Great-Grandmother Has Been Accidentally Praying to a Lord of the Rings Figurine

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Gabriela Brandão, a freelance makeup artist from Florianópolis, Brazil, posted these amazing photos last week. Brandão’s daughter’s great-grandmother devoutly prays to this tiny figurine every day.

“My daughter’s great-grandmother prays to this figure of Saint Anthony every day”

“But looking more closely… “

It’s SUPPOSED to be a figure of Saint Anthony. But after looking more closely at it, Gabriela realized something wasn’t quite right.


So, she decided to look it up on the internet and found an IDENTICAL figurine on an online store. It turns out “Saint Anthony” is actually Elrond, an elf from The Lord of the Rings.

Here is an actual figurine of Saint Anthony, for reference. Notice the lack of pointy ears.

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...https://www.buzzfeed.com/raphaelevangelista/woman-prays-to-elrond-the-elf?utm_term=.jkvMJ94dqd#.dvbdlr9Z4Z

[HassleCat]

1. Makes no difference for two reasons.

As long as Granny thinks it's a saint, that's the critical thing. And one mythical character is like any other mythical character.

[Warpy]

2. I won't make the obvious comment

but living with lousy eyesight does have its funny parts.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. I have early-onset macular degeneration from a genetic condition called PXE.

I've attended some conferences and heard some funny stories!

One lady went into detail about repeatedly bashing a mouse/rat in her kitchen with a broom and later a shovel, but it still seemed to be "breathing" when she crouched down to look at it closely.

Her grandson visited unexpectedly, and she screamed for him to get the creature out of the house. He said, "Grandma, you've been beating on a piece of steel wool."

[cer7711]

5. Heh-heh!

Thanks. I needed that.

[onetexan]

3. lol

thanks for the good burst of laughter

[raccoon]

6. Whatever gets you through the night. nt

[Ron Obvious]

7. I could've sworn that sounded just like an Onion headline. n/t