In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Monday, March 15, 2004

Goddess Planet 

NASA says a tenth planet may be hanging around our Solar System. They have named it after the Inuit Goddess Sedna. I wonder why they picked her? She had a terrible life. She married a bird but was not happy with her life in bird land. Her father came to get her, but her leaving made the bird people very angry. Somehow they got the sea involved in this, and as Sedna and her father travelled home over the sea, it rose up and threatened them with death. Dearest Daddy pushed Sedna overboard. She tried to get back into the boat, but Dad cut off her fingers. Then she tried to hang on with her arms. He cut off her arms and jammed his oar into her eyes. She sank to the bottom of the sea and became queen of the deep. Her fingers and arms transformed into fish and sea mammals. She decided what can and cannot be killed for food. She had certain rules about killing, too. The rules had to be strictly adhered to or else she would withhold the "food," and people would starve.

Good times.

Sun is out. The forest awaits.
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 3/15/2004 10:31:00 AM
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