Civ: Nabataeans

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

The Nabataeans

 

 

 

 

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

A year ago I made a rather poorly done emblem for this faction. I'll look for it.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

2 hours ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

A year ago I made a rather poorly done emblem for this faction. I'll look for it.

Yeah, I'm not happy with the one in the first post. 

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

Just now, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

Yeah, I'm not happy with the one in the first post. 

I need to find it and correct it.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

I like the idea of a date palm, but perhaps something religious would be better.

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

14 minutes ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

I like the idea of a date palm, but perhaps something religious would be better.

Okay, maybe we don't just have to make the emblem, we also have to make the banners and the flags, sails... The icon of unexplored map.

I found my original idea.

It appears to be one of those eyes that remove or prevent the so-called evil eye.

Edited 1 hour ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabataean_religion

They also worshipped Baalshamin.

They are Semites and are related to the Idumeans, Israelites, and Judeans.

 

It has its own gods.

They have their sacred monuments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baetyl

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

They were originally iconoclasts. They did not like to worship images.

 

This is similar to the ark of the covenant; the ark is supposed to be the throne of Yahweh, but for them this altar was where their invisible god was.

"Altars were also sometimes used as a representation of the gods. There is little evidence of Nabataean iconoclasm. Most of the deities were portrayed as betyls, sometimes carved in relief and others carried during processions."

Edited 45 minutes ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues