Symbols - What does heaven look like
Big Ears
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The Buddha is always shown with Big Ears, and of course Noddy, Enid Blyton's creation was helped by Big Ears. So why are Big Ears symbolically important?
Part of the symbolism derives from a similar association with that found for ear piercing. It is an outward demonstration that a person can ‘hear’ the spirits in the spiritual world. But the main symbolism is that to be found in the symbol for a hare.
The big ears are in effect symbolically the same as having the twin horns. In effect a person with big ears, especially if they stick out a long way is a sort of 'god' a permanently enlightened being. They can also be thought of as a form of wings, but this is simply a reinforcement of the same idea.
Observations
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- Ancient Egyptian - The sceptre as a symbol
- Chicken Itza - Mayan - Chac Mool
- CICOM Museum - Mayan - The sorceror
- Copan - Mayan - Overview and plan
- Copan - Mayan - Stela A
- Copan - Mayan - Stela B
- Copan - Mayan - Stela H
- Copan - Mayan - Stela N
- Copan - Mayan - Stela P Temple 16
- Father Bernabe Cobo - Inca Religion and Customs - Head binding and ear plugs
- Jacquetta and Christopher Hawkes - The many forms of prehistoric man
- Mesopotamian - Means of achieving spiritual experience 01 Ritual humiliation of those in power
- Nuremberg Chronicle - Big Ears
- Organisation of Pictish society – Roles - Knight - The Whitham Shield
- Palenque - Mayan - Wall panels and inscriptions
- Popol Vuh Museum - Guatemala city - Sorceror
- Schuré - The Great Initiates – 'Remolding' in order to attain mastery
- Schuré - The Great Initiates – Egypt as the axis of the Mysteries
- Schuré - The Great Initiates – Isis and Osiris
- Tikal - Mayan - Museum jar
- Tikal - Mayan - The 'Nose God'