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c. -2750 to -2349

Older Subboreal EBA III


1. Majesty of the Midnight Sky

    i. Jupiter in asteroid belt (>c. -2750 to c. -2527)
        a. Shen / Ram horns of Amun
        b. Egypt Old Kingdom Dynasties III & IV
        c. '420 year' reign of En-tarah-ana, 4th king of Kish continues

    ii. Jupiter exits asteroid belt (c.-2527 &f.)
        a. Red coma & discharge mountain re-appear
        b. Red disk inside akhet horizon (Egypt)
        c. Ra-names of pharaohs, Dynasty V
        d. Yao appears twice (Chinese)

    iii. Jupiter’s coma disappears (c. -2438 to -2350)
        a. 'Owl-eyes' plasma torus in glow mode
        b. Bolon-ti-ku “not crying” (Chilam Balam)
        c. Marduk “loses his garment” (Mesopotamian)
        d. Aboriginal ‘Wandjina’ rock art
        e. '420 year' reign of En-tarah-ana, 4th king of Kish ends,
             '3 month' reign of En-tarah-ana, 4th king of Kish begins

    iv. Earth’s shadow on ring system
        a. Egyptian akhet ('double door,' pylons, etc.)
        b. Mesoamerican ballcourt
        c. Two Pillars ('twin peaks')
        d. Gates of Heaven

    v. Zodiacal Light

Picture

2. Splendor of Comet Venus and Winged-Disk Mercury

Picture
    a. Venus (c. -2453, -2401 &f.)
        i. Ku-Bau (100-year reign, Kish Dynasty III)
        ii. Mesoamerican 'may' cycle, Venus heads

    b. Mercury (c. -3067 &f.)


3. Imitative Invocations of the Gods

    i. Inspired by appearances of
        a. Jupiter’s discharge mountain, red disk, etc.
        b. Mars’ discharge mountain, trojan  satellites, etc.
        c. Mercury’s winged-disk plasmasphere, etc.
        d. Venus’ bright disk, plasma-tail, etc.

    ii. Pyramids, Ziggurats, Conical mounds
        a. Egypt (c. -2690 to -2500)
            Zoser   
            Meidum   
            Dashur   
            Giza   
        b. Mesopotamia (c. -2650 &f.)
        c. Andes / Peru (c. -2650, -2627,-2556)
            Coral-Supe (Norte Chico)   
        d. England (c. -2490 to -2340)
            Silbury Hill   
        e. Chinese ‘gold prism tower/ horn-drill’

Picture

4. Silver Age/Treta Yuga Social Order

Picture
i. Communal cultural festivals
        a. Political — Sed
            (cf. Mars 30 year intervals)
        b. Ritual — Mesoamerican heads
            (cf. Venus 52 year intervals)
        c. Initiatory / funerary — Pyramid texts, etc.
            (cf. Jupiter & Zodiacal Light)

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  • Home
  • Myths of Creation
    • 1 Thesis >
      • 2 Definitions
      • 3 Exposition
    • 4 First Things: Cosmogony >
      • 5 Time After Time
      • 6 From Creation To Catastrophe
      • 7 Order Out Of Chaos
    • 8 Traits, Tropes & Themes >
      • 9 Macrocosm To Microcosm
    • 10 Astronomical: Theogony >
      • 11 Geophysical: Geogony
      • 12 Ethnological: Anthropogony
    • 13 Cosmogonic Causal Chains >
      • 14 As Above, So Below
      • 15 Foregone Ages Past
      • 16 Forthcoming Future Ages
    • 17 Second Thoughts >
      • 18 But Who's Counting?
    • 19 From Myth To History >
      • 20 Cycles Of Recurrence
    • 2) Mythic Media >
      • 1 In the Beginning
      • 2 Artifacts of Cultural Memory
      • 3 Global Unanimity Uncovered
      • 4 Comparative World Mythology
      • 5 Myth-making through the Ages
  • THE CREATION OF MYTH
    • Introduction
    • Thesis
    • 1 Orality >
      • Preliterate Cultural Memory
      • Rock Art
    • 2 Authority >
      • Myth and History
      • What kind of Truth?
    • 3 Community >
      • Ritual Extensions of Myth
      • Shared Image of the World
      • Group Constructions
    • 4 Efficacy >
      • Mythic Rituals
      • As Below, So Above
      • Group Responses
      • Survival Value
    • 5 Persistence >
      • Management of Memory
      • Mutatis Mutandis
    • Caveat
    • Coda
  • MYTHS ARE HISTORY
    • 1 Premise >
      • Comparative World Mythology
    • 2 Proposition >
      • Catastrophism & Cosmogony
      • Catastrophist Speculation
    • 3 Demonstration >
      • Instability of Solar System
      • Observational Evidence
    • 2) When Seeing Was Believing >
      • 1 Primacy of Sight
      • 2 Partial Perspectives
      • 3 Similarities & Differences
    • 3) Comparative World Symposium >
      • Seeing the Past Anew >
        • 1 A New Impartial Gathering ...
        • 2 A Global Synoptic View ...
        • 3 An Interdisciplinary Chronology ...
  • The Jupiter Myth