Maiden Stone, a Class II Pictish
cross slab in the Garioch in central Aberdeenshire.
On the Pictish
'pagan' side, the stone is divided, storytelling-fashion, into four panels, each featuring
a different picture; |
a hunting scene?
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ceremonial arch or altar
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a pale stilted rendition of the dolphin a water creature sacred
to the Picts, decorates the third panel, but compare it with a lifelike Class I dolphin at
Clatt |
Lowest panel on the Maiden stone is the mirror and comb on
'pagan' side (facing east). Its symbolism is seen frequently in earlier Pictish
art.©1999MCNagahiro
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Maiden Stone Christian side
situated on the slopes of sacred Mother mountain, Bennachie, the
Maiden stone shows on its Christian side a large decorated wheel cross with interlace
pattern below and remnant of the Pictish belief system above in portrayal of two
'fish-monsters' whispering in the ear of a cleric, linking perhaps the old religion with
the new ©MCNagahiro photo.
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