Mysterious 40000 Years Old Narasimha Swamy Idol Found In Germany - 40 వేల ఏళ్ల నరసింహస్వామి విగ్రహం - With Subtitles
40000 years old Narasimha Idol found in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
The Lion-man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel is a prehistoric ivory sculpture that was discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a German cave in 1939. The German name, Löwenmensch meaning "lion-human", is used most frequently because it was discovered and is exhibited in Germany.
The lion-headed figurine is the oldest-known zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world, and the oldest-known uncontested example of figurative art. It has been determined to be between 35,000 and 40,000 years old by carbon dating of material from the layer in which it was found, and thus, is associated with the archaeological Aurignacian culture. It was carved out of woolly mammoth ivory using a flint stone knife. Seven parallel, transverse, carved gouges are on the left arm.
After several reconstructions that have incorporated newly found fragments, the figurine stands 31.1 cm (12.2 in) tall, 5.6 cm (2.2 in) wide, and 5.9 cm (2.3 in) thick. It currently is displayed in the Ulm Museum, Germany.
Most of its pieces were found in 1939 but it was forgotten for many years as head was not found and also due to World War – II.
Between 1997 and 1998, additional pieces of the sculpture were discovered and the head was reassembled and restored.
There is a debate about its name, gender etc as not enough historic evidence of such being exist in Germany or Europe.
In fact, it is idol of Lord Narasimha (Lion faced Human), which is regarded as 4th avatar of Lord Vishnu.
Carving idols from Elephant Tusk was common in India and Asian Elephant is the closest extant relative of Woolly Mammoth.
Seven parallel, transverse, carved gouges are on the left arm. They represent 7 music octaves (sapta swaras), 7 color bands, 7 chakras , 7 aural layers and 7 continents.
The Löwenmensch figurine lay in a chamber almost 30 metres from the entrance of the Stadel cave and was accompanied by many other remarkable objects. Bone tools and worked antlers were found with jewellery consisting of pendants, beads, and perforated animal teeth. The chamber was probably a special place, possibly used as a storehouse or hiding-place, or maybe, as an area for cultic rituals.
A similar, but smaller lion-headed human sculpture was found along with other animal figurines and several flutes in the nearby Vogelherd Cave. This leads to the possibility that the Löwenmensch figurines played an important role in the mythology of humans of the early Upper Paleolithic. Archaeologist Nicholas Conard has suggested that the second lion-figurine "lends support to the hypothesis that Aurignacian people may have practised shamanism ... and that it should be considered strong evidence for fully symbolic communication and cultural modernity". Following these discoveries, undeniably female figurines from approximately the same prehistoric period, such as the Venus of Hohle Fels, have been discovered in the same mountainous area of Germany by an archaeological team led by Conrad.
The figurine shares certain similarities with later French cave paintings, which also show hybrid creatures with human-like lower bodies and animal heads such as the "Sorcerer" from the Trois Frères in the Pyrennes or the "Bison-man" from the Grotte de Gabillou in the Dordogne. The Sorcerer clearly shows the figure is that of a human wearing an animal skin, rather than a combination figure, suggesting a shaman rather than a deity of a cult.
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