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We find this 1955 historical marker on Bladensburg Road at the Maryland/D.C. line just east of the IHOP at 38th Street. It declaims the "Dark and Bloody Grounds" where 19th century Washington gentlemen came to shoot each other.
This picture from an article in Harper's Magazine shows the dueling grounds as they looked in 1858.
This site was in rural Maryland just outside the jurisdiction of D.C. law enforcement. The perfect place for an affair of honor. The marker claims that there were "more than 50 duels fought here." Actually there are only 26 duels known to have been fought here. But of course there must have been many unrecorded instances of gentlemen settling their differences with firearms.
The dueling grounds are now represented by a small grassy park on the east side of Dueling Creek centered on a wooden gazebo.
This spot was part of the town of Bladensburg, Maryland, until 1927 when the town of Colmar Manor was incorporated. The town takes its iconography from Dueling Creek and the instruments of dueling.
Colmar (Columbia+Maryland) is a border town with a port-manteau name of the same type as Marydel, Delmar and Pennmar.
This map from The Magazine of American History shows the original lay of the land.
...and the southwest branch shown on the map now runs in a pipe.
The current park does not encompass the whole of the old dueling grounds. The park occupies the southwest side of Dueling Creek from the road to a little way past the southeast branch. That would be along the cow path in this map from Harper's.
The most famous duel fought here was the one between the disgraced Commodore James Barron and the national hero Commodore Stephen Decatur. Barron had surrendered his ship Chesapeake to the British ship Leopard in the run-up to the War of 1812. Decatur was the hero of the Barbary Wars. Barron and his seconds stayed at the Indian Queen Tavern in Bladensburg the night before. Decatur came out from his home on Lafayette Square the morning of the duel. Both men were wounded. Barron recovered but Decatur died later in the arms of his wife.
The spot where Stephen Decatur fell is, in my estimation, outside the park proper toward the rear of where Mr. Reginald Daniels' house (3803 Newark Road) now stands just behind the IHOP.
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The first dual here was between two congressmen, Gardinier of New York and Campbell of Tennessee. Gardinier was wounded but recovered. The last duel here is believed to have been in 1868, a bloodless encounter between General A. Galletin Lawrence, U.S. Minister to Costa Rica and Baron Kusserow, Secretary of the German Legation. Here's the scene as it appeared in Leslie's Popular Monthly.
The culvert under Bladensburg Road was known in 1814 as Tunnicliff's Bridge.
Here during the battle of Bladensburg, British Regulars under General Robert Ross briefly skirmished with Kramer's American Militia.
|1:15 PM Aug. 24, 1814, Thornton's Light Brigade crosses Tunnicliff Bridge to attack Kramer's Battalion.
As soon as they crossed the creek they fell under fire from Joshua Barney's artillery in the third and final American battle line. A flank attack against the American left ended the ruinous Battle of Bladensburg and opened the way for Ross to march into the Capital and burn the Capitol. After eating a meal left for them by Dolley Madison, the British burned the President's Mansion as well. They found the Mansion deserted. The Madisons and in fact the whole of the U.S. Government had fled to the Maryland and Virginia countryside.
The Bladensburg Dueling Ground stands as a monument to the murderous folly of our species. Harper's captured the flavor of this site in this illustration:
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First Friday for Folk Music
7:30-10:30 p.m. Sept. 2, Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St. Featuring Kathy Waters, Tia McGraff and Mark Giuliano and hosted by Hank Weisman. Recommended donation: $2. Refreshments available. Call 786-6953.
"A Little Light Music" season
All concerts begin 7 p.m. on the grounds of the St. Simons Island Lighthouse, St. Simons Island. Presented by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society. Admission: season tickets are $40 or $10 per concert; free for children ages 12 and younger. Call (912) 638-4666.
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The Langley Air Force Base Gospel Choir from Hampton, Va., will be in concert at 4 p.m. Sept. 4, St. Paul CME Church, 1601 Barnard St. Free.
Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers
2-4 p.m. Sept. 10, First Christian Church, 711 E. Victory Drive. The group sings shape note tunes from The Sacred Harp. All are welcome to sing or just listen. No experience or membership required. Books available for loan or purchase. Call 655-0994.
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AASU Masquers
Reprise their summer performance of "Steel Magnolias," 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1-3, AASU Jenkins Theater. General admission: $8. Call 927-5381.
Savannah Actor's Theatre
Presents "An Apology For The Course And Outcome Of Certain Events As Delivered By Doctor John Faustus On This His Final Evening," 9 p.m. Sept. 2, Starland Center for Contemporary Arts (StarCCA), corner of 41st and Bull streets. Written by Mickle Maher and directed by Sasha Travis. Free and open to the public. Call 660-0795.
Ensemble Con Spirito will have auditions at 6 p.m. Sept. 7 in the choir room at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the corner of 34th and Abercorn streets. Currently seeking skilled female choral singers for second soprano and alto parts. The successful candidate will possess good reading skills, former choral experience and a straight tone or controlled vibrato. The Ensemble works on a repertoire of a capella early and modern sacred music and meets weekly at 7 p.m. Thursdays and performs throughout the year. For more information, call (912) 412-2833 or e-mail email@example.com
Cultural Arts Theatre
Presents "The Importance of Being Earnest" directed by DJ Queenan, 8 p.m. Sept. 9, 10, 16 & 17; 3 p.m. Sept. 11 & 18; Black Box Theatre at SPACE, 9 W. Henry St. Call 651-6783.
Abyssinia Players is scheduling auditions for the gospel musical "Black Nativity" by Langston Hughes and directed by Ja Jahannes. Four male and four female singing roles in the 20-60 age range; four dancing roles in the 16-25 age range; and two male non-singing roles in the 40-65 age range are needed. Production is scheduled for December. Send bio, headshot and audio sound files, if available, to firstname.lastname@example.com or to Abyssinia Players, 1622 Ogeechee Road, Savannah, GA, 31419. Individuals will be contacted via e-mail and telephone to schedule auditions. Auditions will take place on Sept. 10. Call 355-1300.
Ballet Savannah
Conducting auditions for "Nutcracker." 1:30-2:30 p.m. for male and female dancers ages 4-6; 2:30-3:30 p.m. for male and female dancers ages 7-10; 3:30-4:30 p.m. for male and female dancers ages 11 and older; Sept. 11, Savannah Conservatory of Dance, 5501 Abercorn St. Those who have danced on pointe for more than two years should bring pointe shoes. For the audition, women should wear a black leotard, pink tights, lip and cheek color with light eye shadow and have their hair pulled back in a performance-quality bun. Men should wear a white leotard or plain white T-shirt with black tights and black shoes, or black tights with white socks and white shoes. Audition fee: $10. The performance is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Call 352-7487.
