Fata Morgana by Heinz Sterzenbach

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Fata Morgana, Acrylic Collage, Canvas, 47,2x43,3 inch, 2007. The name Fata Morgana originates from Italy. Such a phenomenon was observed occasionally over the road by Messina between the Italian mainland and Sicilies. The vernacular called it Fata Morgana (Fee Morgana), after a figure in the saga of King Arthur. There Morgana (far more correctly handled down than in later narrations) is the half sister of king Arthur. Its former relevance becomes clear in one 1163 A.D. (at the time of the reign of the Normans) provided soil mosaic in the cathedral of the apulic Otranto, where the inscription marks it as "Rex Artus". He rides a billy goat and he is placed beside the picture of the case of sin. Unmistakable is the origin of the only from the poets of the late Middle Ages christianizated and to the ruler explained King Arthur, which might have been a celtic God figure. Morgane inhabits the other country one or shade realm and accommodates there King Arthur. The myth of King Arthur comes from the Cornich or Welsh Celts again arrived either with the Normans to Sicilies or during the crusades to South Italy. These spread the legend in South Italy and on the way to Palestine. The figure of the Fee Morgana is older than the medieval saga of King Arthur, it originates from that celtic mythology. The old Irish saw transparent palaces in the comparatively frequent mirages over the sea, in which their Gods lived. Morgana inhabited the island Avalon, which was designated later at that time very Christian humans than shade or fairy empire, since one did not believe no more in the legend, Avalon had really existed. The name Morgana is probably derived from Greek margarites = bead and Arab margan = coral. In the picture the figure before the pyramid has an effect like a Fata Morgana, since it appears behind a veil. It concerns the bust of the Nofret, an Egyptian princess. In front of Nofret a Tuareg from Mali on a camel rides on a dune.