Re: Creation

On the Gundestrap cauldron, each of the antlers of the setting
Cernunnos god has seven tines. The top tine of the left antler
touches one of the stag, who also has seven tines on each antler.
Together they add up to 28.

--- In cybalist@..., jdcroft@... wrote:
> 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