Patriot is from Middle French patriot, from Late Latin patriota, from Greek patriotes "fellow countryman [i.e., people residing within the same *father*land], from patrios "of one's fathers, patris "fatherland", from pater (genitive patros) "father".
People often show their patriotism by flying brightly colorful flags.
The flags or standards represent families, tribes and peoples. They may indicate a person's fatherland. In ancient Egypt the hieroglyph which was a flag on a pole was ntr, neter, netjer, netter, meaning "divine", and the netjer were the gods, the divine ones (who stand tall, are bright, free, and finely woven together like flags). They were the ones who resided in the land of the dead, the Duat/Tuat, i.e., the "afterworld," or netherworld (neterworld).
A parrot is a brightly colored flyer as well. The word parrot is thought to perhaps come from Middle French perrot, a variant of Pierre "Peter". The name Peter means "a rock, stone", which has connotations of being a secure foundation.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalms 18:2We call God our Father. But what is a father? A father is a begetter of his children. Our Father in this sense is our creator. Father is from Old English faeder, from Proto-Germanic *fader (Old Saxon fadar, Dutch vader [Darth Vader was Luke's father, but this is pronounced more like "father"], Old High German fater, German vater), from PIE *pǝter- (Sandskrit pitar, Greek pater, Latin pater, Old Persian pita).
So this would remind us of ancient Egyptian god, Ptah / ptḥ (Pee-tah), one of the netjeru (divine ones). Ptah was a creator (begetter) god of ancient Egypt. Here Ptah is shown finely arrayed in a feathered tunic, or we might say, phainopepla φαϊνοπέπλα "shinning robe" in Greek, like a parrot or Phainopepla ("shining robe," a passerine bird, i.e., from the order Passeriformes, from Latin passer "sparrow"). Feather is from PIE *pet-ra-, from root *pet- (also *petǝ-) "to rush, fly." Ptah is a pet-ra(feather) god, or perhaps we could say pet "flying/rushing" + ra "mouth/word; spell"[ancient Egyptian], he who conceived of creation in his heart and spoke it from his mouth.
Ptah is a father god who is associated with the winged god of the dawning sun, i.e., Khepra and also the primordial mound (i.e., the rock [petra in Greek, keph in Aramaic]), as Ptah-Tatenen (ta meaning "land / earth" in Egyptian) who came out of Nun; the primordial waters.
Ptah is also similar in concept to the god Khnum/Chnum who was also associated with Tatanen, and were both thought to be aspects of Ra, the sun god. Khnum is thought to be from root khnum / ḫnm "to join, unite" and "build." Khnum was the divine potter (pater?) who was commonly depicted as a ram or a man with a ram's head. So Khnum also had a hard rocklike head (kephalé in Greek) like Ptah (Pee-tah, Peter = rock). Khnum was also associated with the "ba of Ra/Re". The ba was a part of the soul often depicted as a human headed bird near a mummy (not unlike a parrot), and ba was also the word for "ram". Khnum was the ram (ba) of Ra who helped him travel through the underworld each night on his Solar Bark.
Jacob, a.k.a. Israel, the patriarch, gave his favorite son, Joseph, a kethoneth (coat, garment, tunic) passim (literally the flat of the hand[palm] or foot[sole]), which can be translated in many ways, but in any case was some sort of long-sleeved (it reaches to the palm) ornate tunic of fine quality (maybe even befitting of a god, or like the shining bird robe, i.e., passer "sparrow" phainapepla "shining robe" of Ptah). When the father gave his son this "coat of many colors" it made Joseph's half bothers extremely jealous.
The Coat of Many Colors, For Madox Brown, 1867
The flats(flaps?) of the hands and feet are extremities of the body like wings. Kanoph is "edge, extremity, wing" in Hebrew, but can also describe a corner or loose flowing end of a garment. It was also used to describe the appearance of the "wings" of cherubim and seraphim. So perhaps special garments such as the kethoneth passim (coat of many colors) were meant to emulate the beautiful otherworldly appearance of heavenly beings such as angels and the netjer "divine".
For upon his long robe the whole world was depicted… Wisdom of Solomon 18:24
Patriarch is from Greek patriarkhes "chief or head of family," from patria "family, clan," from pater "father" + arkhien "to rule"(arkhon "ruler," Latin archon), from PIE *arkhein- "to begin, rule, command." The patriarch is the strong protector and guide of the family, maybe a patrician, from Latin patricius "nobleman," the origin of the name Patrick.
A nickname for Patrick is Paddy. Paddy is a lot like "paddle" and paddles/oars are used for power, direction, and protection of a boat (or bark, as above with Chnum[canoe?])
