tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post8639957821287601325..comments2024-03-28T02:45:00.618-07:00Comments on Old European culture: Winter spiritoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-5308958006853239112017-12-23T00:20:17.549-08:002017-12-23T00:20:17.549-08:00Winter is the main meat and fur hunting season. Th...Winter is the main meat and fur hunting season. This is why the first winter zodiac sign is Sagitarius, the hunter. I wrote about this in my post about Sagitarius. oldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-64198216673199184882017-12-22T17:52:36.338-08:002017-12-22T17:52:36.338-08:00Just recently found your blog and looking forward ...Just recently found your blog and looking forward to a good read.<br /><br />The minute I saw that small man with the hare and the stick I thought of The Hunters in the Snow, the great painting by Pieter Bruegel. So many beautiful images in that composition including one of the hunters with a hare over his shoulder and carrying sticks, surrounded by trees in bare branches. This may have been well-known iconography, as the painting was done specifically to depict the idea of winterCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902794275509809459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-2273348096673460792017-12-06T17:23:02.746-08:002017-12-06T17:23:02.746-08:00Interestingly enough, hares are strongly associate...Interestingly enough, hares are strongly associated with witchcraft. And as it is said, are linked to the Celtic creator/weather deity Cailleach the divine hag of winter.Katharóshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16649693310029639154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-90954430873445251012017-12-04T13:32:06.151-08:002017-12-04T13:32:06.151-08:00I do believe that these markings are very old inde...I do believe that these markings are very old indeed...oldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-17610898755263589092017-12-04T13:31:36.983-08:002017-12-04T13:31:36.983-08:00Thanks DDedenThanks DDedenoldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-62238153642358565722017-12-04T13:31:10.238-08:002017-12-04T13:31:10.238-08:00NoneNoneoldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-67782944876596881762017-12-04T12:57:33.770-08:002017-12-04T12:57:33.770-08:00Which zodiac contains Lepus?Which zodiac contains Lepus?DDedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033851770461086341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-16872477909629790192017-12-04T04:59:27.843-08:002017-12-04T04:59:27.843-08:00If Witzel ("The Origins of the World's My...If Witzel ("The Origins of the World's Mythologies") is right, then some of these associations might go back to the European paleolithic, perhaps even the Cro Magnon era.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-82948001872815016152017-12-03T10:57:59.081-08:002017-12-03T10:57:59.081-08:00Very interesting. I have been looking at this Astr...Very interesting. I have been looking at this Astro-Alphabet interpretation by Brian Pellar: <br /><br />Paleo-etymology & Zodiac-Alphabet-Star chart <br /><br />Brian Pellar's excellent work on the origin of "Phoenician" script: <br /><br />http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp196_alphabet.pdf 2009 <br />http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp246_alphabet_origins.pdf 2014 <br />http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp219_foundation_of_myth.pdf 2012 <br />http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp263_foundation_of_myth.pdf 2016 <br /><br />Your interpretations are very enlightening when compared with his!<br />Could they both have been overlapping, one gatherer-grower, one hunter-herder?<br />DDedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033851770461086341noreply@blogger.com