Re: Ada's kewhl henna jewels (?)
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Posted by Natasha Papousek on October 12, 1999 at 14:24:22:
In Reply to: Ada's kewhl henna jewels (?) posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 12, 1999 at 03:14:07:
Wouldn't be at all surprised if her crown were gilded henna leaves. "Myrtle" (henna is in the myrtle family) was fairly common in ancient Greece as a crown for women -- and it was the sacred plant of Aphrodite. And folks in the Mediterranean region shared a lot of ideas. Also in the Ryder-Waite Tarot deck, which draws on very old images, the Empress wears a crown of "myrtle". Not that it proves anything about ancient Turkey, but it's cool.
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