TRIDENT
13.
Trident :
Some
shape of Vajra which we saw are two sided trident. Now, the question
which arises in our mind is how Trident started. For this we have
to again go back in Sumerian civilization.
Through
the Aryan (Arya) Sumerian and Egyptian script we get a glimpse of
how the Trident shape came into existance.
According
to Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell :
From
the Book Aryan Origin of the Alphabet 1927 :
The
other early alphabetic forms of S, which are found in some Cadmean
and Early Asia Minor and "Semitic" Phoenician inscriptions
are (a) "the tree-twig" shape (see Plate 11), and (b)
the plume or feathered crown
.
And both of these are also found on Early Egyptian pottery as owner's
marks (see Plate 11).
Phoenicians
are Sumerian Aryans (Arya), from their inscriptions we find the
Trident and since the early Egyptian dynasty of pharaohs (known
as Prabhu (God) in India) were also Sumerians we find many similarities.
The
second form, the plumed crown-sign is seen to be obviously derived
from the Sumerian
Sa
picturing a plumed crown and defined as "King," disclosing
the origin of Egyptian hieroglyph S'u, a plumed or feathered crown
(see Plate 11, col. 3) and the use of this hieroglyph alphabetically
for S'. This Sumerian plume-sign is also seen to be apparently the
parent of the "Semitic" Phoenician letter for S', the
so-called Shin of Hebrew, in all of which the sign is given the
aspirated S' value. In view of its aspirated value of S' or Sh,
it is possible that the "Semitic" Phoenician sign
may be a diagrammatic form of the Sumerian sign S'ar, "Garden,"
picturing a garden with plants, and shown in my Dictionary, Plate
V to be the Sumerian source of the Egyptian hieroglyph S'a, "Garden,"
and alphabetic for S' or Sh, And this Egyptian garden-sign S' a
generally resembles the "Semitic" Phoenician letter for
S' or Sh.
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Below
example from book The Makers of Civilization in Race and History
:
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FIG.
35. : Ebony Label Inscription from Menes "Tomb" at Abydos.
(Drawn from Photograph in Plate XIII)
From
the Book The Makers of Civilization in Race and History :
Owners
markings on prehistoric Danubian pottery compared with Sumerian,
Egyptian and Trojan writing with their Phonetic values :
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Nergal
:
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Nergal
Here,
we can see in relief of Nergal images such as Trident, Hawk, Scorpio,
Snake, Lions, etc. Trident and Hawk represents Sun-worshipper Aryan
symbol. Lions, Snake and Scorpio represents Chaldean culture hence,
we can see a mixture of both civilizations.
Another
important thing to note is that Nergal is associated with Mars and
Amorites / Marutts are also known as Mars. Amazon women warriors
are also called as daughters of Mars by this we can come to conclusion
that after the marriage of Indra / Thor / Adam with Eve / Inanna
there was peace between Sun worshipper Aryans and Chaldeans and
after the death of Indra gradually both the cultures merged.
On
the upper right hand side of the relief a woman is shown wearing
a particular clothing. This sort of dress is still worn by the women
of warrior community in India known as Rajputs / Kshatriyas. The
reason behind this is that Rajputs / Kshatriyas are also Sumerian
Aryans.
Nergal
was associated with the Underworld and is usually the husband of
Ereshkigal. He was also associated with forest fires (and identified
with the fire-god, Gibil), fevers, plagues, and war. In myths, he
causes destruction and devastation. He represents planet Mars, metal
associated with him is Iron and Color is Red.
Resheph
as Nergal Resheph of the Horns & God over Locust Swarms :
In
the third millennium B.C.E. Resheph is identified with the god Nergal
in a lexical text in Ebla, Nergal is spelled KIS.UNU. Nergal is
known from an epithet from the God Lists of the early Dynastic period
III as 'Gu-a-nun-gi-a', 'Bull whose great
strength cannot be repulsed'. Sumerian hymns also recognize
Nergal as a 'victorious bull'. The name of Nergal
is from an early form of 'Lord of the City' being
'NIN.KIS.UNU'.
In
Sumerian lore the name Nergal emerges from 'nin.eri'
and thus 'unum-irigal, "Nerigal'. The 'Lord
of the Great City' or 'Great dwelling'
being the Underworld is a common term representing the place of
shades. This development along with becoming the King of the Underworld
was later after Nergal was well attested as a bringer of death and
war-god.
As
Nergal was as ancient in Mari as Resheph, they were considered identical
not only in Ebla yet also Mari of which there was a ritual entitled
'The Feast of the Chariot of Nergal'. In Ugarit,
the same logograms were used for both Resheph and Nergal. The
Amorites worshipped Nergal as the god of war; his Amorite name was
'GIR.UNU.GAL-hazi-ir' or 'Nerigal-gazzir'
'Nergal is a Hero'. During the Middle Bronze
Age Resheph was recorded on several cylinder seal inscriptions,
'Resheph, Lord of the Horns' appears wearing a
crown with horns, holding the sickle-sword known as 'hps'.
A female is facing the standing god adoring the Deific Mask, symbolizing
his role as protector. The inscription is signed by 'Servant
of Nergal / Resheph'.
In
Mesopotamia, Nergal was most likely promoted during the Sargonic
period (ca. 2300-2200 BCE) by the Assyrian king Naram-sin, Sargon's
grandson.
In Babylon, the god Nergal was associated with the planet Mars.
Nergal was a god of war, a fighter, a hero, and also a god of death,
plague, and ruler of underworld.
In
fact, according to a doctrine in Hellenistic astrology, Mars was
a god of war, death, and plagues. Ptolemy attested that Mars was
“assigned Scorpio and Aries, having a similar nature, and,
agreeably to Mars’ destructive nature and inharmonious quality”.
Since astrological reports by Assyrian astrologers mentioned similar
characteristics of Mars, the purpose of this research is to investigate
the attributes that were associated with Nergal in Sumer, Babylon,
and Assyria, and compare those attributes with the characteristics
associated with Mars in the extant works of Hellenistic astrologers.
During the reign of the Amorite king Sin-iddinam (1849-1843 BCE),
Nergal appeared among the five main deities of Larsa. According
to Albrecht Goetze, the gods most mentioned in cuneiform tablets
from Larsa were Šamaš (the Sun), Adad, Inanna, Nanaya,
and Nergal. At the northernmost point where the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers converge close enough to permit navigation, archeologists
found the city of Mashkan-shapir. Elizabeth C. Stone and Paul Zimansky
argue that Mashkan-shapir not only hosted a shrine to Nergal, which
was one of the major temples of the land, but also a wall built
by Larsa’s king Sin-iddinam, which indicated that the city
played an important role for Larsa in trade and military maneuvering.
Numerous barrel cylinders found at the wall contained an inscription
attesting that the project was ‘undertaken at the command
of the god Nergal to increase the dwellings of Mashkan-shapir’.
Thus, during the Isin-Larsa period the presence of Nergal began
to be attested in Sumerian cities of the south, such as Larsa, and
in the control of the trade by those cities.