Coloring page, ActivityVillage.co.uk
Rocket is from Itallian rocchetto "a rocket", literally a "bobbin", diminutive of rocca "distaff" (Old High German rocko "distaf," old Norse rokkr, Proto-Germanic *rukkon-, from PIE *rug- "fabric, spun yarn".
Lace bobbin Dutch c. 17th century(reproductions), from ilaria.veltri.tripod.com
A racket or raquet is a "handled paddle," from Middle French rachette, requette "racket for hitting; palm of the hand." Rackets have a woven patterned hitting surface.
Badminton Rackets(which look like paddles or even insect wings), c.1900, from the strong.org
Ratchet is from French rochet "bobbin, spindle." Wooden ratchets actually look like the netjer(divine, god) hieroglyph, or a flag. They make quite a racket as noise makers.
Rosewood Ratchet, called from larkinam.com
The Virgin And Child with a Cross-shapped Disstaff [and spindle], Luis de Morales, St.Petersberg
Tip of a Freestanding Hasndcarved Disstaff(like a traditional scepter), knitspot.com
La Rochelle, Spinner with spindle and (bedizen) distaf, William-Adolfe Bougeuereou, 1825-1905
Osiris was called "The Great Sekhem." He had the power of regeneration and was Lord over death and resurrection. What would it feel like to come in contact with that kind of energy?
Sekhmet in hieroglyphics- Sḫm (sekhem scepter) + kh / ḫ (round sieve; placenta + t (bread loaf, feminine gender indication)+ Seated Goddess
Sekhmet/Sekhmet/Sakhmet/Sekhet/Sakhet (like a power socket?) was the lion headed warrior goddess of Upper Egypt closely associated with the Eye of Ra (Wadjet, the royal cobra [like the seraphim]). One of her symbols was red (desher in Egyptian, the color associated with the desert) linen, and she was sometimes called nesert "the flame," "Lady of flame."
I've Got the Power, photo by Julie O. /chthonickore
Nefertem with Egyptian Lotus/Lilly Crown(flowers are clothed with petals[paddles, wings])
4th of July Fireworks, by Tom Schopper- flickr.com
Ptah- p(stool[i.e., a raised mat] or mat[woven]) + t(loaf of bread)+ h(wick)+ seated god
Linen Cloth
Idolatry is not necessarily as clear cut as it may seem. It is more a state of mind than a certain action, as are many sins. The bronze serpent ended up having to be destroyed as well, because the people were worshiping it too 2 Kings 18:4 Idolatry is a sneaky subtle(like a snake) trap. However, people want to point the finger and say, "There! That is an idol(clear cut) and therefore those people who 'worship' it are idolaters." But really an idol is simply a God who is idle(not vital), and an idolater is someone who is happy to worship an idle(lifeless) God. In other words, you have no real relationship with that God. It is a fiction / imagination and is one sided between you and your worthless god who is really no god(power). That God does not preform or do anything, not like the God of Elijah who set Elijah's sacrifice ablaze notwithstanding the three measures of water poured over it. Elijah's God was not an idol. He proved that, but it took great faith on the part of Elijah. Elijah trusted that his God would prove himself not idle(not an idol).
Elijah with his altar to YHWH(the LORD), and the Four hundred and fifty devoted(notice how they cut themselves) prophets of Ba'al(the Lord), 1 Kings 18:20-40
A nickname for Patrick is Paddy. Paddy is a lot like "paddle" and paddles/oars are used for power, direction, and protection of a boat (or bark, as above with Chnum[canoe?])
Carlisle Paddle, Scout Canoe Paddle, North Shore Water Sports
The bark (boat) is made curved like an arch in a bow/arc shape (and rocks back and forth like a rocking chair / rocker with have arc shaped bases) Arc is from Latin arcus "bow, arch", from PIE *arku- "bowed, curved" (same root as Old English earh, Old Norse or) So maybe like the primordial mound; the curved vault of the sky "air"[father sky] and the curved surface of the land/earth [mother earth]which is our (b)ark or ark (Old English earc) though space. The bark is primarily a place of refuge upon the waters. In Latin arca is "large box, chest", and that which is within the arca is arcanus "secret hidden, private, concealed," from arcere "close up, enclose, contain, from PIE *ark- " to hold, contain, guard"(cognate Greek arkos "defense," arkein "to ward off").
We might also say patriarch is "father (formost, first, primary) + ark." Arkhe is "rule, beginning" in Greek, and arch- in English is "chief, principle"(as in archangel, archbishop, archenemy), a Latinized from the Greek prefix arkh-, arkhi, "first, chief, primeval." So a patriarch would be the first first, like Tatenen, the primordial earth, in this sense.
