This watercolor depicting the Hindu god Varuna riding a sea monster dates from A.D. 1675 to 1700.
Hearing what a story would likely have sounded like 5500 years ago. Telling Tales in Proto-Indo-European
In the 1990s, historical linguists created another short parable in reconstructed PIE [ Proto-Indo-European]. It is loosely based on a passage from the Rigveda, an ancient collection of Sanskrit hymns, in which a king beseeches the god Varuna to grant him a son. Here, Andrew Byrd recites his version of the “The King and the God” in PIE, based on the work of linguists Eric Hamp and the late Subhadra Kumar Sen.
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Automaton Frog, ca. 1820, Switzerland. Gold and green enamel automaton in the form of a frog and set with pearls. Ruby eyes. Mechanism operates the legs to cause the frog to jump and croak.
Automata at the Metropolitan Museum. |
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