and another thing oedipa

[David Morris]

--- Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>  
> Eric Rosenbloom wrote:
>> And there's Geli Tripping, also with earth (Ge) in her name. As a witch --
the usual term for those who keep pagan faith alive -- she has an owl as
"familiar," suggesting her identification with Athena. Athena was a mother
goddess whose worship came from Africa (she is probably the Libyan Neith), 
> 
> Why Athena or Neith? The owl, yes... and?  
> Wisdom, from Metis? 

http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~manzano/writing/mythology/medusa.html

Medusa means "sovereign female wisdom," in Sanskrit it's Medha. Medusa was
originally a Libyan Goddess, worshiped by Amazons as their Serpent-Goddess. She
was considered as the destroyer aspect of the Great Triple Goddess also called
Neith, Anath, Athene or Ath-enna in North Africa and Athana in 1400 c. BC
Minoan Crete. She can also be related with Africa where she had a hidden,
dangerous face, and her hair was represented as resembling dread locks. Libyan
Amazons inscribed that no one could possibly lift her veil, and that to look
upon her face was to glimpse ones own death as she saw yours.



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