Ballet Savannah
Conducting auditions for "Dracula: Ballet with a Bite." 4-5 p.m. for male and female dancers ages 7-10; 5-6 p.m. for male and female dancers ages 11 and older; Sept. 12, Savannah Conservatory of Dance, 5501 Abercorn St. Those who have danced on pointe for more than two years should bring pointe shoes. For the audition, women should wear a black leotard, pink tights, lip and cheek color with light eye shadow and have their hair pulled back in a performance-quality bun. Men should wear a white leotard or plain white T-shirt with black tights and black shoes, or black tights with white socks and white shoes. Audition fee: $10. The performance is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Call 352-7487.
Book signing
June Hall McCash will sign copies of her new book, "Jekyll Island's Early Years," 4-6 p.m. Sept. 2, E. Shaver Bookseller, 326 Bull St. Call 234-7257.
World championship boxing
7:30 p.m. Sept. 2, Savannah Civic Center arena. The event will be televised. Traditional arena seating available; Jarrell's Gym is offering a premier dining experience complete with beverages during the match. Tickets on sale now at the Savannah Civic Center box office or by calling 651-6556. Ticket prices: $20-$50 or VIP tables for $800 or $1600 which include ticket, dinner and beverages. For a VIP table, call 631-1844 or visit www.firstcitycommunications.com
NASCAR Racing & Fan Appreciation Night
Gates open 6 p.m., racing begins 8 p.m. Sept. 2, Oglethorpe Speedway Park, U.S. Hwy. 80 East, Pooler. Featuring giveaways, extended lap features and the "airplane toss" for free tickets to the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Call 964-8200 or visit www.ospracing.net
Cannons & Cuisine
Auction and Lowcountry boil, 6- 8:30 p.m. Sept. 3, Old Fort Jackson, off President Street. Annual fund-raising event presented by the Coastal Heritage Society, the event raises money for Georgia's oldest brick fort and National Historic Landmark, Old Fort Jackson. Admission: $15 adult CHS members; $10 student CHS members (7-18 years old); $18 adult non-members; $12 student non-members; free for children ages 6 and younger. RSVP by calling 651-3673.
Tools & Skills That Built a Colony
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 3, Wormsloe Historic Site. Featuring demonstrations of colonial crafts including woodworking, blacksmithing, candle-making, spinning and dyeing. Cost: $2.50-$4. Call 353-3023.
Wilderness Southeast
"Walk on the Wild Side: Alligators & Anhingas," 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 3, location TBA. A naturalist guide will lead participants on a tour to observe alligators, anhingas and wading birds. Tour involves driving and some walking. Limited to 15 people; reservations required. Cost: $15. Call 897-5108.
Labor Day Family Picnic
Noon-5 p.m. Sept. 4, Railroad Roundhouse Museum, 601 W. Harris St. Presented by the Trades & Labor Assembly of Savannah and the Coastal Heritage Society. Featuring food, fellowship, live entertainment, dessert bakeoff and key speaker U. S. Congressman John Barrow. Entries for the dessert bakeoff must be submitted by 1 p.m.; prizes range from $75-$25. The event celebrates Georgia's working heroes and offers attendees a chance to learn about local goods and services produced in Georgia. Free admission; public invited. Sponsors and co-sponsors will be sought for the event. Co-sponsorship begins at $500 and receives a booth to display goods or services, listing in the program and meal tickets. Contributors participate from $100-$499 and receive a listing in the program and signage displayed during the event. Deadline to participate is Aug. 31. Call 507-8037 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Mark Collier appearance
Mark Collier of the CBS daytime soap "As The World Turns" will talk, sign autographs and answer questions at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9, Russell Union Theater, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro. Presentation: "The Business of TV Acting." Collier is an alumnus of GSU. Free and open to the public.
Restoration Gala
6-10 p.m. Sept. 10, Telfair Square, 225 W. President St. Historic Trinity United Methodist Church will celebrate the completion of our exterior restoration with a Restoration Gala fund-raiser. Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Advance tickets on sale at SCAD's Trustees Theater box office, 216 E. Broughton St., Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 525-5050.
Agape International Food & Wine Celebration
4-7 p.m. Sept. 10, St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Hellenic Center, 14 W. Anderson St. The fund-raiser benefits the many charities of the Greek Ladies Philoptochos Society of Savannah. Open to the public. Featuring more than 50 international wines and food from Savannah restaurants. Cost: $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Call 236-4286.
Savannah Arts Association 85th Anniversary
6 p.m. Sept. 11, City Market. Featuring Hank Weisman, Melanie Mirande, FOCOROPO, Tuck Brawner and Bill Schumann. Call 786-6953 or visit www.savannahfolk.org
3rd Annual Crowns on Parade
5 p.m. Sept. 11, Savannah Ballroom, Savannah State University. The benefit hat show features refreshments and door prizes. Honorary chair: state Sen. Regina Thomas. Featured emcee: Dawn Baker. Tickets: $10. Call 354-0553 or e-mail email@example.com
Ouidad Curl Challenge
Ouidad Salon in New York City is conducting a Curl Challenge Contest at www.ouidad.com/ Entrants must have curly hair and they must fill out the "Curl Challenge Essay" describing a specific curl challenge. The grand prize is a trip to the Ouidad Salon and Curl Education Center for the curly-haired winner and one friend. The contest runs through Sept. 15.
Telfair calls for volunteer docent applicants
New volunteer docents will lead tours at the Telfair Academy and the new Jepson Center for the Arts. Applicants who successfully complete the museum's formal training program will become part of the Telfair's corps. An open house for prospective docents will take place at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 31, Telfair Academy, Telfair Square. Call 232-1177, ext. 25 by Aug. 30 to receive an information packet and application form.
Shag-Beach Bop-Etc.
"Magnificent Mondays," each week at Double's, Holiday Inn/Midtown. Free basic swing dance lessons: 6:30-7:30 p.m. first and second Monday. Free basic shag lessons: 6:30-7:30 p.m. third and fourth Monday. Special cocktail prices 7-9 p.m. Mondays. Every lady dances each Monday night with members of the SBBS Nip N' Males Dance Team. No cover; club membership not required. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com
The official knitting group of Savannah meets 6 p.m. second Tuesday of each month, Wild Fibre, 409 E. Liberty St. New members welcome; interest in knitting and crocheting is required. Attendees should bring a project and join the group for stitching, talking and munchies. Guest lectures will begin in September. Free and open to the public. Call 238-0514.
Heat Check at Club Oz
Featuring Slick & Rose, 9 p.m. every Saturday, Club Oz, 641 Indian St. Heat Check is a weekly poetry competition featuring a variety of topics and rewards and prizes. Hosted by the Spitfire Poetry Group. Free. Visit www.slickandrose.com or call 508-2998.
Drum circle
8:30 p.m. Saturdays, The Dragonfly Studio, Tybee Island. Explore a new side of yourself with drumming and dancing. Call 786-44312 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
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FRAPS still the best way to record in-game videos?
DiRT 3's in-game YouTube upload feature, whilst working fine, uploads very poor quality footage to YouTube.
