Friday, December 17, 2010

nymphs, magic items and their reality

Perseus reaches the mystical land of the Hyperborean nymphs Perseus leaves the Graiae hag witches, the matriarchal society he became one as a seer sharing the same authority of the two or three that made up the unity of their peoples. Perseus was told to journey to the land of the northern nymphs by the Graiae. In the land of the Hyperborean nymphs Perseus is given give him winged sandals that allow him to fly, a wallet that expands to hold anything, and a cap that makes its wearer invisible. The saddles represent the powers Perseus gains to travel, to take flight from one place to another. Some have postulated that the winged feet are magic items, others technology, no matter the course one can say in the north Perseus found the mobility to travel, his feet became nimble and fast arriving at his destination. To an ancient Greek this would remind him of the wings on Hermie feet. Thus the winged feet are connected to knowledge that allows for the ease of travel. His ideas took off in the north and they took flight. He unifies with the northern nymphs and gains access to their wealth that is equal to a wallet full of everything or anything. The cap was that Perseus became one of them and was able to move through them quickly as one of them especially as he had to reach Medusa the gorgon, thus the winged feet are the ability to travel invisible as a northerner through thier lands to reach the Medusa quickly. The sword of Hermie is the knowledge Perseus had to win over and conquer the hearts of those he encountered, it was the knowledge necessary to conquer Medusa and take her head and authority as a equal and the fourth gorgon. Medusa is found by traveling north and through the Celtic peoples who occupy that land In fact Gorgon might be a play of the word Celcet or celtic, see cat( English) from gato( Greek) The Celts were dominate in northern Europe at the time of Perseus. The use of serpents to represent Celtic witches , priests and druids is already known, esp due tpo earth god religions. Thus Medusa was a powerful female represent a unity of many peoples and covens , each represented by each snake in her hair, each powers and authority making her into a powerful snake or leader priestess. Unity with her made Perseus very powerful and conquered the bad Aeolids using the same power than made people freeze and powerless. In Greek like english I froze, could not do anything still has meaning today. The shield Athena gave Perseus represents the wisdom that shield and protected peruses, the wisdom that allowed him to mirror Medusa to be able to conquer her heart and ally with her. It is like the mirrors hung outside the cave that the goddess Amaterasu of the Kami of japan where she hid till a fertility ritual drew her attention and she saw the mirrors which represented all those who reflected her. The Gods cheers drew her attention but the reflections made her come out and bring light back to the world with them. She is a sun Goddess and a light bringer and very sexy. I mean hot like the sun.

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