SELENDROMIA

SHAPES OF MENE

(PLV, pp. 263 to 264)

(GMPT 7:756 to 794)

 

 

1. Hermes [mutable]

21. multiform

 

 

2. Phos-phoros ("torch-bearer")

23. torch

 

 

3. Anemos ("wind")

24. lightning

 

 

4. Ares

25.

 

 

5. Hermeneia ("explanation"

 

[of Hermes the herald])

26. herald's wand

 

 

6. Artemis [her retinue

 

consisting of girl-children]

27. child

 

 

7. Apollon [builder of enterable

28. key

fortification at Ilion]

 

 

 

8. Poseidon [sender from sea

 

of bull for Pasiphae]

1. ox

 

 

9. Kharita

2.

 

 

10. Ploutos

3.

 

 

11. Mnemosune

4.

 

 

12. Dikaiosune

5.

 

 

13. Dionusos [visitor to Lerna,

 

where was the "Crab"]

6. crab

 

 

14. Elpis

7.

14. Ennoia

8.

 

 

15. Hephaistos [father of

 

Erikhthonios the serpent]

9. serpent

 

 

16. Dioskoros [a horse-rider]

10. horse

 

 

L' Antiquite` Classique. Tome 2, 1933. pp. 259 to 266.

Franz Cumont: "Les Pre`sages Lunaires de Virgile et les Selendromia."

 

 

Hans Dieter Betz: The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. University of Chicago Press, 1986.

 

GMPT 4:2241 to 2358

 

 

24. Aris ("bow-drill")

24. bow-drill

 

 

 

25. grey-eyed woman's body

 

with legs outspread

25. Huper-ephaneia ("contempt")

[Athene showing contempt

 

for Teiresias by first

 

first displaying herself nude

 

to him, then blinding him

 

for noticing her]

 

 

26. Nupha {for /numphai/

26. black sphinx's

"labia minora of vulva"}

pierced vagina

 

 

 

 

 

NAKS.ATRA-REGENTS

 

(Atharva Veda, etc.)

 

 

11. Mnemosune [mother of

22. Vasu-s

nine Mousai]

[nine, acc. to Jains]

 

 

12. Dikaiosune ("righteousness")

23. Varun.a [punisher of dead]

 

 

13. Dionusos [visitor of Lerna,

25. Ahi Budhnya

place of Hydra]

("ophidian of the deep")

 

 

14. Elpis [("hope") retained

26. Pus.an [treader on

in subterranean coffer]

subterranean wolf, acc. to Veda]

 

 

15. Hephaistos

 

 

 

16. Dioskoros [twin horse-rider]

27. As`vinau [twin horsemen]

 

 

17. Hupnos ("sleep") &

 

Thanatos ("death") [twins]

28. Yama [death-god, twin]

 

 

18. Aletheia ["truth", found by

1. Agni [acc. to Veda,

using Occam's razor]

razor-edged]

 

 

19. Moses

 

 

 

20. Demeter [who had

2. Praja-pati [who had

sexual intercourse while

sexual intercourse while

in shape of a mare]

in shape of a buck]

 

 

21. Krianos [in Aiolis, river:

3. Soma [a plant-sap:

/krios/ ram]

on the sheep-filter, acc. to Veda]

 

 

26. Nupha [for /numphai/

 

"labia minora of vulva]

9. Bhaga ("vulva")

 

 

27. Zeus [whose sister (Hera)

10. Aryaman [ruler

and son (Heraklees) together

(acc. to Devata Tattva)

produced the Milky Way]

of the Milky Way]

 

 

28. Hemera ("day")

11. Savitr. [impeller of sun]