It always amazes me, seeing a sentence like "According to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs, Juno was mistaken as the tutelary deity of the month of January, but Juno is the tutelary deity of the month of June" being bandied about the place. Not simply because it's - itself - frankly incorrect, but because it has … Continue reading January – Under Juno’s Tutelage
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English Heritage Actually Acknowledging English Heritage For Easter Apparently Creates Outrage
Always interesting what generates the "outrage". This was from the Daily Mail ; article headline: "English Heritage sparks outrage after telling children Easter was not originally Christian". And you know what? They're absolutely correct. Here's Bede upon the subject, writing in the early 700s AD upon then-recently Christianized Anglo-Saxons' custom, from his 'Reckoning of Time' … Continue reading English Heritage Actually Acknowledging English Heritage For Easter Apparently Creates Outrage
Halloween, Diwali, Kali Puja, Amavasya Syzygy
Interesting Syzygy tonight : it's Halloween and Diwali. And also, if you're in Bengal and/or my house, Kālī Pūjā. These latter two being because it's also an Amāvasyā [Night of No Moon] tonight, as well. As for what that is, the Amāvasyā of each month [where the Sun and Moon 'dwell (-vāsya) together (amā-)'] has … Continue reading Halloween, Diwali, Kali Puja, Amavasya Syzygy
Toward The Indo-European Identification Of Janus – Some Preliminary Observations
Despite its comforting familiarity to many in the modern Western sphere, many of the figures of the Roman religion are somewhat mysterious to us. Particularly when we seek to link them up to what ought be their correlate co-expressions elsewhere within the Indo-European religious world. This invites much speculation - some of it well-founded, and … Continue reading Toward The Indo-European Identification Of Janus – Some Preliminary Observations
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