Double Dealing Deity - Eternal Youth Edition - by Monkey Skull - for Lost Temple Traders
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A mug shaped like a crumbling stone statue head revealing a mummified brown skull inside with a blazing red eye.
From Lost Temple Traders:
"Beware of the cursed idol. The rewards she promises are not always worth the consequences suffered. This is the third limited edition tiki mug in our series that started with the Forbidden Rye and Skeleton Warrior mugs.
Our Double Dealing Deity: Eternal Youth Edition mug is limited to 40 pieces and is hand-crafted in the United States by our partners at Monkey Skull."
Based on the Goddess Mara from the Disneyland Indiana Jones adventure ride.
*There was also a regular edition with Red Skull & Blue Eye -- (100 pieces).
On Mara:
"Mara was a deity worshiped in the Lost Delta region of what is now modern India. The Temple of the Forbidden Eye, located in modern India, was built as a dedication to Mara, who has the ability to grant one of three magical gifts to those who visit the temple—eternal youth, earthly riches or visions of the future. The catch being that none can look into the eyes of Mara without being punished by the wrath of the god. The temple came to be long since abandoned by its people and reclaimed by nature following a river-flood which occurred around 65 BC.
2,000 years later in 1935 the temple was rediscovered by Indiana Jones through the usage of a map which he obtained in the Bengalese temple of the tiger god Sherdil with a missing piece acquired on the black-market by his ally Sallah. Indiana and Sallah went on to begin excavating the temple through the, 'Lost Delta Archaeological Expedition' with assistance from the Jungle Navigation Company and British Colonial Affairs. To receive additional revenue, the expedition was forced by British Colonial Affairs to host tours in the temple and make it a matter of media attention.
Through contacting allies, such as Abner Ravenwood and Marcus Brody, Indiana learned about a mysterious power-source of Mara within the temple known as the Jewel of Power. At one point, Sallah contacted his and Jones' ally Trader Sam to bring more guests to the temple from his bar, lending Sam a map of the temple to help with this. Despite several tourists being badly injured by the booby-traps of the temple, British Colonial Affairs refused to let the archaeological expedition to cease their tourism within the temple.
On the July 6 of 1936, Indiana Jones travelled deep inside the temple to hunt for the Jewel of Power only to vanish due to Mara's power. In Indy's absence, Sallah continued his temple tours with added hopes that one of these tours might find the lost Dr. Jones. One of these tours did run into Jones when he saved them from Mara's wrath as the deity attempted to suck them through the Gates of Doom. Jones and the tourists managed to evade Mara's wrath and escape the temple with their lives. The further fate of Mara and the temple remain a mystery."
Production
- Manufacturer
- Monkey Skull
- Producer
- Lost Temple Traders
- Count
- 40
Release
- Cost
- USD 185.00
- Notes
- Begins shipping July 2024.
Physical Characteristics
- Material
- Ceramic
- Shape
- Other
- Colour
- Grey / Brown
- Imagery
- Skull
- Marking
- "Lost Temple Traders" on reverse.
- Notes
- cracked gray statue head with brown mummified skull with red eye inside
