Nas.uray mythology
pp. 47-48 HiBiL = [Danish] HumBLe = [Hellenic] KePHaLos
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Nas.uray |
comparative |
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(p. 47) Hibil is swallowed by Krun [variant: >AKRUN] |
[Cf. AKRON, OH; or, possibly, <akran of B-MDBR 1:13] |
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(p. 48) Hibil abandoned his wife +Ruh.a & his son <or ["to awaken" (DBW 5782)], whom he hurled down from heaven and buried under 7 earths |
Kephalos abandoned his wife +Auos/Eos/Eos ("dawn", the awakener) & his son Phaethon, who was hurled out of heaven and died |
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(p. 47) Hibil had an additional wife, +Zahr->il (zahar "to admonish", DBW 2094)[: she was mother of Ptah.->il (p. 239 -- AQ)] |
Kephalos had an additional wife, +Prokris -- they were parents of Arkeisios (P) with (for spelling) (GS) |
P = http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Procris2.html
GS = http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/005GreekScript/01GreekScript.html
pp. 50-52 Yam-
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(p. 50) Yam (instead of H.am) |
Yam "sea" is an >ugaritic god's name (Y) |
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(p. 52) Yamin |
Yamin (DBW 3226), mentioned in same verse (B-R>S^YT 46:10; S^MWT 6:15) as Yakin, pillar sacred to the Freemasons |
Y = http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/canaanite-faq.html#Yam
p. 199 progenitors of mankind in world-ages (GR 2:1:118-122)
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world-age |
progenitors (m. & f.) |
duration (p. 143) |
ethnic succession of human races |
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1st |
PAGRA & +Kasia (p. 143) |
250 y. |
PA<RAi >ARBi^ (2nd S^MW>L 23:35) {: >ARBeh "grasshopper", cf. [Navaho] Grasshopper-people in 2nd world, DB 1:4 p. 43} |
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2nd |
RaM & +Rud |
150,000 y. |
[Duruz] RiMM (worm -- "I am a worm and no man."). <ar. Riyad. "exercise" |
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3rd |
S^urbay & (p. 49) +S^u/arhab<il |
S^erebyah (DBW 8274 -- >ZR< 8:24; NH.MYH 12:24) "quivering of air from heat" (similar to mirage, DBW 8273) |
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4th |
Nu[h.] & (p. 202) +N[h.]ureta |
6,000 y. (p. 216) |
+Norea |
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[5th] |
Yurba (p. 216) in city 60 miles in width |
2,000 y. (p. 216) |
Yarib (DBRY H-YMYM > 4:24) {cf. } |
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[6th] |
(p. 226) T.aB-Yumin; (p. 132) T.IB (city) |
[Duruz] T.IBB "physician" |
p. 201, fn. 7 caelestial bodies successively dominating aequal quotients of 480,000 y. (GR 18)
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time-division |
caelestial body |
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1st |
Sun |
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2nd |
Venus |
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3rd |
Mercury |
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4th |
Moon |
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5th |
Saturn |
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6th |
Jupiter |
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7th |
Mars |
p. 201 whereof, last 78,000 y. = triangular-number summation, in order declining by 1,000 y. each, from Aries 12,000 y. to Pisces 1,000 y.
