Re: [lace] Goddess of Lace?
To whom, if anyone, did Penelope pray whilst she was weaving Laertes burial shroud, unweaving it every night? That might have influence, if it 'happened'. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where the weather is very sunny, but cold, below freeing this morning. It is December, after all. "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." > >Athena is goddess of weaving, but Arachne in Greek mythology was a mortal >weaver who got so good she challenged Athena, with the usual repercussions. > >Bobbin lace is a form of weaving without a fixed warp, so lacemakers in >modern times have adopted Arachne (we're mortals), hence the name of our >lace list. > >>> Iâve just been asked who the Goddess of Lace is. lacemaker/sets/ >> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/> >> > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Goddess of Lace?
I agree with the first part of Adele’s message. There isn’t a goddess of lace because lacemaking postdates the age of specific gods and goddesses. Even in more modern polytheistic cultures this would be the case because there is no evidence (as far as I’m aware) of any lace existing prior to contact with the masses. Where I don’t agree is that we should make any attempt to manufacture a link. Why would we want to? What would it give any of us? You might as well choose someone associated with lacemaking and call them a god(dess). My two cents worth! Helen (further along the west coast of Canada but without any road links, where it is a beautiful sunny day) > On Dec 5, 2020, at 15:04, Adele Shaak wrote: > > H. I would guess there isn’t one, given that lacemaking developed in > Europe in the late 15th century, long after people only believed in the one > God. Lacemakers did have patron saints, of course - Saint Catherine and Saint > Andrew, depending on where the lacemaker lived, and probably other saints in > other areas. But they would only be saints, not goddesses. > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Goddess of Lace?
Personally I identify most with the namesake of this very list, Arachne! Technically she wasn’t a goddess, but as we all know she was a weaver who was turned into a spider so I’ve always thought of her as a patroness of lace. :) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Goddess of Lace?
Athena is goddess of weaving, but Arachne in Greek mythology was a mortal weaver who got so good she challenged Athena, with the usual repercussions. Bobbin lace is a form of weaving without a fixed warp, so lacemakers in modern times have adopted Arachne (we're mortals), hence the name of our lace list. Nancy Ashford, Connecticut, USA On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 17:32 M. Osgood wrote: > Iâve just been asked who the Goddess of Lace is. lacemaker/sets/ > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/> > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Goddess of Lace?
How about Arachne? Devon > > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Goddess of Lace?
H. I would guess there isn’t one, given that lacemaking developed in Europe in the late 15th century, long after people only believed in the one God. Lacemakers did have patron saints, of course - Saint Catherine and Saint Andrew, depending on where the lacemaker lived, and probably other saints in other areas. But they would only be saints, not goddesses. If we don’t already have one, then I would suggest we could choose one if we wanted to. My vote would go to Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Not only is lace beautiful, but Google assures me that the root word Aphros means foam (what kind of foam I will not specify as this is a family list) Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > On Dec 5, 2020, at 2:19 PM, M. Osgood wrote: > > I’ve just been asked who the Goddess of Lace is. Never having heard of her, > I thought I’d go to the experts. > > Is there a Goddess of Fishnets? Or Knots? or Weaving? > > Do we start with Greeks or Romans? Or Egyptians? Or Celtic or Norse? > > Martha > in Oregon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Goddess of Lace?
I’ve just been asked who the Goddess of Lace is. Never having heard of her, I thought I’d go to the experts. Is there a Goddess of Fishnets? Or Knots? or Weaving? Do we start with Greeks or Romans? Or Egyptians? Or Celtic or Norse? Martha in Oregon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
