Egypts Lost Pyramids

Dr Sarah Parcak uses satellites to probe beneath the sands, where she has found cities, temples and pyramids.

Mermaids: On Stranger Tides

I am so proud Jamaican Sanya Hughes plays a mermaid in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 4, See photo of mermaid cast below.
To the left a a mermaid with weapons -shield and sword yielding mermaid is on the coat of arms for Warsaw.  Above is the personal coat of arms for Michaelle Jean  she is the 27th Governor General of Canada and she was born in Haiti below is an explanation of the symbolism of her personal coat of arms.
The shield shows a sand dollar, a special talisman for Jean, and the Crown symbolising her viceregal authority. The shell in a broken chain refers to Albert Mangonès' sculpture in Port-au-Prince, Marron Inconnu, which depicts an escaped slave blowing a sea shell to call to arms his fellow enslaved people; this symbolises Jean's ancestors' escape from slavery. The two Simbis are water spirits in Haitian culture, who, by legend, calm rough seas and give wisdom; they stand in before a rocky terrain upon which are rooted a palm tree — a Haitian symbol of peace — and a pine tree — representative of the natural riches of Canada.^[108]

We're Missing You

Mourning someday we will have to experience this, I always thought there were certain natural rules like children don't die before their parents.  Well I realized in life there is no order to things when I lost a sibling.  My family was not the only one grieving his friends were too, I remember one of his friends putting together a video of him running a race during a sports day event at his high school with the music of Enya playing in the background, it was beautiful. Another I knew well wrote deep poetry and yet one other friend of Jeffrey's whom I did not know at the time pursued her passion to become a singer and not a dentist, her's is the music video above- I just checked my MYSPACE account after not doing so for many years and found this message dated December 14th, 2007.

Kris Kelli says:

Hi Kristie,I hope all is well with yu.I've been busy doing shows in the Caribbean.I was in Anguilla last week and all the school kids there knew Jeffery from the video..isn't that wonderful...All the best for the xmas to yu and the family.
Nuff luv.
Kris

 

 

 

Mariposa de la Muerte: Folklore & Mythology

In many cultures one of these flying into the house is considered bad luck.  Growing up in Jamaica when they came into the house, and it would always be one and not very often, I saw them as a visiting spirit.   It is considered a harbinger of death in Mexican and Caribbean folklore. In Spanish it is known as "Mariposa de la muerte" (Mexico & Costa Rica)^[1], "Pirpinto de la Yeta" (Argentina) or simply "Mariposa negra" (Colombia); in Nahuatl (Mexico) it is "Miquipapalotl" or "Tepanpapalotl" (miqui = death, black + papalotl = moth); in Quechua (Peru) it is "Taparaco"; in Mayan (Yucatán) it is "X-mahan-nail" (mahan = to borrow + nail = house)^[2]; in Jamaica and the Caribbean, the moth is known as the "Duppy Bat" or "Money moth"^[3]. Other names for the moth include the Papillion-devil, La Sorcière Noire, or the Mourning or Sorrow moth.  I love the positive meaning the Hawaiian's have,-  In Hawaii, Black Witch mythology, though associated with death, has a happier note in that if a loved one has just died, the moth is an embodiment of the person's soul returning to say goodbye. For me the loved one is stopping by to say hello.  On Cat Island, Bahamas, where they are locally known as Money Moths or Moneybats, the legend is that if they land on you, you will come into money, and similarly, in South Texas, if a Black Witch lands above your door and stays there for a while you will supposedly win the lottery

Blue Beard

I got caught again, not trusting my intuition since the last time I blogged about the blue beard archetype. This time he fed my ego, it took one meeting with familial wise well women and and a lone knights templar to see what I chose to ignore.   There are Blue Beard folktales from: France, Germany, Italy, India, USA and the West Indies. If you read the tales they are very deep and serve as a warning to trust your intuition.  Enjoy the trailer.

Lady Fu Hao Warrior Queen

• 1200s BC - Lady Fu Hao consort of the Chinese emperor Wu Ding, led 3,000 men into battle^[2] during the Shang Dynasty. Fu Hao had entered the royal household by marriage and took advantage of the semi-matriarchal slave society to rise through the ranks.^[3] Fu Hao is known to modern scholars mainly from inscriptions on Shang Dynasty oracle bone artifacts unearthed at Yinxu.^[4] In these inscriptions she is shown to have led numerous military campaigns. The Tu fought against the Shang for generations until they finally were defeated by Fu Hao in a single decisive battle. Further campaigns against the neighbouring Yi, Qiang, and Ba followed, the latter is particularly remembered as the earliest recorded large scale ambush in Chinese history. With up to 13,000 troops and the important generals Zhi and Hou Gao serving under her, she was the most powerful military leader of her time.^[5] This highly unusual status is confirmed by the many weapons, including great battle-axes, unearthed from her tomb.^[6]