BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)

Subject: RE: BS: Child-eating bears, Angels and Fuzzy-Felt
From: Joybell
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 06:36 PM

Thanks Nigel. Yes True-Love reminded me of the details of the story, but we couldn't remember exactly where it was. None of our Bibles give references for "bears". We weren't told it at Sunday school. Would have been a good one in fuzzy-felt. Also kids should be warned about men like Elisha (and God), I reckon.
(True-Love, being American didn't have fuzzy-felt stories, but we Aussies and the English Mudcatters will remember it.) If you've never seen "Joseph and his Coat of Many Colours" in fuzzy-felt I feel very sad for you.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 02:30 PM

Joybell:
Sounds like the story of Elisha in II Kings

"And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them"

Or, as filker Zander Nyrond put it in Backward Christian Soldiers

"Talk about the Bible"?
Oh indeed, let's do.
Many things confuse me:
Do they bug you too?
If the children mock me
For my lack of hairs,
Should I, like Elisha, have them
Eaten up by bears?
CHORUS


Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Joybell
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 08:11 PM

OOOOOH! Got lost in the Dore ones. Thanks McGrath.
The mother tiger trying to save her little cubs from the deluge! They got rescued by Angels didn't they? Please tell me they did!

AND the bears eating the children!! The kids called the bearded fellow "Silly old beard" or something didn't they? And he had them killed by bears. Have to look it up again. Does my heart good to put the kids who teased me and called me names, at school, into the picture. (Although they didn't call me "silly old beard" exactly). Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 06:44 PM

Don't forget Tobias and the Angel. The Angel this time is Raphael, and though the lad he helps, Tobias, is a bit older than the children, the Angel does have a dog with him.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Joybell
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 05:40 PM

Thanks *daylia*. It's not that easy to find the old rescue-Angels is it?
I like the fire one too. Seems to follow on with the old idea. Not so pretty of course. And the dog - well you'd be willing to call him an angel if you needed him. I had a Shepherd just like that once. A wonderful friend. He liked to rescue children from water - paddle pools, puddles, creeks, swimming-pools. Didn't matter that they weren't in need of help, he saved them anyway. Perhaps he was a reborn Angel.

It seems the bridge-Angel was a popular idea. I found lots of variations. Followed on from McGrath's lead for the first one and used CarolC's image search method. Hadn't noticed that before. Thanks Carol.

I still haven't found the painting I once saw that involves an Angel about to save?/carry away the souls? of two little kids in danger of being run down by horses and a carriage.
Or Angels saving shipwreck children.
I did find an Angel on a rock in the sea with a lamb in his arms. The poor Australian sheep sent out to sea? Hope so! They could use an Angel or two!

Anyway Thanks *daylia* The collection is growing. Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: *daylia*
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 12:25 PM

yeah, I liked that image too Nigel. Those Angel Wings will lift you high or let you fry, I guess!

And I think the planes are called "Japanese Blue Angels". Search and rescue, probably.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 12:03 PM

*daylia* your second link is a good one. You say the word "Angel" sure seems to be all-compassing!. Have you noticed the outline of the flames directly behind the recue scene?

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: *daylia*
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 11:52 AM

Strange - I google for "rescue angels" and the first images that come up are like this

and that

and these

and those.

Hmmm - the word "Angel" sure seems to be all-compassing!

Subject: RE: BS: What is the Angel's intent?
From: Joybell
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 07:04 PM

I know what it is about the rescue-Angel that interests me. Several points. Ponder these.
1. The contrast between reality and these paintings. They appeared at or shortly after a time when little kids were working and dying in the mines. Or in chimneys. Or on the street. Where were the rescue-Angels? They were waiting in dangerous places. Often at rivers and gorges. That's where they were!

2. Are they really rescue-Angels at all? Are they just waiting to carry away the souls of accident victims?

3. Are they the last remnants of Water-Spirits, actually ready to lure mortals into the water. Like it was for Hylas and Narcissis and later Henry Lee and George Collins?

4. Or maybe they are unable to reverse a death and can only modify it by giving eternal life to souls? Rather like the Good-Faerie at Sleeping Beauty's birthday party.

5. Are even the pretty Angels hovering around childrens' beds there just in case a child should die in the night. Are they Faeries waiting for a chance to do a quick switch-a-roo with a Faerie-changling?

6. Angels on battlefields can't (won't?) stop wars.

That's enough! And you thought it was sweetness and peace that I was into. Cheers and stay away from Angels until we know more about them, I say. Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Joybell
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 05:58 PM

Photos Mrrzy? You have photos of Angels? WOW! Paintings OK though. Angels probably don't want you sharing their photos around.
Thanks everyone. I really like the dangerous ones. Pity about the flying goanna though. I rather like goannas and they are usually so inoffensive and shy.

