Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted July 3, 2016 |
We are all clay vessels.
Note in a Pot
by Sis Cat
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jinni=the Arabic spelling of genie, a supernatural creature in Islamic mythology like Aladdin.
Pandora's Box comes from the Greek creation myth about a curious woman who unwittingly released the evils of the world. The "box" was a large clay jar. Because of a mistranslation of the Greek word pithos, meaning jar, for pyxis, meaning box, the term Pandora's Box has endured.
I have not tracked down yet the origin of the Asian custom of putting love notes in clay pots given as gifts, but I know that my father picked up knowledge of this sometime during his sixty-year career as a potter and fifty-year career as a poet. The picture is of the actual pot and note that he made and gave me.
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and 2 member cents. Pandora's Box comes from the Greek creation myth about a curious woman who unwittingly released the evils of the world. The "box" was a large clay jar. Because of a mistranslation of the Greek word pithos, meaning jar, for pyxis, meaning box, the term Pandora's Box has endured.
I have not tracked down yet the origin of the Asian custom of putting love notes in clay pots given as gifts, but I know that my father picked up knowledge of this sometime during his sixty-year career as a potter and fifty-year career as a poet. The picture is of the actual pot and note that he made and gave me.
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