p. 201 ark of Nuh. (GR 18)
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time-period |
for ark |
relation |
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300 years |
being built of cedar-wood |
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42 days & 42 nights |
incoming of deluge-waters |
42-days' mourning |
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11 months |
afloat until stopped on Mt. Qardun |
11-sign zodiac (minus Libra) |
pp. 204-210 planetary origins of religions (GR 9:1)
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planet |
custom |
possible localization |
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(p. 204) Kiwan (Saturn) |
"female liliata go with the men" |
[Sumerian] goddess +Nin-LIL |
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(p. 205) S^amis^ (Sun) |
bursma staves; wasqa communion-bread; "They eat the dead and ... They go to bed with mothers and daughters" |
according to Herodotos, one Persian tribe ate their own dead {this endocannibalism is also practiced by some South American Indian tropical forest tribes}; likewise approved incestuous marriages {cf. Hawai>ian marriages between father & daughter, etc.} |
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(pp. 206-207) [D]Libat (Venus) |
"monkeys sit on their shoulders". MiNuNei: worship in "the name of death"; "water ... they boil"; "sacrament of female ass" |
pet monkeys in India; MeNoN is a common man's name in India; goddess named +Mr.tyu is known in India; Jaina monks must boil water before drinking it; ass-god Dhenuka in India (dhenuka would mean "little cow", alluding to sacred cows there) |
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(p. 208) |
"seven saints"; induced abortions with foetuses eaten |
seven stars of constellation Ursa Major, worshipped in China; Chinese (Maoist) eating of human foetuses from induced abortions |
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(p. 209) |
ANCHORites |
ANKHOR Wat in Kamboja |
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(p. 210) [Nbu> (Mercury)] |
"When their spirit dies, they are like flies ..."; (p. 210, fn. 32) "feed on wild game" |
the Iban of Borneo believe that the spirits of the dead become flies {so did the antient Peruvians}; Iban are hunters who feed on wild game |
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(p. 210) Sin (Moon) |
sexual relations with humria (daemons) |
[should be in Sulawesi?] |
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[at least 2 missing] |
[should be Maluku, Papua, Solomons, New Hebrides?] |
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[(GR 2:1:160) (p. 211) Nirig (Mars)] |
the daywia "spread theft" |
Whiro is the god of thieves in New Zealand |
p. 218 cities (each sending forth 365 tarmidia "deacons" : cf. 365 heavens of Basilides) founded by +naMRuS [name related to MeReS is same way as niMRoD is to MeReD -- Meres is (>S^TR 1:14) a Persian name, but cf. also Italic tribe of MaRSi in Social War]-- GR 15:11
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city |
ethnic |
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Bet-LeH.eM |
Akkadian deities LaH^Mu & +LaH^aMu (in Enuma Elis^) |
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Bet-MT.aLALia |
MoTiLAL is a common Jaina name[; but probably not also Matali, charioteer of Indra] |
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Krak NS.aB |
NS.iB "garrison", the name of a town (DBW 5334) mentioned along with (in same verse -- YHS^< 15:43 -- as) yiPTaH. the town named after PTaH.>il the "Fourth Life" (p. 175) |
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<ur S^alam (so spelled, p. 133, fn. 7) |
(p. 219) YaQiP [YaQaP/naqap "to surround" ("compassed the city" of Dotan, MLKYM B 6:13-15), Dotayin (DBW 1886 -- B-R>S^YT 37:17) whereat Yo^sep was stripped of his garment, B-R>S^YT 37:23] & Bnia AMiN [>AMeN (Apokalupsis 3:14) haranguing the unclothed (Apokalupsis 3:17-18)] |
pp. 219-220 shattering of columns (GR 15:11)
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location of assembly of columns: <ur-s^alam [= YrUS^alem] |
Y<US^ "assemble" (DBW 5789) son of Bilhan (DBRY H-YMYM < 7:10) |
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the column <uRSa>il |
[<ar.] GaRS/GiRS "nursery-plant, seedling" |
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the column YaQiP |
[<ar.] WaQiF "standing still" |
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the column >aDunay |
[<ar.] >oD "to bend/flex" |
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the column ZaTAN |
Ze^TAN "olive-tree" [cf. 2 olive-trees ZKRYH 4:11-14] son of Bilhan "trouble" [cf. troubles for/by the 2 olive-trees, Apokalupsis 11:4-10] |
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the column SIHmai |
SIHo^n -- [<ar.] sahm "arrow/dart" {is the allusion to arrowroot?} |
