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2 pages of results. 1. Samson Revealed [Journals] [Aeon]
... From: Aeon IV:6 (May 1997) Home | Issue Contents Samson Revealed Ev Cochrane "The influence of Mars incites a man to do mighty deeds, and to perform works of valour which often terminate in the shedding of blood. It makes him reckless, and gives him an iron will and a bellicose disposition, and ... scholars, with Palmer, have understood it as having some reference to ancient cosmological conceptions involving the epiphany of the sun: "The association of Samson here with the two pillars through which he passes to his death, corresponding to the two posts of the gate of the city of night through which he had issued triumphantly (xvi. 3 ...
... 165 CHAPTER XI Samson Under Many Skies Preface v Acknowledgments xii Illustrations xvii Introduction 1 I. The Chronicler's Tale 12 II. The Figure in Finland 26 III. The Iranian Parallel 36 IV. History, Myth and Reality 43 Intermezzo: A Guide for the Perplexed 56 V. The Unfolding in India 76 VI. Amlodhi's Quern 86 VII ... ! And do you, fellow! Make good your name of Great-Land-Master, and your name of Spirit-of-the-Living-Land, and making my daughter Princess-Forward your chief wife, make strong the pillars of your palace at the foot of Mount Inquiry in the lowest rock bottom, and near its crossbeams to the Plain-of-the-High-Sky, and dwell there!" Then, bearing ...
... VII. The Many-Colored Cover 96 VIII. Shamans and Smiths 113 IX. Amlodhi the Titan and His Spinning Top 137 X. The Twilight of the Gods 149 XI. Samson Under Many Skies 165 XII. Socrates' Last Tale 179 XIII. Of Time and the Rivers 192 XIV. The Whirlpool 204 XV. The Waters from the Deep ... "prior" for the proper translation, tells us the whole "story" by means of one single word; in the same manner as the mere fact that the pillars of Hercules were "fyr," called the pillars of Briareos, and before that time, the pillars of Kronos. We stick, however, to Gollancz for ...
4. Implications for Chronology if Certain 'Historical' Characters are Mythological [Journals] [SIS Review]
... similar motifs. James Frazer, one of the most prolific scholars of the 20th century, rightly criticised Euhemerist interpretations of Herakles yet he still insisted on the basic historicity of Samson, despite the fact that he must have recognised that the two heroes share much in common [7 ]. For example, both are credited with the ability to ... leading the Dorian migration into Greece and constructing dikes and canals to divert raging rivers or promote irrigation [1 ]. Others credited the Greek strongman with the erection of gigantic pillars at the outposts of civilisation and the discovery of various healing herbs. With the gift of hindsight and a modicum of education in comparative mythology it is easy to dismiss ...
... VII. The Many-Colored Cover 96 VIII. Shamans and Smiths 113 IX. Amlodhi the Titan and His Spinning Top 137 X. The Twilight of the Gods 149 XI. Samson Under Many Skies 165 XII. Socrates' Last Tale 179 XIII. Of Time and the Rivers 192 XIV. The Whirlpool 204 XV. The Waters from the Deep ... instances, it is possible to deal with more outlandish data. First, there is in the Atharva Veda, a whole hymn dedicated to what may be called the world pillar (a highly multivalent pillar), called the skambha from which — see above, p. 111 — the Finnish Sampo is derived. At this point only one ...
6. Indra: A Case Study in Comparative Mythology [Journals] [Aeon]
... - bizarre as it is- has numerous parallels throughout the ancient world. The seething wrath of the quivering Celtic hero can't help but conjure up the spectacle of the Biblical Samson, himself a blinded berserker identified with the planet Mars, a primary manifestation of whose furor was likewise a "hot anger" and terrible "shaking." ( ... heaven, the ability to assume a gigantic form, pivotal role as dragon-slayer, etc. We begin our analysis with Indra's role as the support of heaven. The World Pillar In light of Indra's intimate association with the support of heaven, several scholars have speculated that ancient conceptions of the World Pillar pervade this aspect of his mythology. ( ...
