Talk:The Hanged Man (tarot card)

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I have contacted US Games to clarify copyright and permissions. To be specific, I believe that wikipedia's use (with requisite attribution) is in line with item 3 under Usage and Pricing in their TarotReproductionPolicies.pdf document (http://www.usgamesinc.com/newstore/layout/pages/US/info/TarotReproductionPolicies.pdf). If I receive confirmation, I will update these pages to reflect that.

Content of my request: <snip> I am working on articles regarding the Tarot for the Wikipedia and saw that images from your deck (to be specific, I believe it was the Arthur Waite version) were used in these pages. I propogated thi error in creating a new page, which was later modified to be indicative of the potential copyright problems with these pages. I am writing to confirm that the usage of your images on these pages (they are the card-specific pages that are linked to from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot) would be allowable to use with no fees incurred per item 3 under Usage and Pricing in your TarotReproductionPolicies.pdf document (http://www.usgamesinc.com/newstore/layout/pages/US/info/TarotReproductionPolicies.pdf), provided proper attribution is given.

If this is correct, please notify me by email so that I can encapsulate your response. I will then construct a page with proper arttribution, so that you may review it if you so desire, before adding the images back to any other pages.

Thanks in advance for your time. Cori Schlegel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kinrowan </snip>

kinrowan 18:58, 2005 Mar 2 (UTC)

I removed the "Examples" section since it was entirely Original Research which Wikipedia does not allow. I left the "mythopoeteic interpretation" section because that may have come from a reputable source but it seems to be something based on personal interpretation like the "Examples" section. - DNewhall

[edit] The Original Name

I think it would be great to include some of history of this card in the article (as mentioned in the comment by Philebus). I was on the verge of adding some myself, but the only sources I have access to at the present are various internet sites with questionable attribution.... Skandha101 05:18, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Michael Dummett's books on the Tarot's history make clear that the name "The Hanged Man" is not the original one. Early Tarot cards from Italy did not have the names on the cards, people were expected to know them. The practice of putting the name on the cards began with the French card makers. Early Italian texts however, do name the card as "The Traitor" - it was the practice in Italy to hang traitors upside-down in this fashion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Philebus (talk • contribs) 10:54, August 25, 2007 (UTC)