According to an old Kazakh legend, on the banks of the World River grew the tree of life, Baiterek. Each year the sacred bird Samruk laid a golden egg in the crown of the tree, only for it to be consumed by a dragon. This annual routine of egg-laying and destruction symbolized
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lituus
The word lituus originally meant a curved augural staff, or a curved war-trumpet in the ancient Latin language.
The word lituus originally meant a curved augural staff, or a curved war-trumpet in the ancient Latin language.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lituus
Roman ritual wand
The lituus was a crooked wand (similar in shape to the top part of some Western European crosiers) used as a cult instrument in ancient Roman religion by augurs[1] to mark out a ritual space in the sky (a templum). The passage of birds
Roman ritual wand
The lituus was a crooked wand (similar in shape to the top part of some Western European crosiers) used as a cult instrument in ancient Roman religion by augurs[1] to mark out a ritual space in the sky (a templum). The passage of birds
through this templum indicated divine favor or disfavor for a given undertaking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_coo… A polar grid with several angles, increasing in counterclockwise orientation and labeled in degrees...note 120 diagonal too 300...🤔I wonder if this is our true position??
A frieze in Rome�s temple of Jupiter depicts the lituus being used by Romulus when he founded the city of Rome and divided it up into districts in 753 BC.
the symbol of Zababa − the eagle-headed staff
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zababa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zababa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh
The cuneiform for Ninâ (𒀏) is a fish within a house (cf. Aramaic nuna, "fish"). This may have simply intended "Place of Fish" or could mean the house of LEVIATHAN (Levi)
The cuneiform for Ninâ (𒀏) is a fish within a house (cf. Aramaic nuna, "fish"). This may have simply intended "Place of Fish" or could mean the house of LEVIATHAN (Levi)
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