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(p. 220) the column KARKuM |
city KARKeMis^ -- [<ar.] kurkum "turmeric" |
cf. [Cymry] "battle of the trees" http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/t08.html
pp. 226-228 prognostic dream of forthcoming birth of Yuh.ana (JB 18)
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p. 228, fn. 8 dream [of star which stopped over +<nisbai, p. 226] was supposedly narrated by Mis^e (Mos^eh) |
[it would better have been ascribed to Bil<am: he prophesied a "star" (S^MWT 24:17)] |
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p. 227 While naked, LILiuk studied the Book of Dreams |
{cf. [Sumerian] god en-LIL} |
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p. 226 <li-ZAR |
{cf. ZARatustra} |
pp. 228-230 Yuh.ana (JB 32)
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his father: 99-y.-old Aba Saba ("father white-haired") Zakria |
[<ar.] DIKR "remembering" {: [Skt.] DIGambaRa (Jaina)} |
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his mother: 88-y.-old +<NISbai |
[<ar.] <aNIS "spinster/old-maid" |
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(p. 229) he (Yuh.ana) was on Mt. PARWAN, (p. 230) until age 22 |
{[Skt.] PARWAN "mountain" (personified as god)} |
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[p. 224 he for 42 y. would administer baptisms (GR 2:1:151)] |
{cf. 42 [Kemetian] divine assessors in netherworld} |
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(p. 230) he is accompanied by his guardian angel >anus^-<utra [= "white hawk", p. 219 (GR 18)] |
{cf. merlin (small falcon) from Caucasus} |
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[(p. 239) >anus^-<utra is one of the 24 <utria (AQ)] |
24 "elders" (Apokalupsis 4:4) |
p. 231 marriage of Yuh.ana with +>anh.ar [cf. >nah.rat, DBW 588]: their children (JB 31)
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Handan |
H.emdan [H.amadan in Maday = Hagmatana in Media] |
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R<imat-H.iya |
Ra<mah (DBRY H-YMYM > 1:9) "thunder" [Ra<i in Maday/Media] |
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Sam |
Sa[u]m in S^ah-nameh http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/shahnameh/03zal.php |
pp. 233-236 mas.buta (baptism) of Manda< d-H.iya
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Nas.uray |
comparative |
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p. 233 (JB 30) "a dove ... threw ... and changed the water into several colors" |
"took seventy-two colors and threw them into a vat" (Gospel according to Philipp 61) |
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p. 235 (GR 5.4) "first mouth (the anus) and ... last mouth (the mouth)" of the 3-y.-&-1-d.-old boy Manda< d-H.iya |
"I am the beginning and the end, the first and the last." (Apokalupsis 22:13) |
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pp. 235-236 (GR 5.4) mas.buta in (p. 235) river Yarden, in the name of (p. 236) the MANA |
Yarden < *WARDen (<ar. >urdan) {: cf. WARDHA-MANA (the Tirthankara of the Jaina)} |
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p. 236 (GR 5.4) Yuh.ana dieth, is buried beneath sand by Manda< d-H.iya [unlike >adam, whose corpse, unburied, had been left in the cave of Makpelah (WhG); similarly with Ys^u Ms^ih.a, the 2nd >adam] |
{Orcus: "Ercwlf the mighty, thou art beneath the sand" (WhG)} |
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[p. 246 (JB 76) "I come with the sandals of diamonds and ... |
"shoes I am unworthy to loose" (Luke 3:16) |
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a great axe"] |
"the axe" (Luke 3:9; Gospel according to Philpp) |
p. 237 (cf. fn. 32) the 4 H.ayo^t, sons of "Salvation"
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name |
meaning |
identity |
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<ayn H.ay |
Fount of Life |
"fountain of the water of life" (Apocalupsis 21:6) |
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S^um H.ay |
Name of Life |
"for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life." (Matthew 19:29);"life through his name." (John 20:31); "aeternal life, ... on the name of the Son of God." (1st John 5:13) |
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Ziw H.ay |
Radiance of Life |
{Ziff (in the Book of Mormon)} |
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Nh.ur H.ay |
Light of Life |
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men." (John 1:4) |
the same 4, aequated with visionary composite animals
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<ayn "water-well", cf. that of +S.ipporah "talon (of bird-of-prey)" {cf. gigantic bird in valley of diamonds (in 1001 Nights) : "egg of the valley" = "the bald one" [egghead?] (N-<R, p. 183)} |