Is FRAPS still the best way to record in-game videos? (like it used to be years ago)
I will be recording games such as DiRT 3 in Ultra quality @ 1680x1050 on the following system:
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MSI Afterburner has built in video recording. And is a little less resource hungry from what i've read. Also you can set a fan profile up for your graphics card too. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak
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Cybele Part 2
Attis & Cybele
This story is one of the major myths involving Cybele and they often include her relationship with Attis, a youthful consort to the goddess. Attis is noted too as being the name of a Phrygian deity. Further, Attis doesn't become a part of the myth with Cybele until the Roman poet Catullus references him with Cybele as Magna Mater and as the name of the head priest for the Galli. Additionally, pine cones are used as symbols of Attis' death and rebirth.
Attis – As a Phrygian deity, Attis is the god of vegetation, his death and resurrection is symbolic of the death and rebirth of vegetation and the harvest with each winter and spring. The name Attis in Phyrgia was a common name and one used for priests. In the myths linking Attis with Cybele as her consort; wherever Cybele's worship spread, Attis' worship went as well.
Imagery portraying Attis has been found at a number of Greek sites. Whenever Attis is shown with Cybele, he is shown as a younger, lesser deity to her. He is possibly even one of her priestly attendants. During the mid-2nd century B.C.E., various letters from the king of Pergamum to Cybele's shrine in Pessinos all address the chief priest as "Attis." So deity or priest tends to be a matter of personal interpretation with the myths of Attis.
The Myth
Attis was Cybele's young lover who had devoted himself to the goddess. He had a made a promise that he would always be faithful. As fate would have it, Attis in time fell in love with a nymph by the name of Sagaritis (or Sagaris) and they decided to marry. When Cybele learned of this marriage, she burst in on the marriage ceremony, inflicting Attis with madness and sending the other guests into a panic.
In his maddened state, Attis fled for the mountains. There, he stopped under a pine tree and proceeded to mutilate himself to the point of castrating himself and bleeding to death there beneath the pine tree.
When Cybele found her lover, the young Attis dead, she mourned her actions and deeply regretted them. She pleaded with the god Jupiter to restore Attis to life. Jupiter vowed that that pine tree would remain sacred and like the tree, Attis would live again. The blood that Attis shed is said to have become the first violets.
In the versions of the myths where Maeon is Cybele's father – Maeon kills Attis, the baby whom he sires after committing incest with his daughter. Cybele manages, in this myth to restore Attis back to life.
Pausanias' Version – Another story of Attis, this time with Agdistis as another name for Cybele follows much of the same story as previously mentioned. Only now, when the baby, Attis is born, he is left exposed and a ram comes, standing guard over the child. As the baby grew, his beauty became ever more apparent as more than human. Agdistis saw Attis and fell in love with him.
When Attis finally came of age, he was sent to Pessinos, a city in Phrygia to wed the King's daughter. After the marriage ceremony was completed, Agdistis appeared, causing Attis, driving him mad in her jealously to the point of cutting off his own genitals. The madness was such, it effected other nearby, that even the king cut off his own genitals.
Shocked, Agdistis sought amends for what she had done and begged Zeus to restore Attis to life so that he would be reborn.
Ovid's Version – In this one, Attis had fallen in love with Cybele who wanted to keep the boy at her shrine as a guardian. She commanded Attis to always be a boy. Attis declared in kind that if he lied, let the lover he cheated be his last.
As happens with these kinds of stories, Attis does cheat with the Nymph Sagaritis (or Sagaris). Her tree is cut down by Cybele, killing her the Nymph. Attis in response goes mad and hallucinates that the roof to his bedroom is collapsing on him. Attis runs towards Mount Dindymus where he calls out for Cybele to save him.
Hacking away at his own body with a sharp stone, Attis continues to cry out to Cybele that she take his blood as punishment and cuts off his genitals as that is what has caused him to cheat on Cybele.
Ultimately, this story of Attis' self-mutilation and castration is the basis for the Galli, Cybele's priest to castrate themselves as a show of devotion to the goddess.
Cybele & Dionysus
Similar to the story of Attis & Cybele, is the story of Dionysus & Cybele. The earliest reference to this myth in Greek mythos is around the 1st century B.C.E. in Apollodorus' Bibliotheca.
Like Attis, Cybele also cures Dionysus of his madness. Considering she's the one who caused Attis' madness, I would hope she would cure it too.
Both Dionysus' and Cybele's cult shared many similarities. As foreign deities worshiped among the Greeks, both gods would arrive in chariots drawn by large exotic cats. Dionysus would come in his chariot pulled by tigers whereas Cybele's chariot was drawn by lions. Both deities would be accompanied to the fanfare of wild, raucous music and a parade of exotic foreigners and lower class citizens of Greek society.
For the Hellenic Greeks, these two gods held wild temperaments that didn't sit well with many affluent Greeks and were thus, warily worshiped.
Due to the similarities of both Dionysus' and Cybele's cults, in Athens, by the end of the 1st century B.C.E., the two cults were often combined.
Cybele & Sabazios
Sabazios is the Phrygian version to the Greek Dionysus. Under Greek influence, the name Sabazios is often used as an epithet for Dionysus and the two's myths have become very intertwined.
Further Greek influences have Cybele equated with Rhea. By Phrygian traditions, Cybele is the mother of Sabazios. When Cybele is equated with Rhea, she is the nurse-maid and tutor to a young Dionysus after his mother Hera rejects him.
Orgia – It is thought that the Orgia, the Orgiastic cult of Dionysos-Sabazios may have originated with Cybele. When Sabazios had been wandering in his madness, he made his way to Cybele in Phrygia where she purified him and taught him the initiation rite for the Orgia. Sabazios is to have received his thyrsus and panther-drawn chariot while he went throughout all of Thrace to spread the Orgia. The Orgia certainly seems to have become associated with the celebrations of Cybele as the Great Mother or Mountain Mother in the writings of Strabo or as Euripides makes mention of in his play Bacchae.
As Nurse-Maid – In a story very similar to Dionysus' being rejected by his mother Hera, it is Cybele, identified as Rhea and Grandmother to Dionysus who takes up the infant to care for him much like she did her own son Zeus. The god Hermes, tells Cybele how Dionysus will become a god later when he's grown to manhood. Cybele's priests the Korybantes use their loud drumming and chanting to drown out the cries of the infant in order to prevent Hera's wrath from finding him to finish what she had started with trying to kill Dionysus when she cast him out. The story of Dionysus' youth with Cybele continues with him grabbing lions for the Mother Goddess to hitch up to her chariots and later acquiring a lion-drawn chariot of his own.
Atalanta & Hippomenes
These two were turned into lions in myth by either Cybele or Zeus as punishment for having sex with one of their temples. The Greeks believed that lions were not able to mate with other lions. Another version of the story will have Aphrodite turn them into lions when they forgot to give her proper tribute or offerings.
Bee Goddess
Cybele was also especially noted for being a bee goddess.
Mother Of The Mountain – Goddess Of Mountains And Fortresses
As a goddess of mountains, cities and forts, Cybele's crown was seen to take the form of a city wall, showing her role as a guardian and protector of Anatolian cities.
