Learned something new today- God's wife was a tree which makes about as much sense as god himself. If you must have one sky daddy then , of course you need an earth Mama and she is represented by - the tree. I love her!
"Asherah
-- known across the ancient Near East by various other names, such as Astarte
and Istar -- was "an important deity, one who was both mighty and nurturing,"
Wright continued.
"Many
English translations prefer to translate 'Asherah' as 'Sacred Tree,'" Wright
said. "This seems to be in part driven by a modern desire, clearly inspired by
the Biblical narratives, to hide Asherah behind a veil once again."
"Mentions
of the goddess Asherah in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) are rare and have
been heavily edited by the ancient authors who gathered the texts together,"
Aaron Brody, director of the Bade Museum and an associate professor of Bible and
archaeology at the Pacific School of Religion, said.
Asherah
as a tree symbol was even said to have been "chopped down and burned outside the
Temple in acts of certain rulers who were trying to 'purify' the cult, and focus
on the worship of a single male god, Yahweh," he added."
Asherah is a fancy girl!
Stunning on the beach with her windswept hair!
Her athletic muscles.
Her nether regions...
Holding
rocking and nurturing.
The rain has come and all of the snow has been vanquished to the underworld...suddenly we are enjoying temperatures , nearly balmy, nearly sun on the beach warm at 30 degrees!
Quite a change from yesterday's white out. The Daughters of Asherah are grateful, Snow garments are becoming but so damned heavy.
2 comments:
Interesting -- it makes sense that humans would deify trees, given all that we get from them. (And yet we treat them so badly!)
Love the photos. Glad things are warming up in your world.
you should get the book When God Was A Woman by Merlin Stone.
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