plucked-winged-vulture-"lion" (DNY>L 7:4) >ari^ : mrit. "plucked, made bald" [of bald vulture] -- the leb "heart" would indicate, properly, a labi>"lioness" (DBW 3833) |
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S^uM, cf. [<ib.] S^aM "sky" |
rib-chawing "bear" (DNY>L 7:5) dob : s.ela> "rib" as "the sky" (DBW 6763) |
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ZIW = [Sumerian] ZIUsudra, who was instructed to build cube according to specified numerical lengths [cf. also "city built 4-square" (Apocalupsis)] |
4-headed "leopard" (DNY>L 7:6) nmar : cf. [<ar.] numra "number" |
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Nh.ur : [<ib.] Nah.o^r "snorer" (DBW 5152) [from "snore" i s "snarl" at = bare one's teeth at] |
iron-teethed stomper (DNY>L 7:7) |
if so, then Manda< d-H.ayya may be the eyen-and-mouth horn of DNY>L 7:8
pp. 241-245 Ys^u[<] Ms^ih.a the deceiver
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Nas.uray |
comparative |
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(p. 241) ladder to heaven (GR 2:1:142) |
{cf. Kemetian & Iban mythic ladders to heaven} |
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(p. 241) "he blinds your eyes, he covers up the splendor of the sun" (GR 2:1:142) |
"there was a darkness over all the earth" (Luke 23:44) |
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(p. 245) "the Dumaiia that look like the cross" (JB 30) |
DaM "blood": "by the blood of his Cross" (Colossians 1:20)[; and/or perhaps, the person (YS^<YH 21:11), town (YHWS^< 15:52), or country (B-R>S^YT 25:14) DUMah "silence"] |
GR = Ginza of the right side; JB = Yuh.ana Book; AQ = Abahatan Qadmayia
Edmondo Lupieri: The Mandaeans. Translated from the Italian by Charles Hindley. William B. Eerdmans Publ. Co., Grand Rapids (MI), 2002. [not transliterated according to etymology]
DBW = Strong's Complete Dictionary of Bible Words. [for etymological spellings of names etc.]
N-<R = Meir B. bar-Asher & Aryeh Kofsky: The Nus.ayri-<Alawi Religion. Brill, Leiden, 2002.
WhG = Robert Graves: The White Goddess.
DB = Paul G. Zolbrod: Dine' Bahane`. U. of NM Pr, Albuquerque, 1984.
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p. 195 wedding gifts brought by planet-deities (GR 3)
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deity |
planet |
gift |
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S^amis^ |
Sun |
garment |
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Sira |
Moon |
coat |
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Nbu> |
Mercury |
gold |
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Kewan |
Saturn |
sandals & shoes |
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Bel |
Jupiter |
bread & wine |
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Nerig |
Mars |
goblets |
p. 195 occupations of demi-gods (GR 3)
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hmurta-s |
dancers |
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hobgoblins |
buffoons |
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daemons |
bakers |
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stutterers |
butchers |
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satyrs |
bakers |
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villains |
cup-bearers |
pp. 196-197 progeny of >ada-kas (>adam Kasya, p. 201, fn. 44) & +Anana-d-Nhura (GR 3)
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sets of twins |
their names |
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1st |
<anan-Ns.ab & +>anh.ar |
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2nd |
<anan-Ns.ab-S^it>il & +>anhar-H.awwa |
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3rd |
Bar-H.ayye (son of life) & +Dmut-H.ayye (counterpart of life) |
advent of >ada-kas, etc. (GR 3)
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Nas.uray |
comparative |
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emergence of >ada-kas out of House of Life (p. 200) of the ganzibre "treasurers" (p. 201) |
souls of 12 Apostles emerge from Treasury of Life in Pistis Sophia |
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>ada-kas became incarnate at "the bodily trunk" (p. 201) GuP |
= GaP the subterranean god |
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+Ruh. Qadis^ta "holy (p. 205, fn. 4) spirit" is malicious |
disciples of Yoh.anan the Baptist denied (blasphemed) the Holy Spirit (Acts of the Apostles 19:2-3) |
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Namrus "buried half his jaws in the earth" (p. 207) |
cf. [Aztec] spread-jawed earth-monster Tlal-tecuhtli |
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Namrus "swallowed the black water" (p. 207) |
cf. [Bon] "Black Waters" |
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the liver of Namrus is squashed by the Great Life (p. 208) |