There is an inscription of "Matar Kubileya" found at a Phrygian rock shrine dating from the 6th century B.C.E. It is often translated to: "Mother of the Mountain." It is a name that is consistent with Cybele and a number of other tutelary goddess who are all seen as "mother" and connected to a specific Anatolian mountain or other locations. In this sense, Cybele is seen as a goddess born from stone.
Cybele's connection and association with hawks, lions and the mountainous regions of Anatolia show her role as a mother of the land in its wild, uninhabited state. She holds the power to rule, moderate or soften the unbridled power and ferocity of nature and to reign it in for the use of civilization.
Idaea – Mountain Goddess & Nymph
Cybele is often connected with Mount Ida in Anatolia where there is an ancient site of worship. Idaea is the name of the local mountain goddess or nymph who resided here. Where many goddess get absorbed into each, the name of one deity, Idaea in this case will become an epithet to the more well-known deity.
Goddess Of Nature And Fertility
As an ancient fertility goddess, Cybele's worship is believed to have covered from Anatolia to Greece during the Archaic period, roughly 800 to 500 B.C.E and then into the Hellenistic era of 300 to 50 B.C.E.
Lions and sometimes leopards were shown to either side of Cybele to depict her strength.
Cybele is typically seen as a guardian and protector over all of a nature and a goddess of unbridled sex.
Along with Artemis, Cybele is seen as the "Great Huntress" and patron goddess and protector of the Amazons.
Magna Mātēr – The Great Mother
The Romans revered and knew Cyble as Magna Mātēr or the Great Mother, Rome's protector. They also knew her as Magna Mātēr deorum Idaea, the great Idaean mother of the gods. It is a similar title to the Greek title for Cybele of Mētēr Theon Idaia, Mother of the Gods from Mount Ida. In the early 5th century B.C.E., she was known as Kubelē. In Pindar, she was known as "Mistress Cybele the Mother." Cybele's worship among the Greeks saw her easily identified and equated with the Minoan-Greek Goddess Rhea and the grain-goddess Demeter.
As Magna Mātēr, Cybele was symbolized by a throne and lions. She held a frame drum. A bowl used for scrying. A burning torch was also used to symbolize her bull-god husband Attis in his resurrection. For some like Lucretius, Magna Mater represented the world order. Her imagery hold overhead represented the Earth, thought to "hang in the air." As the mother of all, the lions pulling her chariot represent the offspring's duty of parental obedience. Magna Mater is seen as un-created and separate from and independent of all of her creations.
Under Imperial Rome, Magna Mater represented Imperial order and Rome's religious authority throughout its empire. Emperor Augustus, like many of Rome's leading families, claimed Trojan ancestry and a connection to Magna Mater. His spouse, empress Livia was seen as the earthly equivalent and representation of Magna Mater. Statuary of Magna Mater has Livia's likeness.
While there are not a lot of documents or myths that survive regarding Cybele, it has been suggested that her Phrygian name of Mātēr indicated a role as a mediator between the boundaries of the known and the unknown, the civilized world and the untamed wilds, the living and the dead. The Imperial Magna Mater protected Rome's cities and its agriculture. Ovid mentions how barren the earth was before Magna Mater's arrival. The stories and legend of Magna Mater's arrival to Rome are used to promote and exemplify its principles and Trojan ancestry.
Megalesia – Festival To Magna Mātēr
Also known as the Megalensia or Megalenses Ludi; under the Roman calendar, Cybele's Spring festival of Megalesia was celebrated from April 4th to April 10th, a period of six days. This festival celebrated Cybele's arrival in Rome along with the death and resurrection of her consort, Attis. This festival and the whole month of April were celebrated with an air of rejoicing and lavish feasts.
Exactly how the festival was celebrated is uncertain. What is known is that there were many religiously themed plays, games and activities. There are descriptions of mummery, war dancers wielding shields and knives and a lot of drumming and flute playing. As to the games, slaves were not allowed to participate. On the first day of Megalesia, there would be a feast held. These feasts were known for being very lavish and the Roman Senate passed a law limiting the amount that could be spent on these feasts. On April 10th, Cybele's image would be publicly paraded to the Circus Maximus, chariot races would be held in her honor. A statue dedicated to Magna Mater with her seat on a lion's back stood at the side of the race track barrier line.
Hilaria – Holy Week
In addition to the Megalesia festival, there is also a week-long festival known as Holy Week that starts from March 15th, also known as the Ides of March. That really gives a new meaning to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar when he's told to beware the Ides of March. The entire festival is meant to have an air of celebration for the arrival of Spring and the Vernal Equinox.
The festival itself seems to have been established by Claudius as a means of claiming and honoring Trojan ancestry. As a result, the festival very likely grew and expanded over time as a celebration for the death and resurrection of Attis.
The Reed Entered – Also known as Canna Intrat, from the 15th to the end of the month, there is festival for Cybele and Attis that starts on the 15th or Ides, with Attis' birth and his being left along the reed bank of the Sangarius river in Phrygia before either shepherds or Cybele find him. People known as Cannophores will carry away the reeds. During this time, there is a nine-day period of abstinence from eating bread, fish, pomegranates, pork, quinces and likely wine. Only milk was allowed to be drunk during this period.
The Tree Enters – Also known as Arbor Intrat, March 22nd marks the date of Attis' death under a pine tree. It is observed. People known as Dendrophores or "Tree Bearers," after sacrificing a ram, will cut down a tree and carry it to Magna Mater's temple for a mourning period of three days.
Tubilustrium – March 23rd, this is an old, archaic holiday for the Roman god Mars. The tree has now been laid to rest in Magna Mater's temple. Mars' priest, the Salii will do a traditional beating of their shields accompanied by trumpets and other loud music from the Corybantes. Overall, this is a day of mourning.
The Day of Blood – Also known as Sanguis, Sanguem or Dies Sanguinis March 24th. The rites can only be described as frenzied as mourners and devotees whip or scourge themselves in order to sprinkle the alters and Attis' effigy with their blood. Some of the rites involve castration and the tree is buried, symbolizing Attis' placing within his tomb. This day was also to honor Bellona, a war goddess. Her priests were known as the Bellonarii and practiced mutilation along with using hallucinogenic plants.
The Day of Joy – Also known as Hilaria, on the Roman Calendar this marks the Vernal Equinox. It takes place on March 25th and celebrates Attis' resurrection. It must be noted that is a day of celebration and not the previous mournful tones and rites. I'm also not the only one to have noted a similarity to the Christian association of Jesus' resurrection.
Day of Rest – Also known as Requietio, March 26th. What can we say? Partying is hard work.
The Washing – Also known as Lavatio, March 27th. This is when Cybele's sacred stone, the Pessinos' black meteor is taken from the Palatine temple to the Porta Capena along a stream called Almo. This stream is a tributary to the Tiber river. Here, the stone would be bathed by a priest. The return trip back to the temple would be conducted by torchlight. It's noted by Ovid as being an innovation by Augustus.
