kewhl coolies!
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on November 15, 1999 at 20:29:00:
In Reply to: cookies posted by Kym on November 15, 1999 at 19:40:40:
Damn! I missed that! Someone in the script department must
have noticed that one of henna's originating tradition threads
(Anatolian and Ugaritic) start up with the "Lillith" group of deities
that requires a sacrifice of one's firstborn to the goddess in times
of cataclysmic disaster. KEWHL!!!!
(Deep background ... I didn't know if anyone else had found this
stuff .... if someone else has found these texts too, that's really
comforting, I was beginning to wonder if I was on another planet!)
There are several extremely early henna traditions ( 7000 B.C.E to
150 B.C.E.) (related to Anath, Lillith, Tanith, Asherah) that required
the sacrifice of one's firstborn to the deity for as an offering to
save the tribal group in times of great calamity. This tradition is
echoed in the Eid el Adha Muslim hennaeing holiday, Easter (the
firstborn of God) Jewish Passover , and the Adonis myth (all
occurring at about the same calendar time).