The mountain we call today "Everest" had a name long before Sir George Everest was a gleam in his father's eye. Of course it did! Duh!
According to Wikipedia, the mountain was called, variously: Qomolangma Peak (Tibetan), Mount Sagarmāthā (Nepali), Chajamlangma (Limbu), Zhumulangma Peak (Chinese: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) or Mount Chomolangma.
The history of how "Mount Everest" was named is a total and absolute insult to the great Mother Goddess. Anyone with a brain can easily see that in common in all of these names is MA - MOTHER.
Barbara Walker's The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets says:
Chomo-Lung-Ma
"Goddess Mother of the Universe," the real name of the world's highest mountain, which westerners renamed Everest after a man. This masculine name was bestowed on the Goddess Mother in 1863 by foreign invaders who preferred to attach patriarchal surnames to everything.(1)
Notes:
(1) Encyc. Brit., "Everest, Sir George."
More about mountains and the Great Mother tomorrow.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Child Burials Found in Peru
My guess is that they were human sacrifices to the Goddess of the Mountain, but I know nothing :)
Human Archeological Remains Found in Sacsayhuamán
LivinginPeru.com
Katrina Heimark
September 8, 2009
(Note: Please ignore the photograph that was embedded in the article. It depicts a length-wise human burial, not a fetal-position burial as was mentioned in the article. I don't understand why authors and/or editors DO this kind of thing without tagging it as baloney!)
Remains of two children, estimated to be between 12 and 13 at the time of their death, were found within the Archeological park of Sacsayhuamán, next to the huaca Qowiqarana. They were placed in the fetal position and were facing the Apu Huanacaure, one of mountains that dominates the landscape around Cusco.
The children were found buried with a small stone model of the hilltops that surround the Huanacaure, as well as painted vessel. Luis Guevara, the archeologist in charge of the excavation managed by Cusco’s National Cultural Institute, states that “the cult of the Apu Huanacuare was founded by the Inca Pachacúteq. As we know, this mountain was considered by the Incas, and by today’s population, to be sacred because it is associated with the foundation of Cusco.”
The huaca consists of a large rock that sticks out of the slope. According to Guevara, a secondary path crossed through this area, which connected to the path of the Antisuyo. Experts believe that this huaca is associated with the Apu Huanacaure cult because from its top, one can observe the mountain in its entire splendor.
I do not have a tentative date on these remains, as I am not familiar with the cultures mentioned in the article. Actually, other than some specialists, who is???
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