Losing the plot is part of the fun when you make a Mudcat request. I've started a separate collection for the non-rescue angels. Don't quite know where to put the Gabe one. If those little children fell from that high pedestal they could get a nasy injury. Maybe that one goes in the rescuing-angel box.

Guest shh. I love that one. Thank you.

daylia, the thought provoking one is weird. Hmmm have to ponder that one.

Thank you again all. Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Mrrzy
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 04:39 PM

I thought you were looking for photos, but paintings are OK?

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: GUEST,Big Mike
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 03:06 PM

Busy, yes - but I always have the time to love your children.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: GUEST,shhh
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 11:25 AM

a rather obscure work of mine

http://www.angelfire.com/md2/customviolins/nightangel2.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 11:16 AM

Big Mike's kept really busy, 'cause he's the patron saint of

    against temptations, ambulance drivers, artists, bakers, bankers, banking, battle, boatmen, Brussels Belgium, Caltanissett Sicily, coopers, Cornwall England, danger at sea, dying people, emergency medical technicians, EMTs, England, fencing, Germany, greengrocers, grocers, haberdashers, hatmakers, hatters, holy death, knights, mariners, milleners, archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, Papua New Guinea, paramedics, paratroopers, diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, police officers, Puebla Mexico, radiologists, radiotherapists, sailors, diocese of San Angelo, Texas, San Miguel de Allende Mexico, archdiocese of Seattle Washington, security forces, security guards, Sibenik Croatia, sick people, soldiers, Spanish police officers, diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts, storms at sea, swordsmiths, Umbria, Italy, watermen

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: *daylia*
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 10:37 AM

For the record, saving the kiddies is Gabe's job . Looks like Mike's busy enough as is.

In Houston, anyway. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 10:15 AM

They're good, Rap, but I dunno if he saves any children. Mind you, Marks and Spencers do some good kids clothes so perhaps they have saved some kids. On the other hand he is also the patron saint of Brussels and I don't know any kids that like sprouts.

I think I must be loosing the plot somewhere...

:D

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: *daylia*
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 10:13 AM

Mike plays a mighty sweet Quartet too ... with Gab, Uri and Raph (clockwise from those Flamin' Pillars)

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 09:12 AM

Hey, while you're looking for them sweet, cute little angels, don't forget Big Mike, my Number One Dude.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 08:46 AM

Just watch the film 'Dogma' instead. It'll put you off having Angels anywhere near children! :-)

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: *daylia*
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 07:45 AM

this one's sweet

this one's cute

and this one's thought-provoking.

Hey, I feel wonderful right now. To start the day right, just google for Angels first thing in the morning!

Thanks for asking, Joybell.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: CarolC
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 10:49 PM

I should probably mention that my search was a Google image search.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: CarolC
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 10:44 PM

I Googled "guardian angel". It turned up McGrath's first one and some others. Here's a few from that search:

http://www.puzzlehistory.com/grdagl3.jpg

http://www.christcenteredmall.com/stores/art/hahlbohm/guardian-angel-zoom.jpg

http://www.skeptiseum.org/images/guardian_angel.jpg

http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/Guardian%20Angel.jpeg

http://members.shaw.ca/zidonja/guardian%20angel%20water%20colour%2022x28.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 09:16 PM

Thanks for that - here's a variant on that one, with black children and a black angel.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Joybell
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 08:04 PM

So quick, McGrath. Thank you. Here I was saying nice things about you on another thread and you were over here helping me.
"Angel" always gives me too much and I thought I'd tried Angel+ children but I'll give it another go. Thanks again. Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 07:50 PM

Try google images with angel or angel + children.

Here is one to be going on with.

Subject: BS: Seeking pictures: Angel saves child(ren)
From: Joybell
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 07:44 PM

I really like those Victorian pictures of Guardian Angels saving little children from danger. Like - Little curly-headed boy leans over precipice to pick a flower BUT Angel is there ready to pluck him from the cliff-edge. Or - Little boy and girl fall in front of galloping horses AND Angel is right there waiting to save them.

I have a few, there are some sheet music covers on this theme, and I'm sure there are many more out there in cyberspace but they're hidden among other Angel pictures. I don't turn them up often. If anyone finds some in their travels on the net, I'd be grateful.
It's the rescue idea I like rather than just the Watching Angel or the Angel of Death.
Don't know why they interest me, actually. Maybe it's just that they are part of my grandmother's world. None of them are great art and most are really rather bad art, I think.
                                        Joy