>From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
>Subject: Lunar Empire and other analogues
>
>Gian Gero:
>
> >The Lunar Empire has many Indian (not native American) names: at
> >least DaraHappa, Yara Aranis (even the image resembles Kali),
> >Yuthuppa and others I don't remember now. Has it, I wonder, also
> >Imperial India connections?
>
>Greg has been peppering Lunar mythology with Indian philosophy.
>
There are even a collection of goddesses called the Seven Mothers in
ancient India. If you go to the Asian Art Museum at the Smithsonian
you can see an example of the Sapti Matriki (I may have forgotten the
spelling).
Back to lurking in the shadows...
Jeff
- --- Jeff Freymueller, 1135 Breckenrdige Rd., Fairbanks AK 99709