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BIRDS
geese from egypt, greenland, gotland, ireland

From The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, R.O.Faulkner, BM Publications 1985, p 95

spell to become a goose 1400 bc
If the two trailing Egyptians, from 2630 BC, below, aren't the same species as this Irish Greenlander, to the left, may I become a goose.
The Gotlanders below, cut in limestone, are not quite so elegant

certainly a goose, or swan possibly a duck
These birds appeared on the Gotland picture stones from about 500

Broa VII, 500-700 AD
mushroom?

The ship lasted from 350 to 850

See Stones, Ships and Symbols,
Nylén & Lamm, Gidlunds, 1988.
Smiss I, 500-700 AD
phallus?

The famous Meidum geese sometimes changed into evening dress
Was the dead Gotlander's soul now seeking to become a goose? The earlier stones (400-600) used to sport a sun-whorl [see here]. To my mind they were much finer, see the Bro I stone [click].
Do geese see God?
Proctor's Palindromes; courtesy PM
"They ain't no birds, not really," said Billy the Dane.
"Not mollies, not gullies, nor goneys at all," said he,
"But simply the sperrits of mariners livin' again."
John Masefield
A Scot when from the Gallows-tree got loose
Drops into Styx, and turns a Soland Goose.
John Cleveland: The Rebel Scot
I must go where the wild goose goes
next bird
anfloga divide god man other sea ship sun