Originally Posted By: arnie
In old paintings you'll often see the winds personified as faces in the clouds blowing ships along. They often appear like that as decorations on old maps as well. I think that's what's intended here.


True. It was believed that these 'faces' were G-d, or 'holy watchers' i.e the fallen angels from the time of the Flood or the gods and goddesses of Greek myth. I'd used them in my tapestry work from time to time.
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