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Related: About this forumGreat-Grandmother Has Been Accidentally Praying to a Lord of the Rings Figurine
Gabriela Brandão, a freelance makeup artist from Florianópolis, Brazil, posted these amazing photos last week. Brandãos daughters great-grandmother devoutly prays to this tiny figurine every day.
My daughters great-grandmother prays to this figure of Saint Anthony every day
But looking more closely
Its SUPPOSED to be a figure of Saint Anthony. But after looking more closely at it, Gabriela realized something wasnt quite right.
So, she decided to look it up on the internet and found an IDENTICAL figurine on an online store. It turns out Saint Anthony is actually Elrond, an elf from The Lord of the Rings.
Here is an actual figurine of Saint Anthony, for reference. Notice the lack of pointy ears.
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...https://www.buzzfeed.com/raphaelevangelista/woman-prays-to-elrond-the-elf?utm_term=.jkvMJ94dqd#.dvbdlr9Z4Z
My daughters great-grandmother prays to this figure of Saint Anthony every day
But looking more closely
Its SUPPOSED to be a figure of Saint Anthony. But after looking more closely at it, Gabriela realized something wasnt quite right.
So, she decided to look it up on the internet and found an IDENTICAL figurine on an online store. It turns out Saint Anthony is actually Elrond, an elf from The Lord of the Rings.
Here is an actual figurine of Saint Anthony, for reference. Notice the lack of pointy ears.
...
...https://www.buzzfeed.com/raphaelevangelista/woman-prays-to-elrond-the-elf?utm_term=.jkvMJ94dqd#.dvbdlr9Z4Z
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Great-Grandmother Has Been Accidentally Praying to a Lord of the Rings Figurine (Original Post)
progressoid
Jan 2017
OP
I have early-onset macular degeneration from a genetic condition called PXE.
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
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HassleCat
(6,409 posts)1. Makes no difference for two reasons.
As long as Granny thinks it's a saint, that's the critical thing. And one mythical character is like any other mythical character.
Warpy
(111,359 posts)2. I won't make the obvious comment
but living with lousy eyesight does have its funny parts.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,858 posts)4. I have early-onset macular degeneration from a genetic condition called PXE.
I've attended some conferences and heard some funny stories!
One lady went into detail about repeatedly bashing a mouse/rat in her kitchen with a broom and later a shovel, but it still seemed to be "breathing" when she crouched down to look at it closely.
Her grandson visited unexpectedly, and she screamed for him to get the creature out of the house. He said, "Grandma, you've been beating on a piece of steel wool."
cer7711
(502 posts)5. Heh-heh!
Thanks. I needed that.
onetexan
(13,062 posts)3. lol
thanks for the good burst of laughter
raccoon
(31,126 posts)6. Whatever gets you through the night. nt
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)7. I could've sworn that sounded just like an Onion headline. n/t