Do you think the Red Heifers may have some significant relationship to the mythical beliefs of Egyptian Gods? The black pig, for instance, was associated by the Egyptians with Set, who was the god of a people who conquered and oppressed them in pre-Dynastic times. Horus is depicted standing on the back of the pig and piercing its head with a lance; its legs and jaws are fettered with chains. But the pig was also a form of Osiris, "the good god". Set was dentified with the Apep serpent of night and storm, and in certain myths the pig takes the place of the serpent. The Egyptians regarded the pig as an unclean animal. There survives a strong prejudice against pork, and the black pig is identified with the devil. I wonder if the pigs born has significant inportance. Does the evil God Set have something to do with the birth of the Red Heifers?
2006-11-07
06:37:06
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