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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." ~~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Well paraphrased, 'Sali.

Horns appear to be the stigmata in the paranormal universe.

And methinks this might be a step or five towards finding out what may have been Thana's issue(s).

Our little Siren/Succubus is wise beyond her years. They grow up so fast in the orphanage.

Those two seem to be in a race to see which one can be wiser beyond their years. I think pickle is ahead on points but Stali is closing fast

Opus the Poet wrote:Our little Siren/Succubus is wise beyond her years. They grow up so fast in the orphanage.

So is the little stinkweed on some issues....

oldmanmickey wrote:Those two seem to be in a race to see which one can be wiser beyond their years. I think pickle is ahead on points but Stali is closing fast

Well, it's harder for Atsali - she has about three times as many years to be wise beyond.

On the subject of horns, as I recall they also refer to supernatural wisdom. There is one statue of Moses that depicts him with horns.

sheik wrote:On the subject of horns, as I recall they also refer to supernatural wisdom. There is one statue of Moses that depicts him with horns.

I thought that had something to do with "cuckold"

jwhouk wrote:Horns appear to be the stigmata in the paranormal universe.

And methinks this might be a step or five towards finding out what may have been Thana's issue(s).

"Stigma", not "stigmata", ja? Pretty sure none of them have bleed from the horns so far.

Regardless, some paras still consider horns to be bad when visible.

Opus the Poet wrote:Regardless, some paras still consider horns to be bad when visible.

...or embarrassing.

Remember when Atsali met the satyr guy?

GlytchMeister wrote:

sheik wrote:On the subject of horns, as I recall they also refer to supernatural wisdom. There is one statue of Moses that depicts him with horns.

I thought that had something to do with "cuckold"

Yeah, "to wear the horns" became a really common expression for being a cuckold. Molière, Shakespeare, Marlowe. . .they all made use of the phrase. It went out of popular vogue a good while back, though.

Michelangelo's statue of Moses is pretty famous for its horns, and there are a number of similar images of the guy with horns, but that's all based on Jerome's translation of the Old Testament into Latin. He chose to translate the Hebrew word describing Moses' appearance as "horned". He didn't mean literal horns, but rather that Moses was "glorificata erat", or "made glorified". Horns are often used as a symbol of glory, majesty, strength, and so on in Judeo-Christian tradition (such as in the books of Daniel, Lamentations, Deuteronomy, and so on). That seems to be a typical use of horns as symbols; I know that the Egyptians and Ashanti used them the same way.

In Norse pagan tradition, you do have Odin's three drinking horns as a symbol of wisdom and poetic ability. Perhaps poetic ability will help Atsali with her writing career. Or you can go with Mesopotamian traditions, where horn symbols are connected with fertility. . .something that Atsali and Nadette might want to consider.

Then there are the Hattians, who seem to have been obsessed with horns but nobody can seem to agree on just what their whole deal with them was.

Catawampus wrote:
Then there are the Hattians, who seem to have been obsessed with horns but nobody can seem to agree on just what their whole deal with them was.

It's because of their penchance for wearing head coverings...

Jabberwonky wrote:

Catawampus wrote:Then there are the Hattians, who seem to have been obsessed with horns but nobody can seem to agree on just what their whole deal with them was.

It's because of their penchance for wearing head coverings...

They're Jaegers?

/flrrd/

--FreeFlier

FreeFlier wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:

Catawampus wrote:Then there are the Hattians, who seem to have been obsessed with horns but nobody can seem to agree on just what their whole deal with them was.

It's because of their penchant for wearing head coverings...

They're Jaegers?

No. They were an offshoot of the Shattnerite people, believed to have fled from their homeland as a result of persecution. Leading theories say that the neighboring tribes objected to their hairstyles. Some historians believe it was due to their singing. No one is really certain these days.

Catawampus wrote:

GlytchMeister wrote:

sheik wrote:On the subject of horns, as I recall they also refer to supernatural wisdom. There is one statue of Moses that depicts him with horns.

I thought that had something to do with "cuckold"

Yeah, "to wear the horns" became a really common expression for being a cuckold. Molière, Shakespeare, Marlowe. . .they all made use of the phrase. It went out of popular vogue a good while back, though.

In English.

Still popular in Italian (or was forty-odd years ago, and i'd bet still is) - "cornuto", the horned one.

In Spanish, it's "cabron" - goat.

Both more macho societies than ours; it's no coincidence that, in Italain, the same verb - "sorpasere" - means both "to pass on the highway" and "to be better/more masculine".

Dave wrote:No. They were an offshoot of the Shattnerite people, believed to have fled from their homeland as a result of persecution. Leading theories say that the neighboring tribes objected to their hairstyles. Some historians believe it was due to their singing. No one is really certain these days.

groan... it hurts...