45:37 GMT
I decided to start this thread, because I found some really interesting information that would seem to connect a very old legend, of a 'goose-footed' queen with another old relic... the Cross of Hendaye. We know that the Cross of Hendaye has been tied to the Rosicrucians, and possibly even the Templars, but why? What would serve to make such a connection? If we can tie the Templars to the Priory of Sion, then I think that I may have one... at least.
The legend of the 'goose-footed queen' (or bird-footed queen), who is also known as La Reine Pedauque, has been connected historically to the Queen of Saba (Sheba)as well as Bertrada 'Berthe au Grand Pied' de Laon, reine des Francs (727 - 783), which also gives us a really nice hook-up to the Kings of Leon... lol... I'm only half-kidding, there. Anyway, there seems to be yet another connection that might be made, and that looks like actually was made, by one of the former Grand Masters of the Priory of Sion... Victor Hugo.
Now, as far as the 'goose-footed' or (bird-footed, and this is significant, in light of the area that we are going to visit) queen is concerned, I have found at least a picture, that is interesting...
Notice the feet under the robe of the queen, at the end...
Emile Mâle:
This magnificent portal [of St. Bénigne at Dijon] no longer exists, but Dom Plancher has fortunately preserved a sketch of it… The Christ in Majesty of the tympanum, the elders of the Apocalypse one above the other in the archivolts, and the statues placed against columns connect the work with the school born of Chartres. However, some originality is mixed with imitation. Beside St. Peter and St. Paul, there are two very meaningful statues: one represents Moses with the horns of light and the Tables of the Law; the other, the high priest Aaron wearing priestly garb. Aaron resembles a bishop and this is what he was imagined to be by the Middle Ages. Thus, Moses and Aaron, symbols of the Synagogue, were placed in correspondence with St. Peter and St. Paul, symbols of the Church,a perfect expression of the continuity of the two Laws. The decoration of the portal is completed by ststues of three Old Testament kings and one queen. This time the mysterious queen reveals her identity. Studying the sketch of the figure, one detail is observed that would seem incredible were there not ancient testimony to confirm it: the queen of the St. Bénigne portal was goose-footed: the Dijon artist had represented the famous Reine Pédauque, who was none other than the Queen of Sheba...
There can be no doubt that the goose-footed queen of the Dijon portal represented the Queen of Sheba. It becomes no less certain that the facing statue of a king was Solomon; and no doubt it was David who accompanied them. Why had the Queen of Sheba been placed in the company of the heroes of the Old Law and the Apostles of the New? Because, according to mediaeval doctrine, she symbolized the pagan world’s coming to Christ, and prefigured the Magi who also were searching for the true God. The Journey and Adoration of the Magi were also represented on the lintel of St. Bénigne..."
www.null-entropy.com/2012/11/goose-footed-queen-of-sheba-at-dijon/
Why, indeed... it would seem that the 'goose-footed queen' represents a bridge, of sorts, between two 'worlds,' so to speak... an old world, and a new... and the Templars were extremely interested in this 'new world.' As were/are the Priory of Sion... and the Rosicrucians...
As far as the 'goose' and Freemasonry goes, the phrase dividers les jar means 'to spin the ganders,' or to speak the argot,- the secret language of the builders fraternities... and here, we have the beginnings of our own 'spin doctors'... lol...
The legend of the 'goose-footed queen' (or bird-footed queen), who is also known as La Reine Pedauque, has been connected historically to the Queen of Saba (Sheba)as well as Bertrada 'Berthe au Grand Pied' de Laon, reine des Francs (727 - 783), which also gives us a really nice hook-up to the Kings of Leon... lol... I'm only half-kidding, there. Anyway, there seems to be yet another connection that might be made, and that looks like actually was made, by one of the former Grand Masters of the Priory of Sion... Victor Hugo.
Now, as far as the 'goose-footed' or (bird-footed, and this is significant, in light of the area that we are going to visit) queen is concerned, I have found at least a picture, that is interesting...
Notice the feet under the robe of the queen, at the end...
Emile Mâle:
This magnificent portal [of St. Bénigne at Dijon] no longer exists, but Dom Plancher has fortunately preserved a sketch of it… The Christ in Majesty of the tympanum, the elders of the Apocalypse one above the other in the archivolts, and the statues placed against columns connect the work with the school born of Chartres. However, some originality is mixed with imitation. Beside St. Peter and St. Paul, there are two very meaningful statues: one represents Moses with the horns of light and the Tables of the Law; the other, the high priest Aaron wearing priestly garb. Aaron resembles a bishop and this is what he was imagined to be by the Middle Ages. Thus, Moses and Aaron, symbols of the Synagogue, were placed in correspondence with St. Peter and St. Paul, symbols of the Church,a perfect expression of the continuity of the two Laws. The decoration of the portal is completed by ststues of three Old Testament kings and one queen. This time the mysterious queen reveals her identity. Studying the sketch of the figure, one detail is observed that would seem incredible were there not ancient testimony to confirm it: the queen of the St. Bénigne portal was goose-footed: the Dijon artist had represented the famous Reine Pédauque, who was none other than the Queen of Sheba...
There can be no doubt that the goose-footed queen of the Dijon portal represented the Queen of Sheba. It becomes no less certain that the facing statue of a king was Solomon; and no doubt it was David who accompanied them. Why had the Queen of Sheba been placed in the company of the heroes of the Old Law and the Apostles of the New? Because, according to mediaeval doctrine, she symbolized the pagan world’s coming to Christ, and prefigured the Magi who also were searching for the true God. The Journey and Adoration of the Magi were also represented on the lintel of St. Bénigne..."
www.null-entropy.com/2012/11/goose-footed-queen-of-sheba-at-dijon/
Why, indeed... it would seem that the 'goose-footed queen' represents a bridge, of sorts, between two 'worlds,' so to speak... an old world, and a new... and the Templars were extremely interested in this 'new world.' As were/are the Priory of Sion... and the Rosicrucians...
As far as the 'goose' and Freemasonry goes, the phrase dividers les jar means 'to spin the ganders,' or to speak the argot,- the secret language of the builders fraternities... and here, we have the beginnings of our own 'spin doctors'... lol...
