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| − | '''Semiramis''', wife of [[Nimrod]], successor thereof to the kingdom of the Assyrians. 'Founder'<ref>''"Belus founded it; but Semiramis repaired, enlarged and beautified it."'' footnote to Oxford Univerity's 1742 edition of Justin's World History</ref> of the City of Babylon.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, ''Biblotheca Historica'', 2.7.2</ref><ref>Justin, History of the World, 1.2</ref> Mother and source to the international pagan pantheons and worshipped as the "virgin of the world"<ref>Hall, Manley P., ''Isis, the Virgin of the World''</ref> under the many names such as [[Isis]]; [[Ishtar]]; [[Aphrodite]]; [[Freya]]; [[Ashteroth]]; [[Dianna]]; [[Athena]]; [[Minerva]]; [[Luna]]; the principal at pagan Mecca: the moon god Allah and his three interceding daughters Al-Uzza, Al-Lat and Al-Menat<ref>http://inthenameofallah.org/Daughters%20of%20Allah.html</ref>; [[Venus]]; [[Nike]]; [[Victoria ( | + | '''Semiramis''', wife of [[Nimrod]], successor thereof to the kingdom of the Assyrians. 'Founder'<ref>''"Belus founded it; but Semiramis repaired, enlarged and beautified it."'' footnote to Oxford Univerity's 1742 edition of Justin's World History</ref> of the City of Babylon.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, ''Biblotheca Historica'', 2.7.2</ref><ref>Justin, History of the World, 1.2</ref> Mother and source to the international pagan pantheons and worshipped as the "virgin of the world"<ref>Hall, Manley P., ''Isis, the Virgin of the World''</ref> under the many names such as [[Isis]]; [[Ishtar]]; [[Aphrodite]]; [[Freya]]; [[Ashteroth]]; [[Dianna]]; [[Athena]]; [[Minerva]]; [[Luna]]; the principal at pagan Mecca: the moon god Allah and his three interceding daughters Al-Uzza, Al-Lat and Al-Menat<ref>http://inthenameofallah.org/Daughters%20of%20Allah.html</ref>; [[Venus]]; [[Nike]]; [[Victoria (goddess)]]; [[Britannica]]; [[Germanica]]; [[Columbia]]; etc.<ref>Suvari, Aksel, ''The Masonic Philosophical Society, Columbia, An American Goddess'', posted 3 July 2020; https://blog.philosophicalsociety.org/2020/07/03/columbia-an-american-goddess/</ref> |
She came to the throne by pretending to be her son.<ref>Justin's ''History of the World'', 1.2</ref> She invented the turban thereby as a way to hide her long hair wrapped therein and forced it and other clothing items upon her citizens as a national costume to prevent people from thinking she was dressing oddly and thereby discovering that she was not her son Ninyas (aka Tamus).<ref>Justin's ''History of the World'', 1.2</ref> The style of dress according to [[Diodorus Siculus|Diodorus]] in Hellenistic times had remained as common place across the east in his day;<ref>Diodorus Siculus, ''Biblotheca Historica'', 2.6.6</ref> | She came to the throne by pretending to be her son.<ref>Justin's ''History of the World'', 1.2</ref> She invented the turban thereby as a way to hide her long hair wrapped therein and forced it and other clothing items upon her citizens as a national costume to prevent people from thinking she was dressing oddly and thereby discovering that she was not her son Ninyas (aka Tamus).<ref>Justin's ''History of the World'', 1.2</ref> The style of dress according to [[Diodorus Siculus|Diodorus]] in Hellenistic times had remained as common place across the east in his day;<ref>Diodorus Siculus, ''Biblotheca Historica'', 2.6.6</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:04, March 25, 2023
Semiramis, wife of Nimrod, successor thereof to the kingdom of the Assyrians. 'Founder'[1] of the City of Babylon.[2][3] Mother and source to the international pagan pantheons and worshipped as the "virgin of the world"[4] under the many names such as Isis; Ishtar; Aphrodite; Freya; Ashteroth; Dianna; Athena; Minerva; Luna; the principal at pagan Mecca: the moon god Allah and his three interceding daughters Al-Uzza, Al-Lat and Al-Menat[5]; Venus; Nike; Victoria (goddess); Britannica; Germanica; Columbia; etc.[6]
She came to the throne by pretending to be her son.[7] She invented the turban thereby as a way to hide her long hair wrapped therein and forced it and other clothing items upon her citizens as a national costume to prevent people from thinking she was dressing oddly and thereby discovering that she was not her son Ninyas (aka Tamus).[8] The style of dress according to Diodorus in Hellenistic times had remained as common place across the east in his day;[9] Similarly did Justin in Roman times.[10]
Etymology
Diodorus claims the name is a reduplicate form of the then Syrian word for 'doves'; bolstered by a supernatural story of how she had a divine origin and was kept alive as an infant child by wild doves: not being dissimilar in nature to the stories told of the Romulus and Remus who were kept alive by a bitch of a she-wolf.
References
- ↑ "Belus founded it; but Semiramis repaired, enlarged and beautified it." footnote to Oxford Univerity's 1742 edition of Justin's World History
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Biblotheca Historica, 2.7.2
- ↑ Justin, History of the World, 1.2
- ↑ Hall, Manley P., Isis, the Virgin of the World
- ↑ http://inthenameofallah.org/Daughters%20of%20Allah.html
- ↑ Suvari, Aksel, The Masonic Philosophical Society, Columbia, An American Goddess, posted 3 July 2020; https://blog.philosophicalsociety.org/2020/07/03/columbia-an-american-goddess/
- ↑ Justin's History of the World, 1.2
- ↑ Justin's History of the World, 1.2
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Biblotheca Historica, 2.6.6
- ↑ Justin's History of the World, 1.2