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51 pages of results. 471. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... a giant emu called Dromornis (up to 3 metres tall), a marsupial lion Thylacoleo, a 1 metre tall wombat called Phascolonus, the giant tree kangaroo Bohra paulae, the largest kangaroo ever - the short faced Procoptodon goliah, and finally Meglania prisca (which means ancient giant butcher') - a giant goanna which makes the Komoda dragon of Indonesia look like a chip off the old block. After this brief look at how Australia fared in the Deluge, a look at the Tertiary Period on other continents needs to be made. When this is done it will be seen that a global catastrophe took place. Terry Lawrence, Auckland, New Zealand A Phoenician Problem Dear ...
472. The Etruscans and their Language [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... , imitation, which was the basis of Greek artistic theory and especially of tragedy, was magic designed to prevent a recurrence of the cosmic threat. The significance of the pempobolon, the five-pronged fork, will appear shortly. In Albanian folk lore there is a story of a feast provided by the good fairies for the heroes who defeated a dragon. Their reward was two fat stags [4 ]. The Etruscan zac, blood, is that which makes to stand, or to live. Ac is the suffix in Etruscan denoting origin, occupation, or agency. When Odysseus visits the underworld, he has to slaughter animals and fill a trench with blood. The ghosts will ...
473. Cuchulain -- Comet or Meteor? [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... producing a meteor stream and a comet, one circling about the other- gods or monsters battling in the sky.[14] The distortion seems to be of a type discussed by the astronomers Clube and Napier. In reference to Apollo's killing the Pytho by means of his bow (they regard Apollo as the survivor of a celestial "dragon" -conflict), Clube and Napier ask: "Is the bow, one wonders, the natural image conjured up by the crescent head of a huge comet?" The "bladder full of breath" and the "hideous arch" may also correspond to the sickle (or scythe): "either the wind-swept head or ...
... Draconis 1130 B.C ., built therefore not very long after the temple in at Karnak, and this temple is at Boeotian Thebes! A better proof of the influence exerted by the Egyptians over the temple-building in Greece could scarcely be imagined. As Mr. Penrose remarks: - - "Thebes was called, the City of the Dragon, and tradition, records that. Cadmus introduced both Phoenician and Egyptian worship." It would be very surprising, if we assume, as we are bound to do, that these temples to stars were built under Egyptian influence, that Sirius should not be represented among them, that being the paramount star in Egypt at a time ...
475. Ice Cores and Common Sense (Part II) [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... " utterly meaningless. If the only effect of a Velikovskian-style planetary catastrophe is an outpouring of obscure mythico-religious tracts, that is a feeble whimper indeed, and we should have nothing to fear from such a catastrophe, were one to strike tomorrow. Unless they want to be taken for men playing an elaborate game of fantasy, like dungeons and dragons, Velikovskians must have nothing more to do with phantom catastrophes that leave no physical traces. Several years ago members of a local psychic development cult led by the late Winnifred Barton announced that the world was about to end, and retired to their spiritual retreat in the nearby countryside. The appointed date passed, and several days later they ...
476. The Cambridge Conference [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... Sumerian literature in the form of the myths of Enheduanna. This lady was a high priestess of Inanna in the period when Naram Sin was ruler of the known world until succeeded by his son who spent his time fighting off invaders. Enheduanna's hymn to Inanna describes her as the Queen of Heaven, who is later portrayed as a destructive fire dragon, causing floods and fires and poisoning vegetation. Descriptions parallel those of Ipuwer and the biblical plagues of the Exodus, with blood rising in the rivers and burning mountains. It appears to be a very personal account and not just a description of a long established myth. The catastrophic description goes way beyond the effects of an ordinary terrestrial ...
477. Mars Gods of the New World [Journals] [Aeon]
... ushering in a long night, perhaps even bringing about the end of a world age. Tezcatlipoca's association with a jaguar form offers further support for this opinion. Of this animal, Alexander notes that it was especially associated with disturbances of the sun: "Frequently [Tezcatlipoca] is represented as a jaguar, which to the Mexicans was the dragon of eclipse, a were-beast, and the patron of magicians." (121) As we have documented elsewhere, similar traditions are associated with the planet Mars throughout the ancient world. Astrological omens from ancient Babylon, for example, specifically mention Mars in connection with "eclipses" of the Sun. Consider the following passage: " ...
478. A Fire not Blown [Books]
... , Ch. 14: The Goddess Gaia 85 CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE GODDESS GAIA The priest-electricians were aware that the deity was to be found not only in the sky as lightning, but also in the earth. In Greek, chthon is the earth, Gaia is the goddess in the earth. The snake was seen in the sky as a dragon, and was associated with radiation and its effects, but it was also a creature living in holes in the ground, and snake tubes were incorporated in Cretan houses where the snake was like the Roman genius, guardian of the household. We have suggested that the Egyptian ka was an electrical aura or halo round a person, especially ...
479. Night of the Gods: The Pillar [Books]
... There are numerous Russian legends which seem to separate the pair Ilya and Georgy, Yury, or Yegory the Brave.33 Ilya (Elijah) has in these his flaming chariot, succeeds to the Slavonian thunder-god Perim (see p.194), and destroys devils with his stone-arrows as he clatters across the sky. Georgy destroys snakes and dragons, and the wolf is his Dog. On his clay (in spring) there is a Green Yegory among the Slovenes, like our Jack-in-the-Green. Of course we have (on another side) a supreme antique origin for St. George's Day in the Athenian pagan calendar which put the feast of Zeus Georgos in the month of Winakterion ...
480. Falling Star [Journals] [Aeon]
... despite the fact that the extant versions are notoriously fragmentary in nature and bear clear signs of corruption during transmission, vestiges abound that hark back to the spectacular history familiar to the readers of AEON. The following observations must suffice for our purposes here. A reminiscence of the cosmogonic struggle between the mythical Morning Star as the planet Mars and the dragon of chaos is evident in the Crow and Cheyenne traditions describing the Star-boy's experience within the belly of the monster. As we have documented elsewhere, the swallowing of the warrior-hero is an archetypal mythological motif with parallels around the globe. The swallowed hero, in turn, is to be identified with the planet Mars, the mythical Morning Star ...
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