#is also whence the airsent falling bomb
hint - its in this diorama
& its repeated @ least 3x that i have spotted I AM DYING HERE @ HIS SNEAKY CLEVERNESS
pic from theaterguy105s comic-con post (x)
FYI ALSO NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE RECOGNIZED THE MOTTO ON THE SHIELD
its psalm 120 | 121 dependin on which numbering system
AD MONTES OCULUS LEVAVI on the upper scroll means TO THE MOUNTAINS [MY] EYES I LIFT UP
which is a heraldic rearrangement of “levavi oculos meos in montes unde veniet auxilium meum” in the vulgate latin which as translated by the jesuit order who taught ( if not entirely what they mean to ) the young guillermo del toro to elizabethan era english goes “I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me” (x)
altho the spelling of it as “oculus” rather than “oculos” is curious & may have a significance beyond it bein an artifact of spelling in Olde – oculus is “an eye” singular , in latin but when spelled w two Os is plural in a specific case as in the above verse , but also means a little round window ( that looks like an eye ) so this may be a double entendre w the windows = the eyes of the house
also fyi this latin version of the scriptures was originally done by st jerome
who is the saint associated w , you may recall , a lion patronus
the lower scrolls motto is MORS VINCIT OMNIA which hardly needs translating but = DEATH CONQUERS ALL
this hi res wallpaper of the sculpted gate crest is nice (x) but the silkscreen version (x) on this official legendary swag notebook is easier to read – i havent deciphered the rest of the imagery beyond the obvious overarching skull symbol bc none of the pics are clear enf yet & this may be starting red herrings but there maybe two rampant beasts – ?bears? lions? - opposed w a flying bird –? raven? –in the shield proper , or not
but one thing is certain ,its the same mask hanging over the gate of the namesake LABERINTO
which echoed the mouth-of-truth symbol in the repaired menhir earlier
& the jaws-of-fate symbols in the “three caskets” sequence later
& which was the mirror of the mask formed by the windows of the arch in DEVILS BACKBONE
just as the lion-guarded caskets by the pale mans fireside were the mirror of the safe hidden by the stove in ESPINAZO , & the jaws-of-truth scn in BLADE 2
& which wld be echoed immediately thereafter in HELLBOY 1 ( along w so many other elements )
& now the gate / boca del inferno theme returns
& with it entire new layers of symbolism on all levels
but what it will be we can only guess
but jessica chastain tweeted a note abt green bein the color of hope ( ! ! ! )
& it sounds like they were LARPin it this time
& charlie h is so tuned in to del toros storytelling now , he wrote his own chara sheet for backstory & got to use almost all of it unchanged
& everyone got input on the editing process
& they filmed in toronto so they cld get as many of the same crew as had worked w them on PR as possible
SO YES THIS IS ANOTHER LINK IN THE MONOMYTH & WILL ILLUMINATE BACKWARDS AS MUCH AS IT IS ILLUMINATED BY THE PAST CHAPTERS