7. Velikovsky's Sources Volume Four [Books]
... leadership of Deborah. The remainder of the book, which does not concern us much here, continues the history of Israel and encompasses such notable events as the exploits of Samson and the contest of David and Goliath. Taking a more detailed look at the Exodus story now, the Biblical Antiquities are curiously sketchy in a number of key places ... , on WIC p.169, he writes: "The slaying of the monster by a planet god is the way in which the peoples perceived the convulsion of the pillar of smoke when the earth and the comet Venus disturbed each other in their orbits, and the head of the comet and its tail leaped against each other in violent ...
8. Thundergods and Thunderbolts [Journals] [Aeon]
... grinding, it is here compared to Perun's gnashing wheels. It is also relevant to remember that various Martian heroes are said to have participated in milling activities. The Hebrew Samson offers the classic example of this motif. Thus it is that the Hebrew strongman, upon being blinded by his Philistine captors, was forced to grind away at the ... most common beliefs viewed the central orb and radiating streamers as four rivers watering the primordial paradise. [51] The same scenario was alternately viewed as four winds or four pillars. [52] An early example of this motif finds the Akkadian Shamash described as ruler of the four pillars: "From the high-point of Heaven you support pillars ...
9. In Search of the Exodus [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... affairs of his people- and has invariably omitted more than he has included. Beth-Shemesh (a dialectal variant of Babylonian Shamash, probably Amorite) may be connected with the Samson cycle and in turn with the Labors of Heracles. [21] We may note the long hair of Samson (Shemesh) has cometary parallels, and the twelve ... 26] for example, has analogies with Har Karkom in the Negev Mountains, which contains many examples of rock art and a platform with 12 menhirs corresponding to the 12 pillars of Exodus 24. At the very top of the mountain is a rock formation reminiscent of Exodus 33, and yet the occupation remains are dated to early MBI ( ...
10. Martian Metamorphoses: The Planet Mars in Ancient Myth and Religion, by Ev Cochrane [Journals] [SIS Review]
... and the New World show these characteristics. In his fury he becomes a great destroyer, felling both sides in wars indiscriminately and is consequently often referred to as blind. Samson was also a blind berserker and the Norse Hoder, Oedipus and Bellerophon. Nergal, Indra and Thor of the red beard all shake heaven in their fury. The ... seen to fit all subsequent mythological examples in a way which no other explanation has so far done. At the centre of most ancient cosmogonies is the theme of a world pillar, mountain, tree or celestial spring connecting heaven and earth. On this structure the sun god sat and rose and set. Clearly things were not as they are ...
11. Martian Metamorphoses: The Planet Mars in Ancient Myth and Religion by Ev Cochrane [Journals] [SIS Review]
... and the New World show these characteristics. In his fury he becomes a great destroyer, felling both sides in wars indiscriminately and is consequently often referred to as blind. Samson was also a blind berserker and the Norse Hoder, Oedipus and Bellerophon. Nergal, Indra and Thor of the red beard all shake heaven in their fury. The ... to fit all subsequent mythological examples in a way which no other explanation has so far done. At the centre of most ancient cosmogonies is the common theme of a world pillar, mountain, tree or celestial spring connecting heaven and earth. On this structure the sun god sat and rose and set. Clearly things were not as they are ...
... of the dual pillar, as when Krishna, the new-born infant, uproots the two trees reaching to the heavens, between which he was laid.227 This is a Samson myth also, and an infant Hercules myth too. In an Egyptian funereal papyrus of the baser epochs Th. Deveria remarked the mummy of the deceased placed between two ... the Airanya-vaeja, the atmosphere, the ether. Haug 8 says that there is an invocation in the Haoma yasht of the Avesta to the holy haoma-tree as the "imperishable Pillar of life, amareza gayehe stuna." The passage is not traced in Damesteter's version. The plant unknown to men, black at the root but with a milk-like ...
