| Angkor Wat Piece of Vishnu | |
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Origin |
Angkor Wat |
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Type |
Statue Piece |
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Effects |
Grants short periods of foresight |
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Downsides |
Can cause malarial fever |
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Activation |
Kissing it |
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Collected by |
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Section |
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Aisle |
180946-2277 |
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Shelf |
568542-6819-237 |
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Date of Collection |
October 19, 1907 |
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Origin[edit | edit source]
The statue was a focusing point of worship and it is said that meditating at the feet of Vishnu and then kissing them would grant the faithful insight in the universe (glimpses of Nirvana) or foresight. Angkor Wat was the capital of the Khmer empire during its reign and was the host of Warehouse 6.
Smuggled out of Angkor Wat by Henri Mouhot in 1860, the piece is of a Vishnu statue. Mouhot chipped off the pinky toe and had such vivid images of the future that he died of malarial fever a year later.
Effects[edit | edit source]
The artifact is very powerful and can only be used for short periods of time, granting limited foresight; otherwise, malarial fever will take the person over.
