Engel Tarot

[RavenOfSummer]

I believe I have the right name for this deck, based on some Google searching...does anyone know anything about this deck? I can't find much information about it, but I find these images so captivating.

 

[Whisper]

Can't help, but love the contrast of the blue and russet.  <3

[Page of Ghosts]

I like the artwork on this deck! The blue/orange contrast is my favourite :D Engel is angel in many languages including my own and those sure looks like angels.

[PathWalker]

Engel Tarot - by Alois Hanslain. ISBN 3-922936-61-x

Cards are big - 15.5 cm x 11 cm - majors only, plain white unprinted backs. Colour tone is as you say very dark gold/mustard and blue. Titles are tiny white print on bottom edge, in German. No LWB or title card, just 9 lines of text (in German) on the back of the pack.

Like many European decks it does have a degree of nudity - mostly nipples showing through sheer cloth - if that bothers folks?

 

here is the Tarot Garden entry for it:

 

http://tarotgarden.com/engel-tarot/

[truelighth]

This is indeed the Engel Tarot by Alois Hanslian. A German artist. It is put of print and even hard to find in Europe.

[RavenOfSummer]

Thanks so much, everyone, for your help and information with this one! Argh, why do I always have to be falling in love with OOP and HTF decks  :'( I guess I'll just have to keep an eye out for this one. Keep hope alive  ;)

 

Oh, and I see this artist has done an oracle deck as well? I'm glad to learn of him.

[truelighth]

The artist did three oracles:

 

The Bach-Bluten Devas (bluten means blossom)

The Orchideeen-Bluten Devas

I Ging Orakel

 

The first two can actually be found quite easily in Europe. Unlike the Engel Tarot

[RavenOfSummer]

The artist did three oracles:

 

The Bach-Bluten Devas (bluten means blossom)

The Orchideeen-Bluten Devas

I Ging Orakel

 

The first two can actually be found quite easily in Europe. Unlike the Engel Tarot

 

Ahh! Thank you!

[Jewel]

The deck looks gorgeous but after looking at the price tag at Tarot Garden I will not be getting this deck lol.  The art is gorgeous though.

[VGimlet]

I'd keep an eye out - I found a deck somewhere (eBay?  etsy? maybe even on Amazon)  a few years ago from somewhere and the price  wasn't bad. 

[cdsmiller17]

I have a boxed set of Engel Tarot cards. They are Major Arcana only. It comes with a book, entirely in German. The  ISBN is : 3-922936-61-X. I bought them in the UK in 1987.

[RavenOfSummer]

I have a boxed set of Engel Tarot cards. They are Major Arcana only. It comes with a book, entirely in German. The  ISBN is : 3-922936-61-X. I bought them in the UK in 1987.

 

Ahh! Very nice, cdsmiller17[/member]! I would still love to find a copy but no luck yet.

[cdsmiller17]

Maybe I'm meant to sell them to you. Make me an offer...