cf. extraction of liver of the White Devil by Rustam (Asian Folklore Studies 60:288) |
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"twenty-four gates" in watchtower of watchers of <ur (p. 211) |
24 "elders" in Apokalupsis of St. Iohannes; "Watchtower Society" of Jehovah's Witnesses |
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H.MURTa-s (p. 213) as female consorts (p. 212, fn. 16) of <ur the son of +Ruha |
H.aMORah "she-ass" (? allusion to seeking by S^a>ul the >dom-ite of strayed asses) |
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"Five voices ... make a terrifying appearance" (p. 213): they appear as "Heavenly wheels" (p. 213, fn. 20) "in colours of fire." (p. 213) |
5 voices, prologue to Gospel according to Thomas; >emi^m "terrors" in Mo>ab (DBYM 2:10-11); "chariot of fire" (MLKYM B 2:11) |
descents by Hibil[-Ziwa] & by Yawar[-Hibil] into netherworld (GR 5)
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Nas.uray |
comparative |
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by Hibil[-Ziwa]: |
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KRuN hath no bones (p. 215) |
KRaN (DBRY H-YMYM > 1:41); in Africa, to be "boneless" is to be adept at dancing |
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kidneys of KRuN are cut by Hibil (p. 216) |
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GeW the brother of Krun (p. 216) |
G>U^->el "pride-" the son of Maki^ (B-MDBR 13:15) |
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2 utensils, MRAR & GiMRa (p. 217) |
MRARi^ & GoMeR |
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(p. 221) "Open your mouth, ... those souls will be like white sesame" (JB 74) |
"Open, sesame!" in "tale of <ali^ Baba & the 40 thieves" (1001 Nights) |
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by Yawar[-Hibil] (GR 5): |
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location of mirror is disclosed by +Zahr->el to her husband Yawar (p. 217) |
by lady-in-waiting of +Toyotama is seen the reflection of Ho-wori, whom she (+Toyotama) thereupon marrieth (K7) |
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<ur curled up: his spine was broken into pieces by Yawar (p. 218) |
Wsi,r "is pictured bent backwards in the form of a hoop" (C4); and is symbolized by DD "spinal column" (Dj) |
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YaWaR seized pearl from <ur [<ib. <ur "to raise, awaken"] (p. 219) |
Y>or "Tigris river" = possessions of (DBRY H-YMYM > 2:23) Makir [cf.Maki^]: Ya>ir father (>STR 2:5) of Marddkay (Mardos river of the [A]Mardoi in Media). Ya>ir was buried at Qamo^n "to arise, stand up" (S^PT.YM 10:5) |
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black waters resounded like cymbal (p. 219) |
"I have drunk from the cymbal" during the Hilaria [cf. Sillery, Quebec] of Kubele (F) (Firmicus Maternus, De Errore Profanarum Religionum 18.1; Clement, Protreptikos 2.15.3; Eusebius of Caesarea, Praeparatio Evangelica 2.3.18) (BM3/2/32) |
K7 = http://nihonsinwa.at.infoseek.co.jp/english/kojiki07.htm
C4 = http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/biblewho4.htm
Dj = http://www.pyramidofman.com/Djed/
F = http://www.aztriad.com/fasti.html
BM3/2/32 = http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2003/2003-02-32.html
p. 220 4 sets of 4 watchers each, set over <ur by Yawar bar Yawar (GR 10) [W, E, S names ->el]
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west |
<azaz- |
<azazi- |
Taqf- |
Ma-rgaz- |
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east |
<urp- [cf. +<arpah] |
ma-RP- [=RaPa>->el] |
Taqf- |
H.anan- |
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north |
Karfan |
Kafan |
Gubran [= Gabri^->el] |
Guban |
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south |
Hail- |
Qarb- [= Dosi-theos] |
Nur- |
Nuri- |
way of souls of the dead to the afterworld (p. 223, fn. 44)
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Nas.uray |
comparative |
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(p. 223) sheep (GL 3:9) |
war for sheep of Oidipous at Thebai (in Boiotia) |
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(p. 224) lions (GL 1:2) |
lion of Mt. Kithairon (in Boiotia) |
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"dragon who surrounds the whole world" |
[Norse] Jo,rmungand; and, perhaps, dragons' teeth sown by Kadmos at Kadmeia (in Boiotia) |
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"They ... hurled meamong the evil planets" [7 in number] |
"seven planets of the ancients - they are "Seven chords, answering, as it is said, to the Seven gates of Thebes" (S1) "the seven chords of the human lyre" (4/19) "Seven chords, answering, as it is said, to the Seven gates of Thebes" (S1) (7-gated Thebai in Boiotia) |
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"they forge weapons" |
