LL-L "Folklore" 2003.05.04 (06) [E]

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From: Ed Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2003.05.04 (04) [E]

At 12:02 PM 05/04/03 -0700, Tom Byro wrote:
>I recall that we ate horsemeat in my area.  A practise that the church
>tried to exterminate in times past because of its strong associations
>with the old religion.

And Ron wrote:

>Folks, as for the crossed horse heads (which I find more intriguing as
>we go along), isn't there a general horse theme in Old Saxon culture,
>perhaps arisen from some sort of ancient horse-centered cult?

and

>Anyway (as he stops gagging), I have looked into this horse cult thing a
>bit more, and, yes, such a thing did exist in various parts of Eurasia,
>also among pre-Christian Celtic and Germanic tribes.  This included
>horse sacrifices and the ritual partaking of horse meat.

I vaguely remember from my Sanskrit studying days that one of the most
important Vedic sacrifices was the ashvamedha or horse sacrifice.

Ed Alexander, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada  "There's got to be a horse
around
here somewhere"

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