Initium Caiani – March 28th. This particular part of the festival is found on the Calendar of Philocalus. It is likely an initiation ceremony that was held at the Vatican sanctuary for the mysteries of Magna Mater and Attis.
Pine Cones
Pine cones are symbols of Cybele and the related myth of Attis. They are believed to have been worn by Cybele's priests and followers as one of her symbols. As a protective symbol, a pine cone would be affixed to the top of a pole and placed out in vineyards to protect the crops. Pine cones would also be placed at the entrances to homes, gates and other entrances.
A type of hand drum or tambourine, the tympanon was used by the Greeks to denote worship in a foreign cult or religion. Of the foreign deities the Greek adopted, only Cybele is ever shown holding the tympanon. On the cuirass of Ceasar Augustus' Prima Porta statue, Cybele's tympanon is shown lying at the goddess Tellus' feet.
The Trojan War
Among the Romans, Cybele was rewritten to be a Trojan goddess and thus making her an ancestral goddess through the Trojan prince Aeneas.
The Trojan War was a major and significant war among the Greeks. Many deities got themselves involved. Cybele was one of many such gods to do so. When Prince Aeneas was attacked by Turnus, leading the Rutulians, Cybele prevented Turnus from setting fire to the Trojan fleet by turning all of the ships into nymphs.
Virgil's Aeneid – As Berecyntian Cybele, she is the mother of Jupiter and the protector of prince Aeneas. Cybele gave the Trojans her sacred tree to use for building their ships. Cybele then pleaded with Jupiter to make the resulting ships indestructible. Aeneas and his men are able to flee Troy, heading for Italy, where Rome would be founded. Once the they arrived in Italy, the ships all turned into sea nymphs or Oceanids.
Yes, you read that correctly. During the early Roman Imperial era, the poet Manilius introduces Cybele into classic Greco-Roman zodiac. It upsets the balance as there's already twelve zodiac houses represented by a corresponding constellation. Each of which is ruled by a different deity, the Twelve Olympians in Greek and the Di Consentes in Rome. Manilius places Cybele as a co-ruler with Jupiter over Leo the Lion, which is noted for being in direct opposition to Juno who rules Aquarius.
Some modern scholars have taken note of how, as Leo rises over the horizon, that Taurus the Bull sets. Symbolically, this is seen as the lion dominating or defeating the bull. The idea then gets put forth that the celebrations of Megalensia includes this symbolism with lions attacking bulls. As a Spring festival, the date for the celebration of Megalensia is around April 12th when farmers would dig in their vineyards to break up the soil and sow their crops. This would also be when farmers would castrate their cattle and other livestock.
Mesopotamian Connection?
It has been suggested by some scholars that Cybele's name can be traced to that of Kubaba, a deified queen who ruled during the Kish Dynasty of Sumer. Kubaba was worshipped at Carchemish and would later be Hellenized to the name of Kybebe. Kubaba was also known to the Hittites and Hurrians in the region. There isn't enough etymological evidence to support this. However the names Kubaba and Matar do seem to have become closely associated. Such as the genital mutilations that are found both within Cybele's and Kybebe's cults. Much like many other localized mountain goddesses in Anatolia, who are called "mother" and among many who would become identified with Cybele.
Christianity And The Book Of Revelation
Of interest, is that the author of the Book of Revelations, identified by modern scholars as John of Patmos is likely to have been referring to Cybele when he mentions "the mother of harlots who rides the Beast."
Christianity – Kept to a nutshell, the early Christians, once Christianity became the state religion of Rome, began to view and regard Cybele's cult as evil, even demonic. Under Emperor Valentinian II in the 4th century C.E., he officially banned the worship of Cybele and the goddess followers and devotees fell under a lot of hate and persecution. Under the rule of Justinian, objects of worship for Cybele and her temples were destroyed and eventually by the 6th century C.E., Cybele's cult seems to have vanished.
It has been noted by others how the Basilica of the Vatican is apparently the same exact spot for where Cybele's Temple once stood and that Christians celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the same place where Attis was once worshiped. Some will even go so far as to suggest that revering the Virgin Mary is merely another aspect of worshiping Cybele and many other ancient Mother Goddesses.
Montanism – Christianity – Also known as New Prophecy – Now I do find it fascinating that around 100 C.E. a former Galli priest of Cybele by the name of Montanus formed a Christian sect that worked to oppose Pauline Christianity.
In Pauline Christianity, those who followed the teachings of the Apostle Paul, it held a major influence into the formation of Christianity in terms of scriptural interpretations, cannon and dogma.
Montanus' sect was considered very heretical to the Catholic Church and would eventually see all of its followers excommunicated.
In brief, Montanus believed himself to be a prophet of god and that women could also be bishops and presbyters. Where much of early Christian theology diminished the power and presence of women within religion, Montanus' sought to keep it.
It's also interesting to note a rather prominent example of a Pagan religion that Christianity and former followers of other religions attempting to adopt and add in their beliefs. Like Montanus equating Jesus with Attis and the celebrating of Easter with the resurrection of Jesus during Holy Week, the days between Good Friday and Easter is also the same period that Hilaria, observing and celebrating Attis' resurrection was held.
Very interesting…
Rhea – Greek Goddess
Just as Cybele is the Great Mother of the Roman Pantheon, Rhea, her Grecian counterpart is the Great Mother of the Greek Pantheon of Gods. Thanks greatly to the influence of the Romans, many people will identify and equate Cybele with Rhea.
The Romans were famous for subsuming many deities in their conquest across Europe, particularly the Mediterranean area, and identifying their gods with those of a conquered culture. The most famous being the Greeks, where many deities were renamed to those of Roman gods. Prominent examples like Zeus and Jupiter, Hera and Juno, Ares and Mars and so on down the line.
With the Hellenization of Latin literature, many Greek writers and even Roman writers rewrote and intertwined the myths of these two deities so that would virtually become one and the same. As the centuries have passed, the tradition of accepting both of these goddesses as one and the same has become generally accepted. Just that there are still some differences that separate the two.
Rhea's best known story is with the birth of the Olympian gods. Cronus fearing that a son of his would kill him and take over, devoured all of his children as they were born. Rhea managed to rescue her youngest son, Zeus by tricking Cronus into swallowing a rock. She hid Zeus in the Dictean Cave in Crete. Zeus, after growing up, succeeded at overthrowing Cronus and rescuing his siblings.
Like Cybele, Rhea can help in easing the pain of childbirth and soothe the pain and difficulties that come with menstruation.
La Befana
Also known as: Befana, Befanta
Etymology – Epifania or Epiphania – the Italian name for the religious holiday of Epiphany. It is thought by some that Befana's name comes from the Italian mispronunciation of the Greek word "epifania" or "epiphaenia" which means "appearance" or "surface" and "manifestation." It certainly is the source for the English word epiphany. Another line of thought is that the name Befana comes from the word Bastrina which refer to gifts given by the Sabine goddess Strina.
Perhaps I'm a bit early in posting for La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch or Fairy. However with the holiday season, I find it easier to get her in now before January 6th arrives.
