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Gaia as Pandora, giclée print
This Giclée is printed on fine art paper, 17”x11” with archival quality ink in limited editions of 25— image centered as large as it can be—signed and numbered - life expectancy of 100+ years. Ships for free in a protective plastic sleeve.
Pandora, in the myth of Pandora's Box, serves as a powerful metaphor for the complexities of human choice and the power of hope. Yet she is also cast as the one who brought evil and suffering to the world,. But there is an ancient and very different story of Pandora—as a goddess who brought life-giving gifts to humanity.
It’s likely there’s a pre-Greek version of Pandora’s myth in which she was revered as a Mother Goddess. Gaia, the original Greek Creator Goddess and mother of all the deities was worshipped under the epithet “Anesidora”—“giver of gifts.” Pandôros is one of Gaia’s names. Perhaps in the original story it was Gaia who came to Earth as Pandora, bringing life-giving gifts to humanity.
This Giclée is printed on fine art paper, 17”x11” with archival quality ink in limited editions of 25— image centered as large as it can be—signed and numbered - life expectancy of 100+ years. Ships for free in a protective plastic sleeve.
Pandora, in the myth of Pandora's Box, serves as a powerful metaphor for the complexities of human choice and the power of hope. Yet she is also cast as the one who brought evil and suffering to the world,. But there is an ancient and very different story of Pandora—as a goddess who brought life-giving gifts to humanity.
It’s likely there’s a pre-Greek version of Pandora’s myth in which she was revered as a Mother Goddess. Gaia, the original Greek Creator Goddess and mother of all the deities was worshipped under the epithet “Anesidora”—“giver of gifts.” Pandôros is one of Gaia’s names. Perhaps in the original story it was Gaia who came to Earth as Pandora, bringing life-giving gifts to humanity.