On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 03:55:11PM +0100, Frank Shute wrote: > > A pitchfork has 2 tines a trident (which is what Beastie carries) has > 3.
Actually, pitchforks typically have four. Two would be a fauchard or military fork -- a weapon of war. Tridents, meanwhile, are better suited to fishing, while pitchforks are designed to sling hay on a farm. None of the above have anything to do with devils, per se, though pitchforks are occasionally portrayed in devilish images for some reason. I'd think there wouldn't be much hay surviving in a lake of fire, though. > > Interestingly, the trident seems to appear in a number of religions. > > Shiva carries one: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shiva_cropped.jpg > > as does Poseidon IIRC. > > So maybe Beastie is a disabled Hindu! (missing 2 arms). Not all Hindu deities have that many arms, y'know. Ayyappa, Rama, and Krishna come to mind. Maybe he's just among those Hindu deities. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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