For children in Italy, Befana plays a role very similar to Santa Claus, however instead of a sleigh pulled by reindeer, she flies around on a broom, delivering her gifts of candy to good children in the first week of January. Italian children are very lucky, they not only get visited by Befana; they still get visited by Babbo Natale; both of whom bring presents and gifts.
La Befana is described as an old woman wearing a black shawl while riding a broomstick and carrying a bag of gifts. Sometimes Befana is said to ride either a goat or a donkey.
Like her counterpart of Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus, La Befana is also known for coming down the chimney to bring her gifts to children. Presents and candy for those children who have been good and coal for those who have been bad. In more modern times, the coal is actually a piece of black rock candy. Befana's being dressed in black explains her being covered in soot from going down chimneys, which she will sweep up after she's done with her visit and leaving gifts.
Where Santa will receive plates of cookies and a glass of milk as a treat or offering left out for him; Italian children will prepare and leave out a plate of soft ricotta cheese for La Befana as she no longer has any good teeth left. Other foods such as a glass of wine or broccoli may be left too.
Another aspect that Santa Claus and Befana share in common is that children will write letters to them, requesting a special need or want. Some cities in Italy will set up a mailbox for letters to La Befana in the same manner that Post Offices such as in the U.S. will have mailboxes set up for Santa. Some children will hide their notes or letters to Befana in their chimney for her to find.
La Befana also doesn't like to be seen and will smack any child caught spying on her with her broomstick. Obviously this part of the story seems a way of parents keeping children in bed while gifts are left out.
The Basic Story And Legend
There are a few different versions to the legend and story behind La Befana.
First Story
On the second hill in Via della Padella, there is a village where La Befana lives. In this story, she is said to be part fairy and part witch. La Befana spends the entire year in the company of her grotesque assistants known as the Befanucci preparing coal, making candy and toys and mending old stockings which are given out during the nights of January 5th and 6th, which is said to be the longest night of the year.
Second Story
The second story is a Christianized version and probably one of the more familiar ones.
When the three wise men were on their journey to visit the young Christ, they stopped at the home of an old woman with a broom who asked them where they were going. They told her that were following a star that would lead them to the newborn baby and savior Jesus.
The wise men asked the old woman if she wanted to come with them, but she replied that she was far too busy cleaning and didn't have time to go.
Later when the old woman, La Befana had either finished her cleaning, changed her mind about going or realized that the baby whom the wise men spoke of was the prophesied redeemer, it was too late. She was too late in coming to visit the Christ child, he had already left. Other versions of this story have La Befana getting lost on the way.
Ever since then, La Befana has been searching for the baby Christ and leaving gifts in the homes where children live in hopes that one of them is the young Christ. In some retellings, Befana has come to see and realize over her many years of searching, that in a way, the Christ Child can be found in all children and this is why she will leave her gifts.
Slight variations to this story have Befana running as fast as she could to catch up with the Wise Men that she began to fly on her broom she was still holding onto.
Another variation to the flying broom is that angels appeared, coming from the bright star in the sky and enchanted Befan's broom so she could search more easily for the Baby Jesus.
Zoroastrian Connection – With this idea mind, the Magi, Kings in their own right, were fire priests from a privileged caste in Persia. The gifts the Magi carry in the biblical story, represent thre worlds: earthly gold, celestial incense and myrrh from beyond the grave. These three elements were linked to the sacred fires of Vedica, India and Avestica, Persia. There may be a connection between them, their gifts and La Befana with them all arriving on January 6th, the Epiphany.
Third Story
In a story similar to that involving the wise men, this story too has Christian connections.
With this story, La Befana was a mother who lived during the time of King Herod. When Herod made his decree that all the first born male children and male children born that year were to be killed in his efforts to try and prevent the new king, La Befana's son was among many of those slain by Herod's soldiers.
So traumatized by grief with the loss of her son and in deep denial to his death, La Befana became convinced that her son was merely lost. She placed all of her son's belongings in a sack and went out searching for him, going from house to house. The stress from worry, caused La Befana to quickly age, becoming an old woman.
With what seemed liked forever for the grief stricken mother, yet only a few days, La Befana found a male baby in a manager. Certain that she had found her son, La Befana laid out all of her son's belongings for the infant. The baby in question was Jesus Christ and he blessed the lady as "Befana," the giver of gifts.
Every year since, on January 5th, the eve of the Epiphany, La Befana would be Mother to all of the world's children and care for them by bringing gifts of treats, toys and clothing. While some families will leave out a plate of soft ricotta cheese for her, other families will have a plate with broccoli and spice sausage along with a small glass of wine for La Befana.
Fourth Story
In this story, La Befana is benevolent and kindly old Witch who saw the emptiness that children suffered during the long, dark nights of winter. Because of her great love and affection for all innocents, La Befana wanted the children to know that even in the darkness of winter, that kindness and hope could still be found.
Starting with the eve of Yule, typically around December 21st, La Befana would, in secret go from door to door, leaving a basket of gifts. Inside each basket would be bread, cheese, sweets and gifts for the children. A final gift, more important and precious than the others was a colored, scented candle; a Solstice candle. Families would light this candle on the night of the Solstice, the flame of this candle both symbolized and brought the light of hope for the coming year. It is a reminder that even in the darkest cold of winter, the light and warmer days of summer would come again.
Epiphany – Little Christmas
January 6th marks the final day of the holiday season in Italy. This is the day that La Befana arrives, bringing gifts and treats for children, marking the end of the Yule Season. Epiphany or Twelfth Night is also when the 12 Wise Men are said to have finally visited the baby Jesus, bringing with them their gifts.
As Little Christmas, the Epiphany is traditionally a holiday for children in Italy. In the region of Abruzzo and other Southern areas, one festivity that children celebrate is called Pasquetta and commemorates the arrival of the Magi to Bethlehem when visiting the infant Jesus. There are parades held that feature La Befana. She is sometimes accompanied by her male companion, Befano. Children will sing songs to La Befana and leave out dolls in windows. Some families will burn the dolls as a means ending the past year and bring good luck for the coming year. Family and friends will from house to house visiting each other after opening their gifts from La Befana in the morning. Firework displays are also part of many modern Epiphany celebrations. Her arrival is also celebrated with traditional foods such as panettone, a Christmas cake.
The celebration of Befana during Epiphany is huge in Italy where she has become a national icon. In the areas of Marche, Umbria and Lazio, Befana is associated with the Papal States where Epiphany has the strongest presence. Befana's home is thought to be Umbria.
Ancient History
The stories and traditions of La Befana are older than those of Babbo Natale; Santo Natale, the Italian names for Father Christmas or Santa Claus. She can be found going back centuries with some speculation that La Befana may be the goddess Hecate. Historically, La Befana first appears in writing in a poem written by Agnolo Firenzuola in 1549.
