Was the Deacon shown to us right from the beginning of the movie, on the Mural?

But what the Hell Deacon's mural meaning? I do not understand what it means.

The deacon is just another version of the xenomorph, like in the mural, been around forever. Mystery solved. Don't expect to see the deacon again, Shaw left that planet, that part of the story is done. Anyone waiting to see the deacon grow up may be disappointed.

Late reply but DUH

I'd like to add that anything to do with the Queen and the Xenos being like bugs or ants is something I think Mr Scott will never address. Why? Because he had nothing to do with that. That was all James Cameron. When asked why Mr Cameron didn't address the space jockey he said that if it were to be addressed he felt the answers should come from the original director ( Mr Scott). And I doubt Mr Scott gives a damn about anything that happened after Alien.

The goo the Engineer drinks is not the same as the goo the Engineers made in the urns. My theory: one is to create life and the other is to destroy. What else is a xeno's purpose other than to propagate? Destruction, and that is pure Xeno essence that Holloway drank. The original Fifield Zombie looked like a deformed Alien in the deleted scenes. I think Scott didn't want to make the connections too obvious so he got rid of it, or he didn't like the CG. The mural wasn't Deacon it was the original Xenomorph before it had been tampered with by the Engineers. IMHO, at least. Also, the Engineers who created us may have been rogue agents. Hence, the title Prometheus. We were to be destroyed because we were never to have been made in the first place.

ULTRAMORPH I hope he's intelligent.

Hey anybody know why the deacon and the trilobite are so huge?? I mean the trilobite is just to big, and the deacon can't feat inside the Engineer's body...

Don't be fooled. The Xenos designed that ship.

Does anyone see any mileage in interpreting the Deacon in the wall mural as a crucifixion image. I originally thought this might be a red herring, but I’m starting to think it may not be so far fetched. The motif may turn out to be key if sacrifice/reconciliation/salvation is to be the ultimate theme of the franchise. Compare/contrast with Masaccio’s Holy Trinity fresco.

"..Compare/contrast with Masaccio’s Holy Trinity fresco.." I took your suggestion and compared the two images. To my eyes there is quite a visual resemblence..some connection to each other. To infer there is a some sort of sacrificial connection I csannot say. There has been a note about the Xeno perhaps being a Queen..so unless that image is cleared up , well, I doin't think there can be a religious connection.

I agree with the rogue "creation" (gift of fire) to the humans - hence the title Prometheus (and their consequent target for destruction).

Maybe the Engineers were tryin to extrapolate the DNA of the human LUCA (last universal common ancestor); searchin for their own origin. To me the xenomorph seems to be shapeless, malleable and viral: it can become anythin, dependin on the hosts DNA.

Holloways say "This is just another tomb" brings me back to my thesis: The Engineers were lookin for their own origin. Maybe they were archaeologists and just found that cave as it was shown.

[quote]the Engineers who created us may have been rogue agents. Hence, the title Prometheus. We were to be destroyed because we were never to have been made in the first place.[/quote] This would give the film yet another layer of created beings defying their creators. Amazing.

Guys I think I got.. it.. it's kind of a prohecy the Mural AKA CYCLE... all fits... If you look good at the full mural The Deacon is on the middle(It's indeed a kind of Xeno not necessarly the deacon we see on Prometheus).. AND It is revealed that it comes from an Engineer host.. You can clearly see it on bot Left and right(From Trilobites aka another kind of facehuggers)... NOW THIS IS WHAT IS SHOCKING... Something is holding that Deacon/Xeno on the middle of the mural..as it where its ULTIMATE WEAPON(Creation).. .. That's an advanced ALIEN RACE(Engineers's GODS) He is holding the Deacon as it where It's ultimate weapon(They Created Engineers as a Slave specie like ganados)...Also, That GOD is wearing a weird f**** badass armor if you see it clearly(You can see his face too and his arms)....Somehow These engineers ended up killing their gods? or started a war with them(They knew their Gods could create Deacons from them...then Why don't they could create their own Monkey species that could host new Deacons or at least another Bio weapon)... Well They tried to replicate that BIO WEAPON.. and ended up with the xenomorphes(By Creating Humans and testing on them)... NOW why the Engineers(Creations of those Protoss look alike) want to kill Humans?...simply Because Humans were their creation.. and WE CAN KILL THEM JUST As they DID OR TRIED to KILL THEIR GODS? maybe...Who knows .. It's a Cycle.. Don't All children really want their parents dead?..... The craziest theory? makes sense...