On Dec 16, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Helio W. wrote:
> Noah's tale is believed to have a summerian origin.
Global flood tales are nearly ubiquitous in different cultures.
Well, maybe not desert peoples, but most cultures have such a story
in their folklore.
> BTW, good reading about christmas :
>
> http://www.stevethepro.ukf.net/xmas/articles/spirit1.htm
That's certainly the pattern with Christian holidays: co-opt
existing popular holidays and add a religious meaning to them. As a
result, the symbols used in the current Christian versions are
somewhat confused. The winter solstice festivals, which universally
used some form of light to stave off the increasing darkness, became
Christmas, and we use trees and lights and yule logs and Santa, even
though they don't have any religious meaning. Easter is an attempt to
co-opt the universal fertility festivals marking the beginning of
spring; hence that holiday symbolism is now filled with bunnies and
eggs.
-- Ed Leafe
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