my favorite Amazon...
Posted on 08/04/2004 8:51:53 PM PDT by blam
It would disappoint . . . I'm mostly Irish, with bits of Scottish and Welsh, or so I'm led to understand. No Sarmatian in me that I'm aware of. :)
Yeah, but maybe the Sarmatians are just a wee bit Irish. :0)
Yes, I was almost screaming at my TV when they described some of the things about the Samartians because I was so moved that this might have a connection to the red-haired mummies and many of the other things that draw a much larger picture.
Another of the intense moments was when they were discussing the Illiad. In the Illiad, the Amazons are mentioned as being at Troy. Achilles fought the head Amazon and killed her, but as she lay dying and he removed her helmet, he fell madly and tragically in love with her. But after relating this story, they pretty much dismissed that the Illiad had any historical value and moved on.
However, we know that the Illiad was not all fiction! The Illiad was based on a very old tale, and the Amazons were part of the story. Throughout many of the ancient accounts, this race of nomadic people is mentioned in different contexts. It is possible that the same people who went to the Steppes went to the British Isles and, who knows, maybe America. There certainly seems to be alot to tie these groups together culturally and genetically and throughout an impressive span of thousands of years of practicing their primeval religion and lifestyle.
"Gozer the traveller. He will come in one of the prechosen forms. During the rectification of the Voldrani, the traveller came as a large and moving Torg! Then during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick (sp?) supplicants, they chose a new form for him; that of a giant Slor! Many shubs and shules knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Slor that day, I can tell you!"I about pee my pants at that point in the script, despite the age of the movie and the number of times I've seen it. :')
my favorite Amazon...
I wish the bunch of us had been together and watched that documentary together. Now THAT would have been even more fun!
I still haven't "recovered" from it.
As you said, burrian, the implications for a much wider picture is sure there! One that Blam introduced many of us to.
bttt with a few related GGG / FR topics:
The Argonaut Epos and Bronze Age Economic History
Economics Department, City College of New York
Revised May 14, 1999 | Morris Silver
Posted on 08/25/2004 10:30:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Arzawa
The House of David (not the vanished religious sect by that name)
circa 2002 by David R Ross
Posted on 11/26/2004 7:32:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Inscription in Carian and Greek
Anistoriton ^ | 27 Dec. 1997 | (editors)
Posted on 07/17/2004 6:20:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Non-Attic Characters
University of California, Irvine, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
September 7 2003 (rev 9-28-2003) | Nick Nicholas
Posted on 07/18/2004 6:43:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Quarry, Setting and Team Marks: The Carian Connection
University of Leiden (Netherlands) ^ | 1998 | (about) Sheldon Lee Gosline
Posted on 10/08/2004 3:20:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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So Who Is Buried in Midas's Tomb?
NYT ^ | 12/25/2001 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 12/24/2001 10:12:01 PM PST by a_Turk
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The Truth About An Epic Tale Of Love, War And Greed (Troy)
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-24-2004
Posted on 03/25/2004 12:03:11 PM PST by blam
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Was There a Trojan War?
Archaeology ^ | May/June 2004 | Manfred Korfmann
Posted on 07/29/2004 11:43:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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