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Nederlands: Gulden standbeeld op de nok van huis nr. 23 aan de Grote Markt te Antwerpen.
Het jongetje houdt een Hoorn des Overvloeds (Cornucopia) vast. Dit legendarische voorwerp, dat (zoals de naam suggereert) overvloed schonk, stamt oorspronkelijk uit de Griekse mythologie. Volgens de mythe is de Cornucopia de hoorn van de geit Amalthea, die Zeus zoogde op Kreta. Als dank zette Zeus haar aan de hemel als een sterrenbeeld, en haar hoorn schonk de houder ervan alles wat hij of zij begeerde.English: Golden statuette on top of one of the houses at the Great Square in Antwerp.
The boy is holding a cornucopia. The cornucopia (Latin: Cornu Copiae) is a symbol of food and abundance dating back to the 5th century BC, also referred to as horn of plenty, Horn of Amalthea, and harvest cone. In Greek mythology, Amalthea was a goat who raised Zeus on her breast milk. When her horn was accidentally broken off by Zeus while playing together, this changed Amalthea into a unicorn. The god Zeus, in remorse, gave her back her horn. The horn then had supernatural powers which would give the person in possession of it whatever they wished for. This gave rise to the legend of the cornucopia. |
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