Re: Ada's kewhl henna jewels (?)
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.