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Description An artist's impression of a harbinger (= someone that foreshadows a future event, see http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/harbinger , something that does this= an omen). Harbingers are drawn by several cultures as birdmen. These include: Tangata Manu (Easter Island), Horus (Egypt), the birdman in the Codex Dresdensis (Aztec), and Doctor Schnabel von Rom (Europe). Image was based on http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/dresdensis/img_page02.html , http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/dresdensis/img_page08.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Horus_standing.svg , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doktorschnabel_430px.jpg
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current07:09, 24 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 07:09, 24 September 2010122 × 198 (18 KB)Genetics4goodImproved hat and cane; follows Horus image better now, while keeping all details from images of other 3 cultures in place. Also, besides the better resemblence to Horus, the previous version looked a little much like "zorro" and I wasn't satisfied with th
12:14, 23 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 12:14, 23 September 2010122 × 231 (16 KB)Genetics4good{{Information |Description=An image of a harbinger (= something or someone that foreshadows a future event, see http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/harbinger ). Harbingers are drawn by several cultures as birdmen. These include: Tangata Manu (Easter Is

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