anyone know anything about them...? got this fella in the maldives...

 

did look it up but didnt find anything that interesting....

 

anyone know owt and care to share?

my mummy have 3 little wodden monkeys

all the see no hear no speak no evil there so cool

 

but i cant shed no light sorry

I got them too - my dad brought them back from S Africa-ca-ca many moons ago ..

you sound like some kinda orical maria

 

is there somthing your not telling us

I have a gold statuette of them that my nan left me in her will, and here's what I could find on them.

 

They're commonly called the Three Wise Monkeys, whose postures of covering their eyes, ears and mouth reminds us to "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil." You most often see them on ornamental brass paperweights in this day and age, but their history dates back to the seventh century.

 

The legend of the monkeys originated in China in the seventh century and were associated with Vadjra, a blue-faced god with three eyes and numerous hands. The monkeys' poses were a pictorial depiction of the god's mandate: if we do not see, hear or talk evil, then we ourselves shall be spared all evil.

 

 

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is there somthing your not telling us

There are alot of things I don't tell anyone ...

found this on the web

 

 

The three wise monkeys were carved over the door of the Sacred Stable, in Nikko, Japan, in the 17th Century. One covers his eyes, one his ears and the other his mouth. Thus the monkeys could see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.

 

The monkeys and their motto became a popular ornament, particularly in Victorian and Edwardian times. The figures often appeared on mantelpieces and sometimes embroidered into chairs.

 

It's likely that their story started in China and a Buddhist monk of the Tendai sect introduced them into Japan, probably in the Eighth Century. The monkeys were at first always associated with the blue-faced deity Vadjra, a fearsome god with three eyes and numerous hands. Part of the Vadjra cult's teaching was that if they do not hear, see or talk evil, they would be spared all evil.

 

These gestures were a pictorial way of conveying the god's command.

 

They are called: Mizaru (see no evil); Kikazaru (hear no evil); and Iwazaru (speak no evil). These are Japanese puns.

 

The word for monkey (saru or zaru) sounds the same as the verb-ending zaru, so to represent the phrase with the three monkeys means: 'See nothing, hear nothing, say nothing.'

 

Rumour has it that there was another monkey called Do No Evil. He had his hands on his ... er ... lap

 

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QUOTE (Trouble @ May 25 2004, 12:00) is there somthing your not telling us There are alot of things I don't tell anyone ... and theres alot of things you tell us that we'd rather not know

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QUOTE (Maria @ May 25 2004, 12:02) QUOTE (Trouble @ May 25 2004, 12:00) is there somthing your not telling us There are alot of things I don't tell anyone ... and theres alot of things you tell us that we'd rather not know O right ..   Tuff tits.

QUOTE (Aaron @ May 25 2004, 12:05)

Rumour has it that there was another monkey called Do No Evil. He had his hands on his ... er ... lap

i think you'll find that's Jizz No Evil.