La Befana's festival has taken over an ancient pagan feast celebrated on the Magic Night, the 6th day of the New Year. One aspect of the Epiphany celebrations as part of an ancient holiday for celebrating the New Year, is a time for purification. This is seen in Befana's carrying a broom that she uses to sweep around the fireplaces of those whom she visits as a mean of clearing away the old, negative energies of the previous year and cleansing it for the coming New Year.
Other rites used for purification were burning effigy dolls of Befana to symbolize the death of the old year and the birth of the New Year. The end of the long winter nights and the return of the longer days of spring and summer. The coal Befana is known for leaving for naughty children has connections to sacred bonfires and is a symbol of fertility with the renewal of the earth at spring. The sacred bonfires are also seen in the ceppo or yule logs burned at this time of the year. The ashes from the burned yule log would be kept and sprinkled out in the fields for good luck and to ensure a healthy crop.
Sometimes the Ceppo is a pyramid made of wood, a tiered tree believed to have started in the Tuscan region of Italy. This tree would have three to five shelves and the frame decorated. On the bottom shelf is the family's Nativity scene and the remaining shelves would hold greenery, fruit, nuts and present. The Nativity or Presepio represents the gift of God. The fruit and nuts represent the gifts of the Earth and the presents the gift of man. The top of the tree would have an Angel, star or a pineapple that represents hospitality. Sometimes candles are attached to the outside of each shelf, which is why the ceppo is also called the "Tree of Light."
In Abruzzo, on the morning of Janurary 6th, sacristans would go from house to house leaving what is known as "Bboffe water." This water was used for devotions or sprinkled around the house ward off and keep away negative energy or magic.
Ancestor Worship
In the region of Romagna, the celebration of Epiphany was a time for connecting with their ancestors, which would help to ensure a successful crop and fertility for the coming year. This connection is seen in the Befanotti who represented the ancestors going from house to house singing Pasquella and in Befana coming down the chimneys to leave a gift.
Neolithic Connection?
The Italian anthropologists Claudia and Luigi Manciocco make a connection of Befana's origins back to Neolithic times, beliefs and practices. They make a further connection of Befana having evolved into a Fertility and Agricultural goddess in their book "Una Casa Senza Porte" ("House without a Door").
Ancient Sabine Goddess – Strenua
La Befana is thought to be connected to the Sabine/Roman goddess known as Strenua or Strina who was a goddess of strength and endurance. This connection has been made mention in the book "Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily" by Reverend John J. Blunt. Strenua presided over the New Year, Purifications and Well-Being. She would give gifts of figs, dates and honey. Strenua's festivities were opposed by early Christians who viewed them as too noisy, riotous and licentious.
On January 1st, twigs were carried from Strenua's grove, likely located in or near Via Sacra where she had a temple, in a procession to the citadel. This particular rite is first mentioned happening on New Year's Day in 153 B.C.E. This is the year when the consuls first began assuming their office at the beginning of the year. With the switch and change over from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendars, it's not clear if January 1st had always been the date that Strenua's New Year celebration had been observed or if it had been held on the original New Year's Day, a date sometimes thought in this case to have been March 1st.
The name Strenia is thought to be the origin for the word strenae, which were New-Year's gifts that the Romans exchanged to promote good omens. Various strenae have been branches or twigs and money. Another name for these gifts is Bastrina and it is thought to have given their name to La Befana.
According to a Johannes Lydus, strenae is a Sabine word meaning "wellbeing" or "welfare". It is unknown how accurate this may be as many words attributed to the Sabines are only singular, one word or there and no surviving scripts or inscriptions have been found. Saint Augustine says that Strenia was a goddess responsible for making a person vigorous or strong. And if you haven't guessed it, the root for the word strenuous.
There seems to be a lot of strong agreement that Strenua rites and celebrations survive in the festivities surrounding La Befana.
Other Mythological Figures Possibly Connected To Befana
Giubiana – An old woman or crone and festival of the same name held in the Northern Italy region of Lombardy. An effigy of Giubiana and sometimes her male counterpart and spouse, Ginée who is the personification of January. An effigy of Giubiana is burned to ashes to symbolize the burning away of the old year and the end of winter.
Nicevenn – La Befana has been connected to the Scottish figure of Nicevenn as a source of inspiration for her legend and traditions. With Nicevenn or Gyre-Carling as she was also known, it was considered unlucky to leave any unfinished knitting lying around lest she steal it.
Perchta – A southern Germanic goddess from the Alpine countries. She is sometimes identified with the Germanic goddess Holda. Both goddesses are known as a "guardian of the beasts" and making an appearance during the Twelve Days of Christmas; overseeing spinning. Perchta is a goddess who went from being benevolent to more malevolent with the passage of time and rise of Christianity. At one time during the Yule Season and Epiphany, Perchta will leave a silver coin for those who have been good and she reportedly will slit open the bellies of who haven't and stuff them with straw and pepples. Thankfully, Perchta has become more tempered again and will leave coal instead if someone's been bad.
Befana Poems And Songs
There a number of different songs sung about Befana with slightly different versions found in different regions of Italy.
The following is one version:
"La Befana vien di notte
Con le scarpe tutte rotte
Col vestito alla romana
Viva, Viva La Befana!"
The English translation is as follows:
The Befana comes by night
With her shoes all tattered and torn
She comes dressed in the Roman way
Long life to the Befana!
A poem by Giovanni Pascoli:
"Viene, viene la Befana
Vien dai monti a notte fonda
Come è stanca! la circonda
Neve e gelo e tramontana!
Viene, viene la Befana"
The English translation is as follows:
"Here comes, here comes the Befana
She comes from the mountains in the deep of the night
Look how tired she is! All wrapped up
In snow and frost and the north wind!
Here comes, here comes the Befana!"
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In Mesopotamian mythology, Kulla is the god of bricks and construction, the divine builder. He was responsible for the restoration of temples as well.
Enki And The World Order
The earliest mention of Kulla is from this Sumerian myth in the first dynasty of Isin. In this story, Enki puts Kulla in charge of the pickaxe and brick-mold.
Kulla was created by Ea when he pinched off a piece of clay from the primeval ocean. This part of the story is mentioned in part of the ritual used for restoring a temple, when the god Anu created the heavens.
Invoking Kulla
Kulla, along with Mušdam, the divine architect would be invoked at the start of any construction when the foundation of a building was being laid out.
Laying The Foundation
The proper time to begin laying down the foundation of a house is at sunrise. At this time, a basin of holy water is set up in which silver, gold, juniper, syrup, ghee and press oil are placed within. A ritual arrangement for the gods Ea, Shamash and Asalluhi is done followed up by a sacrifice.
For this, an adagurru-container is set up and then another ritual arrangement for the god is done. A ram is sacrificed over the foundation trench and syrup, beer, wine, oil and oil of the highest quality is poured out in libation over and into the foundations.
The incantation for the Laying of the Foundation is as follows:
"Kulla the Brick God) Lord of Foundation and Wall – oh you! X, son of X, who is building this house, by your command, by your word may he prosper! Because you are merciful, I have turned to you, because you are merciful, I seek you! The house he has built may last for a long time. This evil of the house […], you avert death, loss and evil deed from this house. At your sublime command, which cannot be altered, and by your firm consent, which cannot be changed, may X, son of X, live, prosper and sing your praises."
