Posted on 12/20/2015 6:53:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The goddess of love, the Minoan Astarte, is the key figure that unlocks the mystery of the Phaistos Disk, according to linguist, archaeologist and coordinator of the program Erasmus of Crete Technological Institute; Gareth Owens.
Speaking to the ANA -- MPA news agency, Owens said that after new data found in his research, his theory has changed slightly compared to the position he had expressed about a year ago. The focus is no longer the "pregnant mother", as originally estimated, but a "pregnant goddess" that takes shape in the face of Astarte, the goddess of love.
"There is no doubt that we are talking about a religious text. This is clear from a comparison made with other religious words from other inscriptions from the holy mountains of Crete. We have words that are exactly the same," Owens said and added, "I suspect that the Phaistos Disc is a hymn before Astarte, the goddess of love. Words such as those mentioned on the disk have been found on Minoan offerings and as with today's offerings, people pray when they are troubled, because of health problems or personal reasons. Man doesn't change, after all."
The archaeologist said he believes, moreover, that one side of the Phaistos Disk is dedicated to the pregnant mother goddess and the other to Minoan goddess Astarte.
On the importance of the figure, Owens noted that Minoan Astarte was the goddess of love, war and the mountains and her origin lies in the east. "From ancient Mesopotamia, located in today's Turkey, Astarte went to Cyprus and became Venus," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at greece.greekreporter.com ...
Barry Fell published a translation, excerpted below, each side of the disk in a separate paragraph. His conclusion was that the text of the Phaistos Disk represented a language related to Hittite (Neshili or Khattili?), as was the Linear A texts. [Epigraphic Society Occasional Publications, Volume 4, No. 79, September 1976]The omens that you seek are explained in this tablet, every one. The omens that are sent forth for man's destiny, every one. Whatever you may ask, great or small, if you are worried, is given (an answer), every one. Seek an omen by offering a sacrifice to the birds, that the Gods may be well disposed. Ask anything you wish, on this tablet is explained everything. You may ask anything by sacrificing an offering to the birds, that the Gods may from Heaven send forth an omen; everything is (answered) above the earth, deceiving never, everything. And so men may ask for protection, everyone. Should they (the Gods) be angered by something, or by the sacrifice, ill omens are released, all of them, signifying death or disaster; which appear upon asking, all of them.(reverse side follows)Let a substitute sacrifice be exposed, designated as an offering to take the place of the man. If birds are attracted then, it is a lucky sign. Should the birds remain hidden, it stands for death, and the man will die. Should they approach to peck at the sacrifice, it is a lucky sign. If they continue to feed and crowd in, it is lucky and moreover a sign of great favor (or, that the sacrifice is favored), and the man may go and pour a libation for his success. The kid satisfied and was pleasing to the high gods. To the priest, for averting death and danger, a recompense is to be paid, and a measure for bird-seed for good fortune. The measure scattered for the birds is to be wheat which has been coarsely milled, and is to be scattered abroad by the man's own hands, or he may die. Perform all these things as the tablet instructs."
And I bet they charged a pretty penny to anyone who wanted to use the tablet.
“Drink your ...”
Slip the holy guy a little something extra and he'll make sure your sacrifice is laced with plenty of birdseed.
I recommend a novel titled “Waking the Moon” It is fiction but goes into all the mysteries of Crete. Even the Illuminati are covered.
The most fascinating character is Angelica who starts out as just a strikingly beautiful girl. She then metamorphoses into the ancient moon goddess of Crete.
So... it’s a BIRD FEEDER! Don’t they have copies of these for sale in the SkyMall magazine already?
Well there goes Dan Browns next book...
Looks like a board game to me.
It is a Hokey-Pokey Sundial.
A Magic 8 Ball, a Ouiji Board, and Tippi Hedren walk into a bar...
Well, since this is dated to about 2000 BC to 1400 BC in Crete, it may well be recording about Aphrodite. Isn’t Aphrodite/Venus a pre-Aryanic goddess? Most likely brought by the Phoenicians/Canaanites as the Semitic Astarte to Cyprus
But on a related note, I read recently that the Pheonicians are stated by Herodotus to have originated in BAhrain -- I find that fascinating
Parcheesi ?
——the man may go and pour a libation ——
After the mob of crows picks at the dead lamb, kick back and have a drink
What if this disk is just someone’s vocabulary homework...
Sort of like a 4000 year old joke.
So, the cunning linguist has discovered it all has to do with the goddess of love?
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