Sun goddess Cath
Jul 26, 2023 17:03:59 GMT -8
Post by Michael on Jul 26, 2023 17:03:59 GMT -8
Catha, or Cautha, is an Etruscan Goddess of the Sun who is sometimes shown as male. As a male Solar Deity, Catha is equated with the Greek Sun-God Helios. Other sources, however, name Usil as the Etruscan Sun-God, though on one mirror Usil is shown as a goddess as well. Catha is from the Etruscan root cath-, meaning "the sun", and was also in use as a family name among the Etruscans. Both Usil and Catha are sometimes described as rising from the Sea at dawn, though how the Sun manages to rise from the ocean off the coast of Etruria, which is located on the western side of the Apennines, is anyone's guess, unless that particular iconography originally comes from another culture. That said, Usil is depicted on a mirror-back with Nethuns (Neptune, the Sea-God) and Thesan (the Goddess of the Dawn).
Catha is sometimes called the daughter of Usil, and associated with daybreak or sunrise; as such She may be equivalent or a sister-Goddess to Thesan. On the Liber Linteus, a fragmentary book of Etruscan ritual, which was only preserved because the linen it was written on was torn into strips and used to wrap a mummy, Catha is called Ati Catha, "Mother Catha". Ati is a title used of a few other Etruscan Goddesses such as Cels, the Earth Goddess, and Turan, the Goddess of Love. It may show especial honor or indicate that She was held in high regard among the other Goddesses.
Cath: A sun goddess. The daughter of the sun. She was also a goddess of beginnings and the dawn, and was also shown rising from the ocean. Catha is from the Etruscan root cath-, meaning "the sun", and was also in use as a family name among the Etruscans in Italy.
The Greek word "Katholikos" which now days means "universal" was first used to refer to the Church founded in 107AD by St.Ignatius of Antioch.
Long before Ignatius used the term Katholikos for the church, Cath was in use for the name of that goddess. Cath is where we get the word catheter and cathode ray. It is also from the word katholikos that the word "catholic" comes. St Ignatius wrote a letter to the Smyrnaeans in about the year 107 and used the word "catholic". So as you can see the Etruscan root cath-, meaning "the sun" was in use before St Ignatius used it.
The suffix -ic:
The Modern English adjectival suffix -ic was first seen as a suffix in English during the Middle English period. It was borrowed in words from Old French '-ique', which came from Latin '-icus', which came ultimately from Ancient Greek '-ικος (-ikos)'. There are some that contend that '-icus' was native to Latin and was cognate with rather than borrowed from Greek. The suffix -icus was very wide-spread by the Classical Latin period in native words as well as in words derived from Greek. And again you can see that the suffix “ic” is part of the Latin and Greek.
In the past and even these days Mary is worshipped as a sun goddess, and that is the reason for the halo and sun rays around her.
Catha is sometimes called the daughter of Usil, and associated with daybreak or sunrise; as such She may be equivalent or a sister-Goddess to Thesan. On the Liber Linteus, a fragmentary book of Etruscan ritual, which was only preserved because the linen it was written on was torn into strips and used to wrap a mummy, Catha is called Ati Catha, "Mother Catha". Ati is a title used of a few other Etruscan Goddesses such as Cels, the Earth Goddess, and Turan, the Goddess of Love. It may show especial honor or indicate that She was held in high regard among the other Goddesses.
Cath: A sun goddess. The daughter of the sun. She was also a goddess of beginnings and the dawn, and was also shown rising from the ocean. Catha is from the Etruscan root cath-, meaning "the sun", and was also in use as a family name among the Etruscans in Italy.
The Greek word "Katholikos" which now days means "universal" was first used to refer to the Church founded in 107AD by St.Ignatius of Antioch.
Long before Ignatius used the term Katholikos for the church, Cath was in use for the name of that goddess. Cath is where we get the word catheter and cathode ray. It is also from the word katholikos that the word "catholic" comes. St Ignatius wrote a letter to the Smyrnaeans in about the year 107 and used the word "catholic". So as you can see the Etruscan root cath-, meaning "the sun" was in use before St Ignatius used it.
The suffix -ic:
The Modern English adjectival suffix -ic was first seen as a suffix in English during the Middle English period. It was borrowed in words from Old French '-ique', which came from Latin '-icus', which came ultimately from Ancient Greek '-ικος (-ikos)'. There are some that contend that '-icus' was native to Latin and was cognate with rather than borrowed from Greek. The suffix -icus was very wide-spread by the Classical Latin period in native words as well as in words derived from Greek. And again you can see that the suffix “ic” is part of the Latin and Greek.
In the past and even these days Mary is worshipped as a sun goddess, and that is the reason for the halo and sun rays around her.