The first two X's refers to the name of who is heading the construction and building of the house. The second two X's refer to the future owner of the house that's being built.
The translation of the cuneiform is also not complete and there's been good guesses to what is meant and how it should translate.
As the incantation is given, the following items will be scattered in the foundation trenches or inbetween gaps of the first layer of bricks before the foundation is laid. These items are: arsuppu-grain, garden-pea, wheat, grain at its highest growth, emmer, seed of all kinds, silver, gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, juniper, juniper seed, the fragrant plant sumlalu, fragrant balluku-wood, sweet reed, a white cloth, a black cloth, a linen cloth and a red cloth.
Once this is done, the invoker then leaves the site. The idea is that the evil or negative energy in having disturbed the ground for building the house is taken removed. At this time, the house will gain a protective deity and a protective genius and that the proprietor or owner of the house will grow old as in have a good, long life.
Restoring A Temple
The ritual used for restoring a temple is described as needing a favorable day when the foundation is opened for laying down bricks. Offerings to Kulla were set up using a censor of juniper, the libation of fine beer, scattering pressed-out sesame, cedar resin, cypress oil, honey, milk, wine, an assortment of stone, silver, gold and various aromatics are also given to the River god. A ram was also sacrificed and its blood poured into the foundation.
Exorcising Kulla
Once the construction of a building was finished, both Kulla and Mušdam would then be banished in a rather elaborate incantation series of rituals. I find it interesting that it is mentioned Kulla is exorcised like some unwanted spirit and that these rituals were part of a curriculum that exorcists learned.
It was very important that at the completion of any construction to prevent Kulla's presence from requiring that any further building be done and needed construction elsewhere was neglected.
Exorcising Kulla From A Newly Built House
One version of this exorcism of Kulla has him driven away where he is unceremoniously loaded up onto a boat and banished to the netherworld. Afterwards, the construction crew were forbidden from entering the newly constructed building for a period of three days. The tablets, 14 in total, seven on the right side and seven on the left are thrown into the river.
The incantation for this exorcism of Kulla is as follows:
"Kulla, you are torn out, driven away and expelled. Kulla, you are conjured by heaven and you are conjured by the netherworld, you are conjured by Ea and Marduk, you are conjured by Duri and Dari, you are conjured by Lahma and Lahama, you are conjured by Alala and Belili, you are conjured by the gods residing in heaven, you are conjured by the gods residing in the netherworld! You are conjured by the Apsû, you are conjured by the gods residing on the Sacred Mount! You shall be torn out, you shall go away, you shall depart, you shall withdraw, you shall move out! I conjure you by Ekur and Gar – you shall never return!"
An alternative to this is that Kull and Mušdam would be thanked for their help and asked to depart the completed construction site.


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At the Western edge of Ural Mountains, near Kuchino Village some two hour drive from Perm, there lays a one-time political prisoners colony Perm-36. For the past 20 years, the camp has hosted Museum of History of Soviet Political Repressions.
The museum established by those interested in history, a one of a kind in Russia, has for years been left without state help. Financing the museum got complicated in 2012 with the foreign agents law entering into force, stating that non-governmental organisations funded from abroad are foreign agents.
Last year, the authorities – citing unpaid bills and cutting the museum's water and power – founded the state-financed society Memorial Museum of the History of Political Repression. The non-governmental Perm-36 was left with the sole role of deciding the content.
With the Russia-participated war in Ukraine, the above events were preceded by propaganda. In state TV channels, the museum has among other things been accused in supporting fascism and rewriting history. Meanwhile, alleged former prison guards claimed on TV that Perm-36 held no dissidents, just Western spies.
By all that, the organisation Perm-36 was led to its announcement on Monday that its up-to-now activities are terminated. «The organisation is under liquidation. We reached no agreement with local authorities,» the Perm-36 head Tatiana Koursina told news agency AFP. «The museum will continue to operate, but will no longer be the same,» added Ms Koursina.
The museum director Viktor Shmyrov said local officials have taken the museum under their control. «The memorial will not disappear, but the museum has been taken over by other people who have been appointed by authorities, who have totally changed its content,» explained Mr Shmyrov. «Now, it is a museum about the camps system, not the political prisoners. They are not talking about Stalin's repressions.»
According to Arseni Roginski, head of a best-known Russian human rights organisation Memorial closely linked to the activities of the museum, the changes at the institution are sweeping. «Tragically, a museum dedicated to Soviet terror is changed into penal system museum,» Mr Roginski told AFP. He said the recently opened exhibitions omit any reference to repressions and the museum's new management includes former camp guards.
Nominally still director of the Museum, Mr Shmyrov says the rearrangements in the museum are not as much about rehabilitation of Stalin, but rather the overall political situation in his country.
«We are already seeing the creation of a Stalinist type state – enormous power has concentrated into the hands of one man,» noted Mr Shmyrov, referring to President Vladimir Putin. «Now, there is no need for repressions – people have become docile,» he added. «The political system is returning to totalitarianism.»
Regarding the fate of the museum, Mr Shmyrov has no illusions. «It will lose its importance,» he said, underlining that the museum – which used to point to Gulag and Soviet crimes – will turn into something different under the new leadership.
Into Perm-36 camp, Soviet powers sent those who dared to publicly speak out against them. According to our knowledge, eight Estonians were sent there as convicted in anti-Soviet propaganda or treason and terrorism: including Mart Niklus, Enn Tarto, Tiit Madisson and Kalju Mätik.
«I'm very sorry that Russian authorities are doing this,» Mr Tarto, who was held in the camp's harshest special regime section in the 1980ies, told Postimees. «For Russia, this is yet another step in a bad direction. I fear that they will gradually liquidate it altogether,» said Mr Tarto, asked about the fate of Perm-36.
Mr Niklus, also one jailed at the camp in the 1980ies, was indignant as well, noting that for years the museum was a pain in the neck for Putin's regime. «This is the advance of Putinism, the rebirth of Stalinism,» Mr Niklus told Postimees to describe what is happening in Russia. «As the regime finds a museum and research centre like this is no longer needed, then it is closed down and, probably, also justified.»
According to the former Riigikogu member, Estonian authorities ought to show support to the museum. Also, he would expect more attention paid to former inmates of Gulag. «Gulag inmates aren't noticed at all, as if they never existed,» said Mr Niklus.
What was Perm-36?
• The political prisoners forced labour camp in Perm Krai, Tshusovoi Region, part of the Soviet Union's forced labour camps system, was established in 1946 and closed down in 1988.
• Since mid-1970ies, considered one of the harshest camps for political prisoners. The special regime section also holding Mart Niklus and Enn Tarto was called death camp.
• Perm-36 was part of the so-called Perm Triangle. Currently, Perm-35 and Perm-37 operate as prisons.
• Since 1995, the former camp featured a museum unique for Russia.