tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post3130637428168243003..comments2024-03-28T06:30:58.474-07:00Comments on Old European culture: Dog daysoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-35265732999801572532020-05-18T08:49:38.614-07:002020-05-18T08:49:38.614-07:00Also Bastet ...would turn into a cat to protect Ra...Also Bastet ...would turn into a cat to protect Ra from his greatest enemy, the serpent Apep....oldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-86474308716012832102020-05-18T08:45:32.601-07:002020-05-18T08:45:32.601-07:00...from Spell 17 of The Egyptian Book of the Dead ......from Spell 17 of The Egyptian Book of the Dead in which the great cat Mau kills Apophis with a knife. Mau was the divine cat, a personification of the sun god...oldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-36333361163061567892020-05-18T07:42:54.655-07:002020-05-18T07:42:54.655-07:00The picture called "cat killing Apep" is...The picture called "cat killing Apep" is actually Wenet the Swift One. <br />She was usually portrayed as a woman with a hares head, but sometimes she was shown in the form of a hare with a cheetah's spots or a hare/cheetah hybrid.<br />The article in Wikipedia misattributes the god in the picture as being "The sun god Ra, in the form of Great Cat", but it's Wenet. Spankedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832052330007364701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-83978209589206850762020-05-12T12:41:27.539-07:002020-05-12T12:41:27.539-07:00I get the symbolism. I see it. I think you're ...I get the symbolism. I see it. I think you're more referring to seasons than the zodiac. I wondered about their obsession with the zodiac. Seasons were and are vital to either hunters/gatherers or agricultural people. I'm not sure why I was thinking zodiac. I've read many of your posts in your archives. I'm curious, have you looked into the Vinca symbols? Did I miss posts on them? I have a gut feeling they are writing. I've researched it but there isn't too much out there. Any opinion? Places I could look? My name is Scott. I'm in Chicago. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-3133387467509526982020-05-12T08:25:02.757-07:002020-05-12T08:25:02.757-07:00But this is not about Zodiac...This is about use o...But this is not about Zodiac...This is about use of animal symbols in general...What is your explanation for naming of Sirius as The Dog Star or Canis constellations Dog constellations? Also have a look at other articles linked from this article. Look at all the other animal symbolism from Egyptian mythology which corresponds exactly to the behaviour of animals used and the occurrence of that behaviour within solar year...oldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-79294799960690309622020-05-12T08:10:18.310-07:002020-05-12T08:10:18.310-07:00Since Sirius has been called the Dog Star for mill...Since Sirius has been called the Dog Star for millennia, and always considered Orions faithful companion, and both Orion and Sirius being very important throughout Egyptian history..and Sirius does rise in the hottest part of the year, is it possible that is the connection? Maybe, just maybe everything our ancestors thought or did wasn't always about the Zodiac. Were they always that obsessed with it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-35255653001561078982020-05-12T05:08:52.310-07:002020-05-12T05:08:52.310-07:00I enjoy your posts. Thank you.I enjoy your posts. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857256919338409832noreply@blogger.com