[Norse] Dvergar |
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"They ... (play) on drums and flutes" |
the +Mousai -- including Euterpe of the flute (E) -- on Mt. Helicon (in Boiotia) |
S1 = http://www.vermontel.net/~vtsophia/SEV1.htm
4/19 = http://www.973-eht-namuh-973.com/coloured%20site/fourth%20button/19.htm
E = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euterpe
Manda< d-H.ayye (p. 225, fn. 48; p. 226, fn. 49) (GR 2:3)
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(p.227) "whosoever smells his scent is quickened" |
"odor of sanctity" (Chronobiotic™ Nutrition, endnote 1) (At) : so, e.g., of Padre Pio (MB) |
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(p. 228) "The messenger ... am I" ["messenger" = angel] |
"Jesus Christ is an angel" (A) : so, e.g., according to Aurelius Augustin, Tractates on John 24:7 (7/29) |
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(p. 229) "A vine am I" |
"I am the true vine" (John 15:1) |
At = http://www.marcellavonnharting.com/atom.cfm
MB = http://www.ewtn.com/padrepio/mystic/bilocation.htm
A = http://jehovah.to/exe/general/angel.htm
7/29 = http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF1-07/npnf1-07-29.htm
pp. 230-233 -- mana, messenger of light, Treasure of Life
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(p. 230) "clothed themselves in white." (JB 63) |
"clothed in pure and white linen" (Apokalypsis of Ioannes 15:6) |
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"Whoever does not hear the words ... of Manda[<] d[-]Haiye^ falls into the blazing fire." |
acc. to Yo^h.anan, "baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire" (Matthew 3:11) [scil., of the Pentacost] {cf. [Maori] Na-toro-i-rani & bringing of fire} (LL) |
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(p. 232) "I am a shepherd, who loves his sheep. I protect the sheep ... so that they do not see the whirlpool." (JB 11) |
"I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10:11) {cf. Na-toro-i-rani at whirlpool} (GP1-11) |
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"I ... give them water to drink ..." (JB 11) |
"he would have given thee living water." (John 4:10) |
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"A fisherman am I of the Great Life, ... Mighty Life." (JB 36) |
"fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17) |
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"fish who ... smell no stinking fennel." (JB 37) |
{their water-element is distinguished from the fire-element which was brought to mankind in a "fennel-stalk" (GM 39.g)} (P) |
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(p. 233) "Whoever puts me on ... (as a garment), |
"put on Christ" (Galatians 3:27) |
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he loves neither wife nor child ..." (JB 58) |
"he who loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me" (Matthew 10:37) |
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"The vine which bears nothing is cut off from here" (JB 59) |
"As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine" (John 15:4) |
GP1-11 = http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-GrePoly-c1-11.html
P = http://www.123helpme.com/assets/16086.html
http://www.pathguy.com/promethe.htm
pp. 237-243 -- weekly prayers
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week-day |
prayer |
comparative |
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Sunday |
(p. 237) falling of weapon (bow) of +Namrus (CP 119) |
silver bow of +Artemis; [Ugaritic] falling into sea of bow sought by goddess; arrow-quiver of [Kemetian] +Nt |
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Monday |
(p. 238) "building" (CP 129) binana (fn. 93) |
[<ib.] Binah "understanding" [3rd spirah] |
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Tuesday |
(p. 239) house of life (CP 131) = house of the good (CP 133). (p. 240) "I dwell in their midst, ... in the thoughts (<us.ra) of my disciples" |
"For where two or three are gathered together ... , there am I in the midst of them." (Matthew 8:20) |
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Wednesday |
(p. 241) I climbed Karmel mountain via 12 vines (CP 139) |
Ascent of Mt. Karmel, by St. John of the Cross (AMC) -- [Maori] Tawhaki ascended to heaven via the "aka matua, or parent vine" (MM) |
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Thursday |
(p. 242) "strength" (CP 143) |
[<ib.] Gburah "strength" [5th spirah] |
AMC = http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/saints/aomcindx.htm
MM = http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/MaoriMythsAndTraditions/Myths/en
pp. 246-250 soul's journey through the caelestial mat.arata "places of detention" (GL 1:4)
"When spirit and soul came forth from the body, from the garb of flesh and blood, ..."