13. From the Death of Moses to the Death of Eli [Books]
... horses; and he left them all alive after him. He died an old man, and obtained a magnificent burial in Pyrathon. CHAPTER 8. CONCERNING THE FORTITUDE OF SAMSON, AND WHAT MISCHIEFS HE BROUGHT UPON THE PHILISTINES. 1. AFTER Abdon was dead, the Philistines overcame the Israelites, and received tribute of them for forty years ... the Philistines, when the rulers, and those of the most eminent character, were feasting together; (now the room wherein they were had its roof supported by two pillars ;) so they sent for Samson, and he was brought to their feast, that they might insult him in their cups. Hereupon he, thinking it one ...
14. The Legends of the Jews: Volume I - Adam [Books]
... from east to west.[22] Among later generations of men, there were but few who in a measure resembled Adam in his extraordinary size and physical perfections. Samson possessed his strength, Saul his neck, Absalom his hair, Asahel his fleetness of foot, Uzziah his forehead, Josiah his nostrils, Zedekiah his eyes, and ... for him in the wilderness; as I shall create luminaries to divide day from night, so I will do for Israel- I will go before him by day in a pillar of cloud and by night in a pillar of fire; as I shall create the fowl of the air and the fishes of the sea, so I will do ...
... VII. The Many-Colored Cover 96 VIII. Shamans and Smiths 113 IX. Amlodhi the Titan and His Spinning Top 137 X. The Twilight of the Gods 149 XI. Samson Under Many Skies 165 XII. Socrates' Last Tale 179 XIII. Of Time and the Rivers 192 XIV. The Whirlpool 204 XV. The Waters from the Deep ... others showed long ago. As for the name Sampo, it resisted the efforts of linguists, until it was found that the word was derived from the Sanskrit skambha, pillar, pole.[n7 See chapter VIII.]. Because it "grinds," Sampo is obviously a mill. But the mill tree is also the world ...
16. On Mars and Pestilence [Journals] [Aeon]
... skull, meanwhile, recalls the fact that the heads of Thor and Cuchulainn were distinguished by projections of one form or another. (165) His lameness recalls that of Samson, Lykurgos, and Bellerophontes, each of whom was similarly deformed. (166) The Greek hero Oedipus, about whom all sorts of scapegoat traditions have become attached ... on the floor in twain when the roof fell in. Thereon we rallied from our flight, and with the old man's aid bound him fast with knotted cords to the pillar, that on his awakening he might do no further evil. So there he sleeps, poor wretch! a sleep that is not blest, having murdered wife and ...
17. The Sunken Kingdom: The Atlantis Mystery Solved by Peter J. James [Journals] [Aeon]
... pp. 3-14. [14] I intend to discuss this mythical theme in some detail in a forthcoming article in AEON. [15] E. Cochrane, "Samson Revealed," AEON IV:6 (May 1997), pp. 73 ff. ...
... 8 Rule of Elon 10 yrs Jdg. 12:11 Rule of Abdon 8 yrs Jdg. 12:14 Philistine oppression 40 yrs Jdg. 13:1 Rule of Samson 20 yrs Jdg. 15:20 Rule of Eli 40 yrs I Sam. 4:18 Rule of Samuel ? I Sam. 7:15 Reign of Saul ... quot. of ref. 17, Chap. III.] thus casting doubt on the thesis that the Exodus could have occurred during the era of this Dynasty. Another pillar which had been used to support the XVIIIth Dynasty theory was also on the verge of collapse. The Amarna letters had mentioned a group of people called `Apiru whom ...
19. The Poem of Erra [Journals] [Aeon]
... "fiery-tempered" or "hot-tempered." Students of comparative mythology will recognize that this is precisely the personality typically ascribed to Martian heroes throughout the ancient world, the Biblical Samson being perhaps the most famous example of the impetuous berserker. (67) Is it not possible that the "fiery-tempered" Erra owes his bellicose personality to the fiery ... region beneath Saturn's cosmos. According to the reconstruction offered by Talbott and myself, this region necessarily included the pillar-like apparition associated with Saturn. (74) That such a pillar played a prominent role in ancient conceptions of the underworld has been thoroughly documented by Eliade and other modern scholars. (75) A common interpretation of the celestial pillar ...
