Re: Creation

The identities of the seven might fluctuate from culture to culture
and from period to period. They are common in the Near East, from
where the early Neolithic peoples brought them into Europe where the
incoming Greeks adopted them (IMO). Seven is rarely found in northern
mythologies (unlike three and nine). Seven is usually identified by
mytholgraphers with Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Sun, and
moon.

However, in IE mythology the rising and setting Venus are about
always identified with two goddesses (sisters). Only in classical
Greece did they start to recognize that they are the same. I think
that if we recognize that the same was probably true of Mercury, then
these two planets can be seen as four of the seven, with Mars,
Jupiter, and Saturn completing the seven.

IMO the rising and setting Mercury represented the 'Twin Horsemen' in
IE mythology. Also, the Pole Star was the top of the world tree where
the world egg hatched.

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