[HN Gopher] The sacred pool of Ba'al: a reinterpretation of the ...
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The sacred pool of Ba'al: a reinterpretation of the 'Kothon' at
Motya
Author : diodorus
Score : 28 points
Date : 2022-03-20 04:56 UTC (18 hours ago)
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| BoumTAC wrote:
| I've done this course on the island of Motya it was amazing and
| the teacher really great. I would absolutely recommend it to
| anyone interested in learning more of it
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| https://fr.coursera.org/learn/archaeology-city-levant-west
| znpy wrote:
| > The Phoenician island-city of Motya, off the west coast of
| Sicily
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| In Milan, Italy there is an anonymous person that has been
| writing stuff like "baal culo" all around the city, pretty much
| everywhere.
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| I wonder if it's the same Baal.
| kian wrote:
| It mentions in the article that baal means both lord and owner,
| and that it was also essentially used to mean the 'possessor
| of' in a much larger sense -- a baal of arrows was an archer, a
| baal of wings was the person or creature possessing them -
| probably it is being used in this 'owner or lord of', sense,
| rather than in the sense of a god. Culo, presumably, you
| already know the translation of - equivalent graffiti can be
| found in pretty much every city.
| tootie wrote:
| Ba'al is mentioned a few times in the Torah/Old Testament. It
| was a rival cult to the Judeans and worship of Ba'al was a
| byword for blasphemy. It's the origin for the name Beelzebub.
| layer8 wrote:
| > The pool, watched over by a statue of Ba'al, also served as a
| surface for observing and mapping the movement of stars
|
| I'm getting Stargate vibes.
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