The High Priests of Ancient Egypt would conducted the Opening of the Mouth ceremony using an adze, or chisel, shaped from meteoritic iron – a ceremony which prepared the journey of the soul of a dead Pharaoh. This was highly symbolic to the Ancient Egyptians because it was quite simply iron from the heavens, a substance that the Egyptians called bja. Not only were the bones of the Gods said to be made of bja, but heaven itself was also formed of bja. 1/2
2/2 Meteors can be seen in this light as small pieces of heaven itself raining down on the surface of the Earth. No wonder such imagery was a potent inspiration for Tolkien when designing such a famous sword for Túrin Turambar to wield.
@holon42 liked the day of heck Finn Tom Sawyer Simple kid reads now To,keen to kids is like signing them up to a Scientologist day care camp !But I could be wrong Guess Mark Twain didn’t have a great marketing group?
and, in prophetic mode, Tolkien wrote:
"‘When the world is much older, and the Gods weary, Morgoth will come back through the Door [of Night], the last battle of all will be fought. Fionwë will fight Morgoth on the plain of Valinor, and the spirit of Túrin shall be beside him; it shall be Túrin who with his black sword will slay Morgoth, and thus the children of Húrin shall be avenged."
depth mythology for our time.