(urth) vanished people=Hieros

[Adam Thornton]

On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Lee Berman wrote:

> 
>> James Wynn: You are right that the Hunter is Orion. The Noose could be the 
>> Hesperides,  the constellation of stars (often numbered 5, 7, or more) 
>> just to the right of Orion's shield or staff. Often these are associated 
>> as Orion's net. If they are the noose, then you could well be right the 
>> the Sultan's Tower could be a physical structure against the night sky.
> 
> Yes. David came up with a scenario which would allow the Big Dipper to come
> into play but perhaps Kayaam meant the stars of Orion's bow or perhaps 
> Taurus as the noose.
> 
>> Thinking about it, I think Gerry is the more right. The noose is the sun 
>> rising behind the sultan's tower.
> 
> Could be, I guess. The sun doesn't seem very noose-like to me, while lines
> of stars do. I guess sun=noose seems more likely if you are locked into Venus 
> being the stone which morning flings to chase away the stars. while I still 
> think that sounds more like the sun.
> 
> As a poet as well as astronomer, wouldn't Kayaam be more likely to think of
> Venus as drawing the stars to her? ;- ) 		 	   		  

"Captured in a noose of light" -- imagine the sun rising directly behind the tower.

I also had never read this and thought about the Slingers' Song.  But now that I see the stars being scattered like birds from a flung stone, I am.

Adam

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