Ganesh with a breathing pipe trunk

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a) In the TV series Ancient Aliens presented by Giorgiou Tsoukalis, a man who is one of the many fans of Alien, Aliens,  Prometheus and indeed HR Giger.

A question asked is whether the Hindu god Ganesh was an extra-terrestrial visitor wearing breathing apparatus that might have been mistaken for an elephant's head and trunk.

The space jockey was sometimes described as having a head like an elephant.

The comic books made this even more so by having the breathing pipe attached to it's nose area look like an elephant trunk.

The skull was roughly elephantine perhaps.




b) Giger created strange humanoid heads with breathing pipes extending from the nasal cavity. (See Space Jockey's Evolution via Gigers Necronomicon part 2)

The Engineer's suits in Prometheus supposed to be the same as the space jockey's from Alien where humans with helmets roughly like the head of the space jockey but were made more like an elephantine due to different aesthetic choices.



Engineer with helmet in Prometheus


c) However in a preview for Ancient Aliens, a statue was shown depicting a Ganesh with segmented breathing pipe in place of a trunk, ending in a bowl in such way that it resembled a breathing filter.

The thing was presented as a genuine ancient relic, whether it actually was or wasn't.

Ganesh sculpture

detail from above
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14 comments:

  1. Moesy Pittounikos24 September 2016 at 07:22

    The film Prometheus near the end shows the alien put in his helmet and it looks like Ganesh. The film was actually rewritten and dumbed down but some moffits of the original intent is still there!

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  2. Unknown30 January 2018 at 10:16

    Any information on whereabouts and archaeological history of the sculptor ?

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    1. wmmvrrvrrmm30 January 2018 at 11:26

      In terms of the Ganesh sculpture, well I know it was glimpsed on the Ancient Aliens show but I know nothing more about it at present. If I do find something else about it, I'm sure I'd post it.

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  3. tonyL8 July 2018 at 22:34

    where is the sculpture located, do you know?

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    1. wmmvrrvrrmm9 July 2018 at 02:20

      Unfortunately I know almost nothing about it other than it was on that TV program.

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  4. tixo28 February 2020 at 00:15

    The first thing came in to my mind after seeing Engineers bio suit was Lord Ganesha , According to our hindu history , Ganesha is the son of Shiva and Parvati and he is the brother of Karthikeya (or Subrahmanya), the god of war. So this makes sense . Our stories are not a Mythology but it was real and one more thing i would like to add is that the instrument ( flute ) which engineer use to activate all the spacecraft system is actually used by Lord Krishna and it is always shown with it . There are many more things I would like to relate .........

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    1. Pathyplus31 July 2021 at 22:18

      Any more informations totally agreed

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    2. Pathyplus31 July 2021 at 22:18

      Any more informations totally agreed

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    3. Pathyplus31 July 2021 at 22:18

      Any more informations totally agreed

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  5. Pathyplus31 July 2021 at 22:13

    Thank amazing I want. To know more

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  6. Pathyplus31 July 2021 at 22:18

    Thank amazing I want. To know more

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  7. Shree Govindappan9 February 2022 at 09:06

    It's being disrespectful for our God . If we say something about jesus of Allah they will start a controversy. Why should we keep quiet when someone calls our God an alien . I love this show but this thing
    No

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  8. Schmick5 August 2023 at 08:36

    I certainly don't mean disrespect to you personally ,but only religious folks care of such things. Jesus wasn't real, Bhudda was not real, so what makes you think Dumbo was real? All powerful deities are not affected by questions if they are indeed infallible. Majick is very real though. You can still benefit from your beliefs if you wish. But is it really Gonesh that fulfills prayers or something else?

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  9. Schmick5 August 2023 at 08:42

    Nonreligious aren't bothered by inquiring. And some know that Jesus and Buddha never existed. So nothing gets exempt. It's not a God worth worshipping if it wept everytime someone questioned it. Nor if they are vengeful.

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