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Die standbeeld is sowat 500 jaar gelede opgerig in die middel van Bern Switzerland en vorm deel van ‘n interessante fontein. Daar is natuurlik heelwat teorieë beskikbaar en persone kan self hul afleiding maak op hierdie uitstaande en merkwaardige stad Bern se uitsonderlike fontein en beeld. Dit is beslis nie ‘n lewendige fontein nie nog minder iets wat alledaags voorkom. Meestal assosieer dammetjies en spuit fonteine nuwe lewe, maar hierdie besienswaardigheid is anders. Sy kos word saamgedra en gulsig verorber.
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Kinders en selfs volwassenes sal nie goeie aanklank vind by so ‘n daaglikse vreet-episode nie. Dit is niks anders as die fontein van marteling en dood nie, want daar is heelwat jong kindertjies wat wag om verorber te word in die beeld. Dit is duidelik dat die kindervreter gefokus was op jongelinge en beslis nie tevrede was met een baba op ‘n slag nie. Vrees is op elke baba en jongeling wat hom omring, se gesig te sien. Dit is ongeveer in 1546 opgerig in Switzerland en ‘n baie ou standbeeld wat lewendig herrys.
Wie sal regtig weet en die ware toedrag van sake ken agter so ‘n tipe van fontein en baba vreter.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/child-eater-bern
Dit trek aandag – dis kleurvol
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The fountain sculpture towers above the ground, a baby half stuffed into the giant’s mouth, and a sack full of three alarmed tots slung over his shoulder presumably for later snacking. The unsettling sculpture is no modern work of art; built in 1546, it is one of the oldest fountains in the city of Bern.
Strangely, no one is exactly sure why it’s there. There are three main theories. The first and most unfortunate possibility is that the Kindlifresser was built as a sort of warning to the Jewish community of Bern. The Kindlifresser wears a hat that is strikingly similar to the yellow pointed Judenhut that Jews were forced to wear at that time.
The second theory is that the terrifying Ogre is a depiction of Kronos, the Greek Titan. Kronos has arguably one of the most disturbing tales in Greek Mythology. Long story short, Kronos eats all his god children to keep them from taking over his throne.
The final theory is that the Kindlifresser is supposed to be the older brother of Duke Berchtold, the founder of Bern. Apparently the jealousy of being overshadowed by his younger brother for so many years caused him to go mad, eventually sending him into a rage where he collected and ate the town’s children. (It would seem likely that this event would have been recorded in the town’s history books, which it is not.)
It may of course be none of the above, and is simply a sort of boogie man from Switzerland’s Fastnacht, or ”Night of Fasting” festival, a way to remind the children of Bern to behave. Whatever the Kindlifresser represents, it has terrified Swiss children for nearly 500 years, and hopefully, will be there to terrify them for 500 years more.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/child-eater-bern
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Bern Switzerland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwoda5u1Xp0
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