Saturday, October 3, 2009

Aeolus father of Aeolis Greeks and the tale of the mystical medicine man and the sacred great turtle who got new eyes.

There is a trend in the Odyssey tale concerning the alliances he established at the beginning of the tale. The second set of events describe the Greeks in general and the follies they had prior to Ulysses marrages bor alliances.

"Aeolis (Ancient Greek Αιολίς Aiolís) or Aeolia (pronounced /iːˈoʊlɪə/) (Ancient Greek Αιολία Aiolía) was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor, mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly Lesbos), where the Aeolian Greek city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of Mysia which bounded it to the north, Ionia to the south, and Lydia to the east." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolis

"Aeolus (Greek: Αἴολος Aiolos [ájjolos], Modern Greek: [ˈe.o.los](Speaker Icon.svg listen), Latinized as Æolus) was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. Diodorus Siculus made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here.[1] Briefly, the first Aeolus was a son of Hellen and eponymous founder of the Aeolian race; the second was a son of Poseidon, who led a colony to islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea; and the third Aeolus was a son of Hippotes who is mentioned in Odyssey book 10 as Keeper of the Winds who gives Odysseus a tightly closed bag full of the captured winds so he could sail easily home to Ithaca on the gentle West Wind. All three men named Aeolus appear to be connected genealogically, although the precise relationship, especially regarding the second and third Aeolus, is often ambiguous. " from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolus
The aeleans were the first greeks who had merged with the nymths that represented the celts- thus the connection to galacia and galoupoli. Where ever you see Gal in a name know celts or guals were founders of this place.
So Aeolus gave the tech of better sails to the Greeks based ion the tech troy had and had made them a strong sea faring people. The Greeks that fought these Greeks for their treasure =had slower less nonrecoverable ships- more on the Giants of Antiphates next week.

One day a medicine man journeyed far to a people to get medicine. Many evil people found out about it and went to these people to destroy them and the sacred medicine. The peoples around these people including their own people got mad, though in unity a miracle occurred and the evil ones destroyed themselves and were captured by the various peoples who tried saving the medicine. As the medicine man returned home with his medicine the sacred guardian of the people the turtle came with him. The sacred great turtle followed the medicine man home. The medicine man had encountered the turtle before but this time the sacred spirit imbued in the turtle and the turtle made sure the medicine man knew the turtle had returned home with him as he wore the face of the spirit of the turtle sharing in the soul of the great guardian. The turtle asked for knew eyes and the medicine man knew he could pray and grant knew eyes to the sacred turtle. Upon his prayers the turtle could now see in colour and not just the black and white it did. The turtle was very happy and many of the animals herd about the good deed and miracle of the mystical medicine man. Seeing turtle so happy and dancing around with joy all the animals wanted eyes like turtle so turtle and the mystical medicine man prayed together and each animal joined them climbing onto the turtles back with new eyes. All the animals were happy as was the medicine man and the peoples who saved the medicine that day and created a paradise for suffering the persecution
they did.
( a myth concerning the Turtle island people)

for more native myths and some incredible art see the site first people:
http://www.firstpeople.us/pictures/Myths/native-american-indian-myths-15.html

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