Cort:
>The Mesopotamians identified it with Tammuz. There's a sacrificial
>hero. And the Greeks had many different names for the
>constellation:The giant, the hunter, The warrior, the cok's foot,
>and the double axe. The last one intrigues me-The sacrificial double axe?
Hmm, double axe, huh? That is interesting, I have to admit. And it
makes sense. Even the Egyptians considered Orion to be the hunter.
The double axe would represent the warrior/hunter aspect, of course.
I think I sorta understand the connection that Tammuz has to this.
I feel *Yemos, *Manus' twin, played a similar role as Tammuz and
represented the resurrected earth (in spring) as well as the one
sacrificed by *Manus. Hence, a Tammuz/*Yemos connection makes sense
since it's part of the Horse-Twin parcel that this Orion
constellation would appear to relate to.
Question: If Orion is the double-axe... where do we find the
bull horns? Is there a picture of the Goddess somewhere
in the sky? :)
As for the "human sacrifice and earth fertility" thing, I think
we're steering a bit too far from the answer.
- love gLeN
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