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| DHObraasch |
 Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:48 am |
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TV Story. Bretagne. A Christian priest wished after death to be
burried in a ship. His body was placed in a ship and allowed to depart
westwardly in the open sea. A month later the ship and the dead
returned.Close to the coast a chapel/church was built and the body
of the priest was burried. Close to death the Christian priest
returned to his heathen origin ?
May be there could be a mythical connection between church an ship.
Some points:
Obviously the mentioned priest believed in old traditions. He and
Cheops as well as the King in Sutton Hoo (?) needed a ship to reach
the gods at the horizon at the other side of the Winding Waterway
(May be the key for Sutton Hoo could be the Pyramid Text)
Problem: In German the central part of a church is named the *
Kirchen-Schiff* (Church- Ship) in English the NAVE
-ORIGIN Old English nafu, nafa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
naaf and German Nabe, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit
nabhis 'nave, navel'. Compare with nave1 noun the central part of a
church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. In
traditional Western churches it is rectangular, separated from the
chancel by a step or rail, and from adjacent aisles by pillars.
-ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin navis 'ship'
My problem: Christian philosopher had to cope with the foregoing
natural religion. No problem: At winter solstice Christ was borne. The
horns of Hathor became the indiction of the devil, and so on.
What to do with the heathen belief that a died man needs a boot to
reach immortality ? Obviously still a strong belief. Simple: The
church itself becomes a symbol of a ship. In consequence: To reach
immortality you need the church.
A question : What is the NAVE namend in romanic churches?
Regards
DHO
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