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places |
acts of its denizens etc. |
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(p. 246) boiling cauldron |
{ rejuvenated by being boiled in caldron (GM 155.e)} |
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glowing oven |
{being cooked to death in oven, a Hawai>ian treament for losers in sports} |
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tombs |
{"corpse ... in a grave" (TBD, p. 180)} |
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rocky places |
{"rock-caves" of animal-rebirth (TBD, p. 212)} |
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pitfalls |
{"black pits" of Hell-being-rebirth (TBD, p. 212)} |
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(p. 247) watch-house of Nbaz the anvil {cf. anvil falling to Tartaros} |
spendthrifts, butchers, oracles of chick-peas, abandoners of spouse, removers of boundary-stones |
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(p. 248) watch-house of Nbu> the scribe |
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watch-house of the 7 counterparts adorned with roses |
quarrels, disputes, eavesdroppers, murderers of own children, fraud with false measures, usury |
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(p. 249) watch-house of the magician Ms^ih.a (Christ) |
men who do not desire women, women who do not desire men |
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watch-house of Ewat |
fasters |
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(p. 250) watch-house of potentates & lords cf. anvil |
who acquit the guilty and condemn the guiltless, who accept bribes, who bear false witness |
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watch-house of Abatur |
who gave no zidqa (alms) to the poor |
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ayar gufna (the "aether liana") son of the Piriawis-liana |
whose root is the kanna (container) of the soul {cf. [Borneo] bunan}, and whose leaves are lamps of dazzling light -- "This soul took a leaf from it and placed it on his eyes." |
p. 268 promise by the Redeemer to guide soul out from Tibil, via circumventing obstacles :- (GL 3:25)
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obstacle |
comparative |
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bridge thrown across the great sea |
Cf. bridges in the Popol Vuh and in the Rama-ayana |
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dam laid across river H.it.pun |
cf. [<ib.] h.at.ap "to seize (as prisoner") |
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watch-house of rebels |
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flames of fire |
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double pits |
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high mountain made "smoothe" |
"every mountain and hill shall be made low" (YS^<YH 40:4) |
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through wall of iron "which encircles the world like a wreath" (fn. 156) "hack a breach" (p. 269) |
iron mountain range Lokaloka surrounding world (according to Puran.a-s & Abhi-dharma) |
pp. 284-285 rites for the dead (CP )
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(p. 284) prayer for "anointing of the dead":- |
comparative |
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S.awr->el releaseth spirit & soul from corpse |
S.or = Turos inPhoinikia |
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H.awRaRan-Karkawan[-Ziwa] cleanseth soul of remains of the cadaver |
cf. [<ar.] h.wr "to whiten"; [<ar.] karraka "dredge" |
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Yozat.aq clotheth soul |
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(p. 285) sealed ingirta (epistle [of introduction]) is hung around soul's neck |
[Daoist] passport for soul's travel to afterlife-realm is buried in coffin with corpse |
p. 287 -- nas.ba (transplanters) of the white Pih.ta [Pah.at-Mo^>ab (<ZR> 2:6) "hole-" (made for transplanting?)]
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bestower |
recipient |
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Yawar[-Ziwa] |
Ns.ab[-Ziwa] |
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Ns.ab[-Ziwa] |
ZARZ->el "equip-" (p. 147) |
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ZaRZ->el [cf. ZRah.yah son of Pah.at-Mo^>ab, <ZR> 8:4] |
Hibil[-Ziwa] |
pp. 297-298 -- mythic history of world (GR 1:181)
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generations |
from __ |
to __ |
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30 |
>adam |
Ram {= Rimm "cadaver" [3rd world-age, N-<R, p. 184]} & +Rud |
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25 |
Ram & +Rud |
S^urbai & +S^arh.ab>el [cf. S^aruh.en] |
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15 |
S^urbai & +S^arhab>el |
Nu[h.] |
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6 |
Nu[h.] |
<ur S^alam |
GR = Ginza of the right side; GL = Ginza of the left side; JB = Yuh.ana Book; CP = Canonical Prayerbook
Werner Foerster (translated from the German by R. McL. Wilson): Gnosis. Vol. 2: "Coptic and Mandean Sources." Oxford, Clarendon Pr, 1974. [transliteration is inadequate, omitting (except on p. 147) letter <ayin]
N-<R = Meir B. bar-Asher & Aryeh Kofsky: The Nus.ayri-<Alawi Religion. Brill, Leiden, 2002.
TBD = Francesca Freemantle (transl.): The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Shambhala, Boston, 1992.
GM = Robert Graves: The Greek Myths. 1955.