Le Babouin et la Babouine

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"Le Babouin"

Le Babouin et la Babouine (or Jean Babouin et Jeanne Babouine ) are two sculptured menhirs in the forest of Lanvaux, about 500 m southeast of the hamlet of Le Lerman southeast of Trédion in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . The menhirs date from the Neolithic and were sculpted later, possibly in Gallic times or after, and are therefore not statue menhirs in the classical sense.

"La Babouine"
"La Babouine"

description

The menhir Babouin ( German  baboon ) is about 1.45 m high. Its upper part bears a face 65 cm in diameter surrounded by a circle facing south. The size and shape of the menhir was changed to bring up the face; it is likely that the engraving was made after its installation. Babouin could originally have symbolized a phallus. He is about 20.0 m east of his companion.

The menhir Babouine ( German  baboon ) is about 3.25 m high and slightly inclined. Its upper part has a weathered face, breasts and a necklace. The stone was cut into a strange three-tiered cylinder shape and straightened sometime after 1862. He could symbolize a fertility goddess.

The menhirs were classified as a monument historique in 1933 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deux menhirs taillés, dits Babouin et Babouine in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

literature

Web links

Commons : Menhirs Babouin et Babouine  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′ 54 "  N , 2 ° 34 ′ 44"  W.