20. Shamir [Journals] [SIS Review]
... . Beth Shemesh is a Canaanite form of Babylonian Shamash, a bright shining deity that has been compared with the sun. It was also a city that was associated with Samson, the strong One, the giant who in a final heave of strength toppled and brought the temples of the Philistines crashing down, a story that may reflect the ... the Ark was a crude apparatus designed to give electric shocks, to incinerate uninitiated interlopers and anyone foolish enough to touch it. This idea may have a connection with the pillar of smoke or fire that apparently accompanied it. In the Bible the Ark is ambiguous in some ways but it does not appear to exhibit sinister properties. For instance ...
21. The Legends of the Jews: Volume III [Books]
... the fourth camp of Israel, and their prince offered his gifts before those of Asher and Naphtali. Jacob in his blessing to Dan thought principally of the great hero, Samson, hence the gifts of this tribe allude chiefly to the history of this Danite judge. Samson was a Nazirite, and to this alluded the silver charger for storing ... called in Hebrew, Sa'ir, corresponded to the admonition given to Samson's mother, not to shave his hair, in Hebrew Se'ar. The two oxen corresponded to the two pillars of which Samson took hold to demolish the house of the Philistines; whereas the three kinds of small cattle that were presented as offerings symbolized the three battles that Samson ...
22. VELIKOVSKY AND OEDIPUS [Journals] [Aeon]
... Marte'."(91) The blind hero, frequently a great sinner against the gods, is a universal mythological figure, most familiar from the Hebrew story of Samson and the Norse myth of Hoder.(92) There are several such figures in Greek myth in addition to Oedipus, the most intriguing of which is Lykurgos. ... Hippolytus. The spring of Oedipus, in our opinion, is analogous to the springs of Ares and Heracles and commemorates the intimate relationship of the planet Mars with the World Pillar. It is the polar location of Mars, in our opinion, which holds the key to the etymology of the name Oedipus. For in addition to the imagery ...
23. The Opening of The Mouth Ritual - Part II [Journals] [Aeon]
... 125] C. Liungman, Dictionary of Symbols (N . Y., 1991), pp. 90-91, 230-231. [126] E. Cochrane, "Samson Revealed," AEON IV:6 (May 1997), p. 79; Idem, "On Mars and Pestilence," AEON III:4 (December ... my eye followed them, while they became far from me." [39] As an aside, Shu was known inter alia as a beam of light, a pillar, the prop of the sky, and the wind of the North. [40] Thus, Cardona now follows Frederic Jueneman's assessment that Shu was only the god ...
24. The Legends of the Jews: Volume III [Books]
... " because he was allied with the helpful tribe of Judah at the erection of the Tabernacle, and like this ruling tribe brought forth a mighty judge in the person of Samson. The tribe of Asher was distinguished by the beauty of its women, which was so excellent that even the old among them were fairer and stronger than the young ... of Abraham's name was not indeed visible over the standards, but was reserved by God for a still greater honor. For, over the Holy Ark, God let a pillar of cloud rest, and in this were visible the letter Yod and He, spelling the name Yah, by means of which God had created the world. This ...
25. Paired Sets in the Hebrew Alphabet [Journals] [Aeon]
... one might well look for the common element in some nature or sun myth. On the Hebrew side such a story might be found in the sun and nature myth of Samson (from shemesh... meaning sun, 'chemosh the chieftain, ' the sun') the burning of the grain, the bushy head of God-given hair ... framing for a house. The shape of the Early Hebrew samekh resembles a support no less, although one of a more sacred sort. It greatly resembles the Egyptian Djed pillar, and also the hieroglyph symbolizing it in the name for this pillar as well as in words referring to "stability" and "duration" (see figure 8 ...
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