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Articles relating to cauldrons, large pots for cooking or boiling over an open fire, with a lid and frequently with an arc-shaped hanger and/or integral handles or feet. There is a rich history of cauldron lore in religion, mythology, and folklore.
In ding vessels, these taotie faces most often appear on the bowl or cauldron portion of the body, but they can also appear on the legs of the vessels. [15] Decoration also tends to be used to fill in the background of most vessels, sometimes across the entire body of a vessel, but in other instances only a single band of décor is used.
Ancient Greek casserole and brazier, 6th/4th century BC, exhibited in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of Attalus. Two cooking pots (Grapen) from medieval Hamburg c. 1200 –1400 AD Replica of a Viking cooking-pot hanging over a fire Kitchen in the Uphagen's House in Long Market, Gdańsk, Poland
A cauldron (or caldron) is a large pot for cooking or boiling over an open fire, with a lid and frequently with an arc-shaped hanger and/or integral handles or feet. There is a rich history of cauldron lore in religion, mythology, and folklore.
The Chiemsee Cauldron was discovered in 2001 by Jens Essig, [1] a local diver, at the bottom of Lake Chiemsee, about 200m from the shore near Arlaching, Chieming municipality. The cauldron has a diameter of 50 centimetres (20 in) and a height of 30 centimetres (12 in), and is made from 10.89 kilograms (24.0 lb) of 18 carat gold.
The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date from between 200 BC and 300 AD, [1] [2] or more narrowly between 150 BC and 1 BC. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This places it within the late La Tène period or early Roman Iron Age .
Lehanneur described them as "three chapters in the same story", with the cauldron representing liberty, gold medals, and serving as "the epilogue and the ultimate symbol of that story. Light, magical and unifying." [4] The cauldron consisted of a 7-metre (23-foot) diameter ring suspended from a 30-meter-tall (98 feet) helium-filled balloon.
Following the success of Cauldron, Palace released a direct sequel, Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back, in 1986. The game is set after the events of the first game and features a bouncing pumpkin that survived the witch's ascension to power. Players navigate the pumpkin around a castle in search of the Witch Queen to enact revenge. [1]