Re: [tied] Re: Ancient female figurines (was Medieval Dragons, dog/

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 17845
Date: 2003-01-21

David:
>It must be noted that Mithraism is a very late, post-Christian,
>religion, with the earliest Mithraic artifacts dated to the end
>of the first century CE. It thus reflects a very sophisticated
>view of astronomy and astrology.

Thank you, David puts it elegantly in a way that I couldn't. In
my mind, the Neolithic mythologies also have an astronomical
basis but they aren't as complex as the ones present in more
historical times. I never said that there wasn't an astronomical
interpretation of these myths, quite the opposite.


- gLeN


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