Happy St George's Day!

[Donut]

It's our National Day today! Yippee!

I've come over all patriotic.

In the words of William Blake:

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire.

I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's Green and pleasant land.

It's Shakespeares birthday today - he's 436, that's more than 48 in dog years [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thou mewling flap-mouthed puttock!
Thou frothy rump-fed mumble-news!

[ 04-23-2002, 06:55 AM: Message edited by: Donut ]

[Epona]

HAHA Donut!

Personally I am particularly fond of Blake's tongue-in-cheek poke at the rising industrialisation of England.

Did you know he founded the neo-Druid movement in England? Most people, because of that poem, assume he was a Christian his whole life.

[ 04-23-2002, 07:21 AM: Message edited by: Epona ]

[Cloudbringer]

Happy Birthday, Donut's Dog!

[Donut]

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: Happy Birthday, Donut's Dog!

Cloudbringer - you are a bastet!!! Now quit spamming my National Day thread.

What is a Bastet BTW?

Down dog, it's not your birthday today!

[Cloudbringer]

Originally posted by Donut: Cloudbringer - you are a bastet!!! Now quit spamming my National Day thread. What is a Bastet BTW? Down dog, it's not your birthday today![/QB]

Bastet, CAT GODDESS of ancient Egypt... tell that dog of yours the CATS are coming out to play! hehe... [img]graemlins/kittynow.gif[/img]

Oh and slay me a dragon or something!

CloudKitty

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: quote: Originally posted by Donut: Cloudbringer - you are a bastet!!! Now quit spamming my National Day thread. What is a Bastet BTW? Down dog, it's not your birthday today!

Bastet, CAT GODDESS of ancient Egypt... tell that dog of yours the CATS are coming out to play! hehe... [img]graemlins/kittynow.gif[/img]

Oh and slay me a dragon or something!

CloudKitty [/QB][/QUOTE]I thought the Egyptian Goddess was Bast...and a bastage was someone held hostage for Bast [img]smile.gif[/img]

Happy St. Georges day!

[Epona]

Originally posted by MagiK: I thought the Egyptian Goddess was Bast...and a bastage was someone held hostage for Bast [img]smile.gif[/img] Happy St. Georges day!

Bastet is the correct form. Cat-goddess and local deity of the town Bubastis, her name means 'she of the ointment jar'. She was daughter of the Sun god and a protective aspect of the mother goddess (as opposed to the aggressive lioness-headed Sekhmet). Earliest depictions are on stone vessels and date from c.2890 BC (2nd Dynasty, rule of Hetepsekhemwy) and were found at Saqqara.

[Talthyr Malkaviel]

Originally posted by Donut: It's Shakespeares birthday today - he's 436, that's more than 48 in dog years [img]smile.gif[/img] Thou mewling flap-mouthed puttock! Thou frothy rump-fed mumble-news!

I bite my thumb at you!

Originally posted by Epona: quote: Originally posted by MagiK: I thought the Egyptian Goddess was Bast...and a bastage was someone held hostage for Bast [img]smile.gif[/img] Happy St. Georges day!

Bastet is the correct form. Cat-goddess and local deity of the town Bubastis, her name means 'she of the ointment jar'. She was daughter of the Sun god and a protective aspect of the mother goddess (as opposed to the aggressive lioness-headed Sekhmet). Earliest depictions are on stone vessels and date from c.2890 BC (2nd Dynasty, rule of Hetepsekhemwy) and were found at Saqqara.[/QUOTE]Hehe Thanks for the correction Most of my egyptian gods knowledge came from the Deities and Demigods book from the early 1st edition of AD&D and from StarGate SG1 of course [img]smile.gif[/img] oh and a couple of less than complete mythology books [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Epona]

Originally posted by MagiK: Hehe Thanks for the correction Most of my egyptian gods knowledge came from the Deities and Demigods book from the early 1st edition of AD&D and from StarGate SG1 of course [img]smile.gif[/img] oh and a couple of less than complete mythology books [img]smile.gif[/img]

Magik, you managed to mention one of my favorite subjects [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I think many people know of her as Bast, it is probably just that Bastet is considered correct for the moment LOL, you know how it is! Just as Seth has also been called Set, Setekh, Suty and Sutekh - much depends upon the translation and pronunciation conventions of the day (Bantu is used nowadays as a pronunciation guide), and regional/temporal variations within ancient Egypt itself.

One thing that interests me greatly is the way that the Egyptian written language as seen in heiroglyphs didn't change much over the millennia. I've heard it suggested (although I'm no linguist) that for there to be so little change indicates that maybe it bore little or no relation to the everyday language that people of the time spoke - which can change dramatically in as little as 200 years - and that it was purely ritual, I suppose in a similar way than some modern churches and science use Latin.

Oooops, Sorry Donut, major thread derailment occurring - please assume the crash position [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img]