Re: Creation

Seven seems to have two sources of importance, both outside
linguistics

1. Seven numbers (or seven unrelated pieces of information) are the
average number that can be held in the human brain concurrently.
This is the reason why most phone numbers contain seven digits.

2. Seven days is a quarter of the lunar cycle of 28 days.

Regards

John

--- In cybalist@..., cas111jd@... wrote:
> 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.
>
> cas