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8 pages of results. 1. Morning Star* [Journals] [Aeon]
... ')." (354) And, as noted, in time this led to an identification of Osiris as the god of the planet Venus. (355) Having now learned that the Egyptian Morning Star is to be identified as Mars, rather than Venus, would it be correct to say that Osiris is also identifiable as the red planet? In view of what we have ascertained above, it actually becomes quite evident that the identification of Osiris as the Morning Star, whether as Venus or Mars, is really due to confusion. True, Osiris was referred to inter alia as Tua-neter but, as we have seen, this term is translatable as "god ( ...
2. On Mars and Pestilence [Journals] [Aeon]
... and/or behavior of the Cytherean planet? A third strategy, hitherto overlooked, would be to compare ancient reports surrounding the various planets with traditions involving heroes or heroines identified with the respective planets. Ancient beliefs surrounding the planet Mars, for example, might be compared with traditions surrounding Heracles, the identification of the Greek strongman with the red planet being widespread in Hellenistic times. (65) Here, too, it would appear students of archaeoastronomy have overlooked a valuable source of information. Indeed, it was the vast nexus of characteristics shared in common between the planet Mars and Heracles which led me to postulate that the ultimate key to the myriad of mythological traditions surrounding the ...
3. The Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet by Graham Hancock [Journals] [Aeon]
... From: Aeon V:3 (Dec 1998) Home | Issue Contents The Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet by Graham Hancock (Crown, New York, 1998) Reviewed by Frederic Jueneman Mars has become as prominent a body in our contemporary book and tabloid literature as it has been a celebrated celestial object in our night skies. The red planet has been recently visited by two space probes: Pathfinder, the lander that bounced its way onto the surface and opened its lotus-like petals for the short-lived wheeled rover to explore the immediate environment, and the orbiting Surveyor that is currently analyzing and mapping the surface to satisfy our insatiable curiosity in a ...
4. Mars Gods of the New World [Journals] [Aeon]
... Issue Contents Mars Gods of the New World Ev Cochrane In previous articles in this series, we have investigated various gods of the Old World, including Heracles, Gilgamesh, Indra, Horus, Cuchulainn, Apollo and others, discovering compelling evidence that each of these figures originally personified the planet Mars, their cults reflecting ancient conceptions associated with the red planet. Throughout each step of the investigation, the cult of Nergal has loomed large, not only because of its antiquity but because it offers a solid link with the earliest astronomical traditions of Babylon. Nergal's well-attested identification with the planet Mars thus serves as a common denominator behind our various researches in comparative religion and archaeoastronomy. As we ...
5. On Dragons and Red Dwarves [Journals] [Aeon]
... in a position subordinate to- the sun-like Pura. Once upon a time, according to Arikena tradition, Pura and Mura found themselves in the belly of a great serpent and it was only with great difficulty that they eventually hacked their way out thanks to the aforementioned knife. (44) It is the possibility of relating Mura to the red planet that peaks our attention, of course, and thus it is tempting to compare the club-bearing red dwarf with Heracles, the latter alike being renowned for his club and homunculus-like (daktyl) form. (45) As is the case with any truly archetypal mythical motive, the shape-shifting red dwarf can be found throughout the ancient world ...
6. Velikovsky's Sources Volume Three [Books]
... the planet Venus is paralleled by the similar association of the sun god Nergal with the planet Mars. The artificiality', of course, is the analogical and symbolic natures of the association. Nor do I think the symbolic connections between Nergal and Mars are hard to discern. Two chains of association immediately present themselves, viz, Nergal-sun-fire- red planet; and war- hostility- destructive solar force (Nergal) -fire-red planet, The latter would almost certainly be reinforced by the association of the red colour of the planet with blood. The association of pestilence and death with the sweltering heat of mid- summer, meanwhile, would probably contribute to the Lord of the Dead ...
7. Reviewing Velikovsky'S Venus And Mars Theories [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... the second millennium B.C .E . However, the case for old Mars having a catastrophic orbit is excellent. Velikovsky featured this idea in his second paradigm. In it, (1 ) Mars was a marauding planet, assaulting the Earth, (2 ) that Mars was not that ancient comet, and (3 ) the red planet assaulted the Earth in the 8th, 9th, and perhaps the 10th centuries B.C .E . All that would be required for this paradigm of Velikovsky to be a model of his ancient comet are that (a ) Mars once had a source of surface water, in the form of surface ice, and (b ...
8. Martian Meteorites in Ancient Myth and Modern Science [Journals] [Aeon]
... Issue Contents Martian Meteorites in Ancient Myth and Modern Science Ev Cochrane On June 28th, 1911, the inhabitants of Nakhla, Egypt, were treated to a spectacular meteor shower. As it turns out, one of these meteors almost certainly came from the planet Mars, nearly 50 million miles away. The difficulty in dislodging a rock from the red planet, much less transporting it to Earth, has prompted several noted authorities to doubt its Martian origin. The meteorite's chemical imprint, however, not unlike the DNA-evidence in a murder trial, leaves little doubt about its place of origin. Nor was this the only such fragment to make such a journey. To date, ten Martian ...
9. Indra: A Case Study in Comparative Mythology [Journals] [Aeon]
... 3 ) It was the attempt to trace the traditions of Heracles and Gilgamesh to ancient conceptions associated with the planet Mars that represented a radical departure from the norm in mythological analysis. In short, the thesis was put forward that the mythology of the world's great heroes commemorated- at least in part- the ancient appearance and activities of the red planet in relation to its celestial neighbors. If the ancients' identification of Heracles with the planet Mars has a rational basis it will provide us with an invaluable foundation upon which to launch a new analysis of ancient mythology. A case in point is the cult of the war-god. Nearly every ancient culture of which we have sufficient record ...
10. Indra's Theft of the Sun-God's Wheel [Journals] [Aeon]
... (87) Ancient texts from Ugarit, for example, associate the god Reseph with a disturbance of the Sun. (88) That Reseph is to be identified with the planet Mars makes this tradition of direct relevance to the present study. Thus Ugaritic scribes identified Reseph with the Akkadian Nergal, the latter god being commonly identified with the red planet in ancient times. (89) Modern scholars have likewise identified Reseph with Mars, although they have yet to appreciate the incongruity of Reseph/Mars' involvement in an "eclipse" of the Sun. (90) In conformance with this report from Ugarit, the planet Mars was also associated with disturbances of the Sun in ...
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