7/19/08

Doodle no. 3 : Figurine of Gilba


"...A delicate jade figurine of the goddess Gilba* measuring just two inches in height.  Recovered from the excavated ruins of an Ecathelon shrine. The minor deity is cradling an animal typically identified as a jokubee, the common blue-beaked patridge. Ornithologists have pointed out however that the jokubee is not native fauna and only appeared in the area 300 years after the end of Ecathelon culture. This has led to new speculation that the bird is perhaps the earliest depiction of a Chweebus. ..."

Chweebian : Vol II. Book xiv, Chapter iii, "Gilba"

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