Great research but I actually had a different expectation for the “shinning one”. I was thinking more along the lines of the heroes from myths being babies who were born en caul, completely in tact inside the amniotic sac which is this translucent opaque whitish sac that I’d imagine looked luminescent with the baby’s profile veiled through the sac, in the light of the room, it would almost glow in my imagination
Also I just remembered something that ties together the embryology and cosmology. In Spanish my favourite expression to say “to give birth” is literally dar la luz, meaning “give it to the light or bring it into the light” which I think really describes perfectly the contrast between darkness and light in the transition from the womb and into material / physical life / reality
Yup! We find its reference scattered throughout the ancient world and different cultures. It would have no doubt have been seen as a very auspicious birth and I’d imagine the future of the child would have been foretold as some great hero archetype
Very interesting (and well written). I came to the same conclusion, albeit in a much more meandering and confusing manner (using Proto Indo European and Baltic languages to ‘test’ the conspiracy of Maritime Law): each new birth the bright break of dawn. The amateur whimsy is here: https://rgb41f.substack.com/p/pikes-master-concealing-sacrifice
Great research but I actually had a different expectation for the “shinning one”. I was thinking more along the lines of the heroes from myths being babies who were born en caul, completely in tact inside the amniotic sac which is this translucent opaque whitish sac that I’d imagine looked luminescent with the baby’s profile veiled through the sac, in the light of the room, it would almost glow in my imagination
Good one! I believe that’s where the image of the Phrygian cap comes from. Being born with the caul over one’s head was considered lucky.
Also I just remembered something that ties together the embryology and cosmology. In Spanish my favourite expression to say “to give birth” is literally dar la luz, meaning “give it to the light or bring it into the light” which I think really describes perfectly the contrast between darkness and light in the transition from the womb and into material / physical life / reality
Yup! We find its reference scattered throughout the ancient world and different cultures. It would have no doubt have been seen as a very auspicious birth and I’d imagine the future of the child would have been foretold as some great hero archetype
Very interesting (and well written). I came to the same conclusion, albeit in a much more meandering and confusing manner (using Proto Indo European and Baltic languages to ‘test’ the conspiracy of Maritime Law): each new birth the bright break of dawn. The amateur whimsy is here: https://rgb41f.substack.com/p/pikes-master-concealing-sacrifice
Thanks for sharing.
I do so love your work, thank you for sharing!
Thank you!