Staves are held by rulers and patriarchs as sign of their power.
Fireworks pack a lot of punch. They are the oldest form of rockets. Rockets look like a type of staff or javelin. Rockets are missiles, from Latin missilis "that may be thrown or hurled", from missus "a throwing, hurling." Late Latin missa, mass, "dismissal".
Rocket is from Itallian rocchetto "a rocket", literally a "bobbin", diminutive of rocca "distaff" (Old High German rocko "distaf," old Norse rokkr, Proto-Germanic *rukkon-, from PIE *rug- "fabric, spun yarn".
Ratchet is from French rochet "bobbin, spindle." Wooden ratchets actually look like the netjer(divine, god) hieroglyph, or a flag. They make quite a racket as noise makers.
A distaff, also called a rock, is a tool used in spinning, it is from Old English distaef (Middle Low Getman dise, Low German disse "a bunch of flax" [so it is a flaxstaff]) Disstaff is also used to describe the female side of the family, female authority in a family, and the female sex. So here again(as with mother earth our rock and rocker in space), rock is used to describe the feminine rather than the masculine.
Russian Distaffs, Ferapontov Monestary, Wikimedia, 2009
Bedizen means "to dress, finely adorn" originally dizen "to dress (a distaff) for spinning", but maybe also finely adorn the distaff (as above) before it is dressed in its flax(linen). Linen is "cloth woven from flax".
Flask is a "container, bottle", Germanic base *fleh-, corresponding to PIE *plek- "weave, plait." Latin plicare "to fold," which is the same root as flax. A flask actually looks like the shape of the Russian distaffs or a paddle.
Whiskey Flask, Kentucky Historical Society, c.1865
Other distaffs have more of a staff, traditional scepter, or javelin shape to them, rather than paddle/oar shape.
It just goes to show that women are equally arch creators(begetters) and protectors of their families. Think of Callisto the mama bear / bear-mother of the Archadians and her son Arcus, who now reside in the night sky as the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Women are generally the ones who do the work of spinning and weaving throughout history. Don't mess with the ladies. Ladies rock!
Women, non bedizen, jousting with bedizen distaffs, Bibliotheque Arsenal, Li queste del S. Graal, French manuscript, 1381
In the Egyptian and Greek mythologies goddesses associated with weaving were also war goddesses, namely Neith (Nit) and Athena. It is not surprising then that many instruments of war are modeled and named after spinning and weaving instruments.
Wooden kherep scepter(with broken staff), Petrie Museum
This is an ancient Egyptian kherep / ḫrp-scepter. It looks like a type of distaff. The hieroglyph with the same shape was used for three different types of scepters that were similar in appearance, the kherep / ḫrp-scepter, aba-scepter and the sekhem / sḫm-scepter. According to some the kherep-scepter was "the controller," the aba-scepter "the commander," and the sekhem-scepter "the powerful." As a hieroglyph it expressed "power." Perhaps these types of Egyptian scepters were also based off of weaving instruments like distaffs, paddles, and bows.
Sekhem Scepter is like a shinny Oar. Or/Ore/Owr in Hebrew is "shine, light, enlighten, become light, dawn", as in, "Let there be light(or)". In English ore is "a metal-bering mineral or rock".
The shape of the ḫrp might be representative of the bow shape of a vibrating harp string that produces a tone that has "control" over people's emotions. The aba scepter maybe like the powerful palm / hand / wing of an abba "father" who "commands," and the sekhem may be like the powerful energy produced from a vibrating plate made out of metal (ore). That kind of vibration can be a very penetrating energy and feel almost electric.
Osiris was called "The Great Sekhem." He had the power of regeneration and was Lord over death and resurrection. What would it feel like to come in contact with that kind of energy?
A woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living on upon physicians and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter said, "Master the multitudes surround you and press upon you!" But Jesus said, "Some one touched me; for I perceive that the power (dynamin) has gone forth from me." Luke 8:43-46Dynomite!
Sekhmet/Sekhmet/Sakhmet/Sekhet/Sakhet (like a power socket?) was the lion headed warrior goddess of Upper Egypt closely associated with the Eye of Ra (Wadjet, the royal cobra [like the seraphim]). One of her symbols was red (desher in Egyptian, the color associated with the desert) linen, and she was sometimes called nesert "the flame," "Lady of flame."
