Arthous (Landes)
Another sophisticated corbel-table, this time comparing two pairs of figures
with probable misogynistic intent:
the naked pair of women on the left are are rare example of a double Luxuria ,
possibly lesbian, with snakes
writhing around their bodies
and sucking their teats..
The clothed pair on the right, tonsured, and hoth holding crosses and covering
genitals and breast,
represent a holy brotherhood.
The same carvings before cleaning.
Another couple of corbels at Arthous: a simian mouthpuller
and a man playing a barrel-like dolio.
Eve with the apple in her hand, while Adam puts his hand to his throat
in a gesture of despair.
Neither quite hides their genitals in order to subscribe to the almost-universal
Christian misinterpretation of Original Sin
so imperfectly described in the book of Genesis.
compare the same motif on the late-Romanesque church at Frómista
in Spain.