Re: VMs: Re: Strega, Grigori, four seasons, four stars etc...

[Nick Pelling <nickpelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rene,

At 03:54 28/08/2004 -0700, Rene Zandbergen wrote:
> Cute typo in Fomalhaut :-)

Wasn't mine, I just passed it on how I found it. :-o

> Anyway, it is again of interest to know from when
> and where this identification of these four stars
> originates.

My guess is that, generally in line with what Pamela Richards describes, 
it's very old - and quite possibly Etruscan. I also find it interesting 
that we've also discussed whether the crowned Leo zodiac nymph might 
signify Regulus. :-)

Regardless, I continue to search...

FWIW, the worst thing about the whole Strega/Wicca thing is - as should be 
fairly obvious already - there's not only a paucity of original sources 
(apart from witchcraft trial transcripts, which may be somewhat atypical), 
but also an entire modern layer of neopagan myth-making on top, trying to 
reconstruct deep world-religions from the multiple streams of pagan 
thought. Unfortunately for us, this whole neopagan "research programme" has 
the effect of making it hard to determine what is (and what is not) "real 
history". *sigh*

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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