What is this that Lego Cleopatra is holding? It is an iPhone charger or power chord, however it looks a lot like the sekhem-scepter "the powerful." Power can be frightening when it is being used against you, but it is comforting when it is used for good, or working for you. Most of the power on earth comes from the sun (Ra / Re). The rays of the sun are taken in by plants and converted(spun into) to energy. Sekhmet was also a goddess of healing, medicine(made from plants) and menstruation, and was wife of the creator god Ptah, the rock, and that would make her rock-et, wouldn't it? So maybe that would make their baby a firework.
Nefertem ("beautiful"+ tem) was the offspring of Sekhment and Ptah, he represented the blue lotus at the creation of the world, which we might call the Big Bang. Charge!
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. Matthew 6:28-29
Fireworks usually make beautiful flowerlike shapes when they go off in the sky and they are a popular way of celebrating patriotism on Independence Day, the 4th of July, as well as flying flags.
Fireworks explode in the sky (pt in ancient Egyptian) when the wick is put to a flame (nesert). The h in Ptah/pth is the wick hieroglyph. Wicks are made out of twisted, woven, or braided fibers such as flax.
Here again the baby of Ptah (sky + wick) and Sekhert (flame) would be the firework. Fireworks shimmer and fade like standards of the night sky. Fireworks stand out during the night like waving billowing flags do during the day. A flag is also made out of woven cloth like a mat (p hieroglyph). So maybe that square shaped mat of Ptah is like a flag "square piece cut from turf or sod", i.e., a p (woven material, fabric, woven flax, linen) + ta "land, earth", or a flag rock, flagstone "a flat square piece of rock," and flying flags are symbols for the fatherland (Ptah), a flag (turf) is a piece of the fatherland, and is the place of one's lineage (the line is made from the flax that is woven into linen). One's lineage can be shown through the types of material and clothes they wear.
It is interesting that nes is "banner, standard, ensign, signal, flag, pole" in biblical Hebrew and nsr / neser is "flame" in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.
Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, by Paul Dickson [n + s + r + brazier hieroglyph determinative]
A waving banner has the look of a flickering flame on a candle(wick). The flag / banner hieroglyph means "divine," and God told Moses to put a seraph on a nes Numbers 21:8 to cure the sickness of the Israelites when they were bit by "fiery serpents" in the desert. Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a nes "pole" and the people were cured when they looked upon it. This would seem to undoubtedly be some sort of Sekhmet, who was called "Lady of Flame" nbt nsrt and "Eye of Ra" irt ra / Wadjet(the divine fiery serpent) ritual. Kind of strange to think; coming from a patriarch. God told Moses to make the fiery serpent on the pole(Goddess Sekhmet/Wadjet) to heal the people, but he had gotten supper pissed off when Aaron made a golden calf(the Goddess Hathor) for them to worship when they asked him to because they were worried that Moses was delayed on the mountain Exodus 32. When Moses came down he burned it up, grounded it into power, put it on the water and made the people drink it. One has to feel a little bit of sympathy for the poor idolatrous Israelites.
Adoration of the Golden Calf, by Nicolas Poussin, 1594-1665
Idolatry is not necessarily as clear cut as it may seem. It is more a state of mind than a certain action, as are many sins. The bronze serpent ended up having to be destroyed as well, because the people were worshiping it too 2 Kings 18:4 Idolatry is a sneaky subtle(like a snake) trap. However, people want to point the finger and say, "There! That is an idol(clear cut) and therefore those people who 'worship' it are idolaters." But really an idol is simply a God who is idle(not vital), and an idolater is someone who is happy to worship an idle(lifeless) God. In other words, you have no real relationship with that God. It is a fiction / imagination and is one sided between you and your worthless god who is really no god(power). That God does not preform or do anything, not like the God of Elijah who set Elijah's sacrifice ablaze notwithstanding the three measures of water poured over it. Elijah's God was not an idol. He proved that, but it took great faith on the part of Elijah. Elijah trusted that his God would prove himself not idle(not an idol).
And you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of YHWH; and the God who answers by fire, he is God . . . 1 Kings 18:24
We don't see many folk with that kind of patriotism these days. But those Old Testament stories are just "idol" tales in any case, aren't they? Why should we take it to heart? We are rational! And what is rational happens to be, "my side (God/father/flag) is right (not idolatrous), and your side (God/father/flag) is wrong (idoloty)".
Wanna fight? Ready, aim, fire … um, no I don't want to fight. The battle can be with words and ideas, and it can be a friendly sport rather than a war. Let's just watch the fireworks instead. We can discuss differences over beer and hotdogs.
Wanna fight? Ready, aim, fire … um, no I don't want to fight. The battle can be with words and ideas, and it can be a friendly sport rather than a war. Let's just watch the fireworks instead. We can discuss differences over beer and hotdogs.
