2. Allen (continuing with his information): "An imaginary line extended from υ through Shaula serves to point out the near-by clusters 6 M. and N. G. C. 6475, 7 M., visible together in the field of an opera glass. These probably were the ancient termination of the sting to which Smyth alluded in his comments on λ and υ, although he is not quite clear about the matter; they certainly were the νεφελοειδής of Ptolemy, among his άμόρφωτοι of Σκορπίος; and Girus ille nebulosus in the Latin Almagest of 1551. Ulug Beg's translator had Stella nebulosa quae sequitur aculeum Scorpionis, - Tāli' al Shaula, That which follows the Sting." After death follows life, I think. Alfa comes closely after omega and the cycle will thereby be completed. Or expressed in other terms, the Greek sign λ has a 'tail' at its top, bending over as if heavy with 'fruit' (hua). It can be compared with the peculiar top in Ga7-21 and in several other of the following glyphs, which together certainly were meant to constitute a great Sign. These 'top curves' begin at the tail of Scorpius (at 'deneb acrab'):
And at Shaula (λ) 'fruits' start to emerge. I guess the 'top curve' is a sign of the tail of the Scorpion depicted in reverse - a sign of beginning instead of end. Mago glyphs are in principle never reversed, we have seen. The reason could be that a curve of life, with 'fruits', has to be at the top instead of at the bottom. The λ 'black cloth' sign north of the equator will south of the equator refer to spring and not to autumn, to life and not to end. On the shields of Spartan warriors was the another Great sign of death, this one, though, not implying any afterlife for the defeated: "Another widely known Spartan symbol, adopted in the 420s BC, was the letter lambda (Λ), standing for Laconia or Lacedaemon, which was painted on the Spartans' shields ..." (Wikipedia) The habitat of the Polynesian is basically south of the equator and even on Hawaii the culture would tend to preach the same idea - that the 'Black Cloth' implies life: ... When the man, Ulu, returned to his wife from his visit to the temple at Puueo, he said, 'I have heard the voice of the noble Mo'o, and he has told me that tonight, as soon as darkness draws over the sea and the fires of the volcano goddess, Pele, light the clouds over the crater of Mount Kilauea, the black cloth will cover my head. And when the breath has gone from my body and my spirit has departed to the realms of the dead, you are to bury my head carefully near our spring of running water. Plant my heart and entrails near the door of the house. My feet, legs, and arms, hide in the same manner. Then lie down upon the couch where the two of us have reposed so often, listen carefully throughout the night, and do not go forth before the sun has reddened the morning sky. If, in the silence of the night, you should hear noises as of falling leaves and flowers, and afterward as of heavy fruit dropping to the ground, you will know that my prayer has been granted: the life of our little boy will be saved.' And having said that, Ulu fell on his face and died ... The Black Cloth is like a covering for sleeping at night, easily removed in the morning. Maybe the ika hiku glyph type illustrates this, how in the morning 'the egg case' is left abandoned on the beach of dawn. "shawl Oriental oblong article of dress made in Kashmir from the hair of a goat of Tibet XVII; in the west, outer covering for the shoulders (and head) XVIII. Earliest forms schal, scial, chal, shaul; ult. - Urdu, etc. - Pers. shāl, prob. f. Shāliāt, a town in India; adopted in all the main Eur. langs., e.g. Sp. chal, It. scialle, Rum. şal, Du., G. schal., Icel. sjal, (from Eng.) F. châle, †schale, G., Ds. shawl." (The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology) |
