Re: Books on monsters, demonology, myths, etc.?
I tend to use dark and evil when I speak on Hecate / Hekate as that is the prevailing cultural / social mindset about her since Roman times and has continued through literature since then. Not that I support that conclusion only that I acknowledge it as part of the cultural imagery that connects her to the crone imagery. Even many pagans who claim to have dropped much of their Christian influences find her dark and evil because of that cultural influences and perhaps a relationship between her and the many evil witch stories such as Hansel and Grettle and the terrible crone. Though I couldn't rule out her association to death and how death tends to scare people and in many ways is still seen as an unknown or final evil which robes them of life. Yet in that capacity evil is not Satan or such but something that serves to end one stage without question or concern.
Yet if you read what I said about Anubis I said"
So I suggested he is neither dark nor evil as he was associated with death, destruction and decay all of which are parts of funery motifs and functions. Not that he was dark and evil.
Still it is interesting I used "evil" 4 times in that response, three with regards to Hecate / Hekate and how she is often seen as the crone witch and once with Anubis. Only one time where I joined Evil / Dark with Hecate and how it was unlikely either aspect could be construed and once with Anubis with Not dark or Evil. Yet an assumption was made of me equating the two together. Though nearly every descriptor I used in every response in this thread so far were death, fertility, fecundity and other such chthonic traits and usages.
But to me personally having to do with the underworld or death does not make "Dark" a good descriptor it simply continues a blind fear of things dealing with death and the dead. That's why I tend to use Chthonic for that covers all things dealing with being in the earth, gods / goddesses / spirit or death. Fertility, fecundity, blood, etc are also aspects of the dead and earth and most often are associated to earthly gods / goddesses which are usually the dark gods / goddesses speak of.
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Yet if you read what I said about Anubis I said"
Anubis on the surface death, destruction, decay, etc but again not dark or evil as it is also tied to fertility, fecundity and things of the earth.
Still it is interesting I used "evil" 4 times in that response, three with regards to Hecate / Hekate and how she is often seen as the crone witch and once with Anubis. Only one time where I joined Evil / Dark with Hecate and how it was unlikely either aspect could be construed and once with Anubis with Not dark or Evil. Yet an assumption was made of me equating the two together. Though nearly every descriptor I used in every response in this thread so far were death, fertility, fecundity and other such chthonic traits and usages.
But to me personally having to do with the underworld or death does not make "Dark" a good descriptor it simply continues a blind fear of things dealing with death and the dead. That's why I tend to use Chthonic for that covers all things dealing with being in the earth, gods / goddesses / spirit or death. Fertility, fecundity, blood, etc are also aspects of the dead and earth and most often are associated to earthly gods / goddesses which are usually the dark gods / goddesses speak of.
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