Monday, January 25, 2010

Amelia Vega

Wheat
Cetus

Jalisco 
Amelia Vega
 
Prov. 12:4
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."






The Flow


Amelia Vega




  Catedral, Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico by raulmacias on Flickr


 Las Alamandas, Jalisco Mexico

Chess: "wheat" "Cetus" "Jalisco" "Amelia Vega"

Wheat (Triticum aestivum)


History

Wheat has been cultivated domestically at least since 9,000 B.C. and probably earlier. Domesticated Einkorn wheat at Nevali Cori 40 miles northwest of Gobekli Tepe in Turkey has been dated to 9,000 B.C.
However evidence for the exploitation of wild barley has been dated to 23,000 B.C. and some say this is also true of pre-domesticated wheat.

Cetus

Cetus is a constellation in the northern sky. Its name refers to Cetus, a sea monster in Greek mythology, although it is often called 'the whale' today. Cetus is located in the region of the sky known as the Water, along with other watery constellations such as Aquarius, Pisces, and Eridanus.

Mythology

This constellation has been recognized since antiquity. In Mesopotamia, it was identified with the primordial cosmic female principle, the sea-monster Tiamat.[citation needed]
In Ancient Greece, it was identified with the sea monster Cetus, and together with the constellations above it, (Andromeda, Cepheus, Perseus, Cassiopeia, and possibly Pegasus), it may be the source of the myth of the Boast of Cassiopeia, with which it is usually identified.

In certain earlier Greek legends, Cetus also represented the gates (and gateposts) of the underworld (considered to be the area under the ecliptic). As such, together with other features in the Zodiac sign of Pisces (including Pisces itself, as well as prominent stars behind Cetus), it may have formed the basis of the myth of the capture of Cerberus in The Twelve Labours of Heracles.

According to Arab astronomers, one of the hands of the Pleiades (Al-Thurayya) extended into part of the constellation of Cetus. The Arabs also saw two pearl necklaces among the stars of Cetus: one pearl necklace was fully tied together and undamaged, but the other pearl necklace was broken and its pearls were scattered. Another generation of Arabs, like the ancient Hebrews and Greeks, portrayed an enormous Leviathan-like sea creature among the stars of Cetus.



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