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Alternative Title
Saranyu
Description
A small glazed ceramic horse figurine painted a fanciful turquoise not found in nature. The mane, tail and one hoof are painted grey. The horse rests on the ground in sternal recumbency with the left front leg extended. Its head is turned to look behind where it rests.The horse's ribs are visible on both sides.
46. Saranyu. The wife of Vivasat, the Hindu Sun god. She found the embraces of her husband too warm for endurance, and so, after having created a phantom likeness to fill her place, transformed herself into a mare, in which disguise she escaped from connubial embarrassments, and became the mother of twin deities, the Asvins.
Exhibit label:
SARANYU, THE WIFE OF VIVASAT.
A gift from Messire Kerin of Nointel, Syndic and Castellan of Basardra.
—"What Saraide Wanted" in The Silver Stallion.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
6.5 x 1.5 x 3
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Hinduism; Hindu goddesses
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection
Source
Horse 46, Saranyu, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i046.jpg