Hanging the Mistletoe by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Mōdraniht & Yule
“Again we have produced Yule-being's feast, the mead of poetry, our rulers' eulogy,
like a bridge of masonry.” Anon.
like a bridge of masonry.” Anon.
Light the bonfires!
Sing the sagas!
Drink sweet ale!
Aset (Isis) Nursing Heru (Horus)
Antiquité égyptienne du musée du Louvre
Aset
Queen of Heaven, Mother of Horus,
Queen of Heaven, Mother of Horus,
Mother of the Gods, Great Lady of Magic
Mistress of the House of Life,
She Who Knows How To Make Right Use of the Heart
She Who Knows the Orphan
She who knows the Widow Spider
She Who Seeks Justice for the Poor
She Who Seeks Shelter for the Weak
She who Seeks the Righteousness in Her People
Mistress of the House of Life,
She Who Knows How To Make Right Use of the Heart
She Who Knows the Orphan
She who knows the Widow Spider
She Who Seeks Justice for the Poor
She Who Seeks Shelter for the Weak
She who Seeks the Righteousness in Her People
The birth of Horus was celebrated on the day in the
ancient Egyptian calendar that was the same day as
Decemberus 25 in the Roman calendar
ancient Egyptian calendar that was the same day as
Decemberus 25 in the Roman calendar
Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain.
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters.
Who maketh the clouds his chariot;
Who walketh on the wings of the wind;
Who maketh winds his messengers
Flames of fire his ministers"
From the Hymn to Aten by Pharaoh Akhenaten
as recorded in tomb of Ay in Amarna; and the later Psalm 104.
as recorded in tomb of Ay in Amarna; and the later Psalm 104.
chag chanukkah sameach ve-shana tova
Mosaic of Sol in Mausoleum M Christ-Sol (Christ as the Sun/Apollo).Mausoleum of the Julli. Mid-3rd century C.E. Rome
Felix Dies Natalis Solis Invicti
( Happy day of the birth of the unconquered sun )
Refers to Decemberus 25th, the date of the solstice in the Roman calendar, during the holiday of Saturnalia.
matunda ya kwanza(First fruits of the harvest)
Xmas, or Christmas? or, Putting the X back in Christmas
X-as-chi was associated with Christ long before X-as-cross could be, since the cross as a Christian symbol developed later.
The Greek letter Chi Χ stood for "Christ" in the ancient Greek acrostic ΙΧΘΥΣ.
While some see the spelling of Christmas as Xmas a threat, others see it as a way to honor Christian martyrs. The use of X as an abbreviation for "cross" in modern abbreviated writing (e.g. "Kings X" for "Kings Cross") may have reinforced this assumption.
In ancient Christian art χ and χρ are abbreviations for Christ's name.
In many manuscripts of the New Testament and icons, X is an abbreviation for Christos, as is XC (the first and last letters in Greek, using the lunate sigma); compare IC for Jesus in Greek.
The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551, 50 years before the first English colonists came to North America and 60 years before the King James Version of the Bible was completed. At the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of "Christian" and "Christianity"; and nowadays still are sometimes so used, but much less than "Xmas".
Almost forgot, the "mas" part. Debate on this one. Some say it is from the latin "missa", (to send forth). Others say it is from the Anglo-saxon/Germanic "Mas" (festival or celebration).
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