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Updated: May 23, 2025
And as the "Matterode" is an intimation that the beauty of the wearer's actions justifies her in looking upwards to a future home in the celestial stars, so does the Mountain Supporter indicate her firmness, power, and strength, that nothing in Montalluyah can surpass. When either of these decorations is worn, the greatest honour and respect are paid to the wearer.
A decoration called the "Matterode," consists of the model of a very beautiful bird, that has the peculiarity of always looking upwards, as though its thoughts were borne to the celestial stars. The wings of this bird, from which the Order derives its name, are fixed in a peculiar way, and move in graceful motion, so as to suggest the movement of an angel's wings.
If, during the five years succeeding that in which she won the "Matterode," this lady remains unaltered in greatness and goodness, she is entitled, in addition, to a decoration of considerable value, in which the "Mountain Supporter" which gives its name to the Order, is faithfully copied in the purest and most beautiful metals.
Again, if any person, even one who had gained the Matterode, were to commit something a decidedly wrongful act the decoration, during the following five years, would perhaps consist of a Foot trampling on a hippopotamus or on a serpent, thus indicating the necessity for bearing down sin, which is symbolised by both of these creatures.
The plumage of the Matterode is as though it were studded with precious stones; so bright are the dots all over the body and the wings. The decoration is of exquisite workmanship, and made of our choicest metals, varied in colour, and set with precious stones, to imitate the bird's plumage.
If the conduct of the woman during the five years she wears the Matterode had been marked by any deviation from goodness, an occurrence scarcely heard of, a qualified decoration would be presented to her, which, though beautiful, and indicating the age and position beyond doubt, would give evidence that a little cloud had sometime during the past period, affected the vivid colours of the illumined sky!
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