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[title] => A MYTHICAL ACCOUNT OF ORIGIN OF WRITING
[time] => 2010-06-16 10:19:02
[hometext] => Friends , this is an interesting Mythical account of origin of our Writing in Verse ! I propose to narrate its real story later !
[bodytext] => A MYTHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF WRITING! The ancient Sumerians believed writing to be one of the divine arts, Brought down from the heavens by Enki, - Their first god to settle on this earth! The later Babylonians and the Assyrians, attributed this invention to Nabu, Who was the son of Marduk and a descendent of Enki too! The Egyptians attributed creation of writing to goddess Seshat, While Thoth, the god of writing, taught mankind this exquisite art! They also believed that in order to achieve immortality, - A person’s name must be both spoken and inscribed for posterity! The Greeks who became acquainted with Thoth, Called him Hermes Trismegistus, their writing God! In Rome, it was Mercury, Hermes’ counterpart, Considered to be the creator of this art! In Norse mythology the great Odin, who had sacrificed an eye, - In exchange of the knowledge of the past, the present, and the future of mankind, Is credited with the invention of Furthark – the Runes, That ancient script, for mankind’s boon! Among the Mayans their supreme deity Itzamna, Who was a sorcerer and creator of the world; Was also the creator of writing and the time-keeper of the Mayan world! But in China it was not a deity, but an ancient sage named Ts’ang Cheih! It was during the reign of the Yellow Emperor, - Forging a link between their Gods and ancestors- with their Empire! Thus writing became an extension of human memory; A tool for the priests, scribes and the elite, To rule over the illiterate of their country! - Raj Nandy **Dear friends, this mythical account was just a Prelude, To the actual Story of Writing I plan to produce ! Thanks for reading ! [comments] => 1 [counter] => 232 [topic] => 42 [informant] => RAJNANDY [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => mythology )
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