Kal wrote:Mostly nod, however if I am acknowleding someone allowing me to pass them I do a low wave with my left hand just after I've passed them to say thank you.
The Devils horns is just another opression of "paganism" by the Chrisitan Church. Prior to the invasion of Chrisitanity 'the horns' as you refered to them symbolised variations of fertility and the Green man across many of the 'pagan faiths' in Europe.
Sadly Chrisitan Church propaganda has said that the Green man is the same as the devil. From there 'the horns' got picked up by rock groups trying to underline their rebellion against the Conservative Chrisitan values their parents held.
In the decades since Metal fans and extreme Metal fans in particular have come to use the horns as a sign of appreciation, again underlingin their rebelion against 'normal' society.
lol, good thing im pagan, listen to rock, and im a texan... got all three bases covered I guess
EDIT: Oh but when I ment the "horns", in texas its the sign of all the Long Horned Cattle... people going to Texas A&M University use it all the time.
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Sorry it's the Agincourt syndrome acting up again...
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day. "
Kal wrote:The Devils horns is just another opression of "paganism" by the Chrisitan Church. Prior to the invasion of Chrisitanity 'the horns' as you refered to them symbolised variations of fertility and the Green man across many of the 'pagan faiths' in Europe.
Sadly Chrisitan Church propaganda has said that the Green man is the same as the devil. From there 'the horns' got picked up by rock groups trying to underline their rebellion against the Conservative Chrisitan values their parents held.
Though the (Catholic) Church has oppressed/co-opted most of the old beliefs, the Green Man isn't the source of the goat-like figure of the traditional "Devil." Rather, it's the minor Greek god Pan, with his goats legs and cloven hooves and horns that was brought in to the Christian mythos as the figure of Evil. In Greek mythology, Pan was really rather harmless except for his prediliction toward Nymphs. From him we get satyriasis and panic. We also wouldn't have Zamfir if it weren't for Pan.
Sorry. Sometimes the pedant in me comes out to play.
