Board Thread:The Spiral/@comment-24588058-20151214145658/@comment-24588058-20151216034303

The only problem I have with Beauty and the Beast's Rose being the Rose we see is that it's not poisonous. I think it's different, but I'm just not sure how to connect it in. Maybe there's an old folktale involving it.

The Ming Vase is different from the Decorated Vase, which I think is what you were trying to see (although that is an interesting explanation for its effect origin). I'm not sure dragons is right, but perhaps something stranger than usual. I think a search of Ming Dynasty is in order, to see if there are any connections that can be drawn.

Crystal Skulls are indeed oddballs, but I think folklore is the way to go, unless there is a doomsday aspect to it in the sense that it could cause that scenario, in the same way that the Minoan Trident is not a doomsday artifact in and of itself, but can be used to cause doomsday.