Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Goddesses as Dancing-Girls
Three richly dressed women move beneath an ornamental ceiling, their lifted hands and flowing ribbons crossing the shallow interior. A kneeling attendant occupies the lower space. The caption identifies goddesses appearing as dancing-girls. Paul gives their disguise the visible energy of performance: the elaborate clothing belongs to the courtly room, while the intersecting movements make the group seem to fill it.
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Evelyn Paul. "The Goddesses as Dancing-Girls" [editorial title]. In Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt, Lewis Spence. September 1923 Harrap reprint; first published August 1913, 1923, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Source scan leaf 281. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/egypt-paul-281
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details.
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Evelyn Paul. The Goddesses as Dancing-Girls. Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt. Scan leaf 281. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/egypt-paul-281