Satanic "Storyteller" Fountain - Birmingham, Alabama
N 33° 30.042 W 086° 47.767
16S E 518937 N 3706815
Birmingham's strict Baptist heritage quickly dubbed this fountain sculpture as "satanic." It features a goat-headed "pagan" man-figure reading from a book to a circle of entranced woodland animals.
Waymark Code: WM4MWA
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/08/2008
Views: 38
This fountain, created by local artist Frank Fleming, is located in Five Points South, considered by many to be Birmingham's youthful, club oriented center of town.
To the casual observer, the sculpture might appear whimsical, but it's unveiling certainly stirred up a hornet's nest in the belt buckle of the Bible Belt.
An inscription on the fountain read:
"The Storyteller"
Frank Fleming, artist
Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art
Storytelling is a deeply rooted southern heritage. The animals are listening to a story intended to convey the idea of a peaceable kingdom. Fleming's deep respect for the dignity and honesty found in nature is symbolized in these figures.
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