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The Legend Of Sedna

To: alt.magick,alt.astrology,alt.astrology.metapsych,alt.astronomy,alt.mythology
From: gadfly-x 
Subject: Re: The Legend Of Sedna
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:44:24 -0500

Edmond Wollmann wrote:

> http://www.inuitgallery.com/sedna.shtml
> 
> Once upon a time, before the white men and all others, the Inuit
> hunted the land and fished the land. In this time, was a great hunter,
> whose wife had died long ago leaving a girl child. The hunter would
> raise the child himself.
> 
> 
> The child grew to become a very beautiful woman with many suitors
> seeking her hand. The hunter was proud for his daughter, she could sew
> good clothing and in all the land none was so pretty . Finally the
> hunter had decided who who would marry his daughter, with pride he
> called his daughter to his side and said, "Daughter I have chosen your
> husband, it will be this man".
> 
> 
> The daughter disagreed and would not take the man selected, the great
> hunter felt shamed and in anger, the great hunter said " You have
> shamed me, since you will not accept a man, then you will have my dog,
> for that is all that is fit for a girl child who dishonors her
> father".
> 
> 
> During that night, the hunter's dog came in and visited the daughter,
> on this night he took her as his wife. When the great hunter realized
> what had occurred, once again he was shamed and cried out "Daughter,
> you are with the child of my dog and shame me again, you will be
> placed in isolation as you deserve no better". With that the great
> hunter took his daughter and isolated his daughter so no others would
> be shamed by her.
> 
> 
> But the dog husband loved the daughter for she was gentle and kind and
> so to save his love and the mother of his litter, Dog would swim out
> to the island, his packs laden with food and skins. And lo and behold,
> the daughter survived and gave birth to a little, some human and some
> dog children.
> 
> 
> The great hunter finding out about this perceived atrocity was
> enraged, unknowingly to Dog, the hunter filled the packs with heavy
> stones and so the Dog swam out with supplies. But the pack was too
> heavy and the seas too rough, Dog sank to the bottom and drowned.
> 
> 
> Several days later, the great hunter feeling remorse for his only
> child, set out in his kayak laden with food to make amends, but was
> driven back, when in her grief the daughter sent her dog children to
> attack their grandfather. Fearing reprisals from her father, the
> daughter in efforts to save her children, placed her dog children in a
> sea skin boot and set them adrift upon the seas praying to the gods of
> air to see them safe. And so they were, they floated out to sea and
> became the ancestors of the white men. With her remaining boot, the
> daughter placed her human children inside, and once again prayed to
> the gods, and set them adrift. The human children floated away to
> become the ancestors to the Indians.
> 
> 
> Now the daughter was alone and without food for the great hunter was
> fearful to return with supplies. Each day before hunting he would look
> across the sea and his daughter but never would he venture out to her
> again.
> 
> 
> The one day as he glanced out, his daughter was no longer there, she
> had disappeared. For during his hunt, a handsome man in a kayak
> appeared and seeing the beautiful daughter, stopped. "Come with me,
> daughter, for I am a great hunter and will provide you with food and
> home" said the handsome man. And so the daughter went.
> 
> 
> En route to her new far off home, they stopped along the way, and the
> handsome man removed his clothing for the sun was high and kayaking is
> hard work. The girl burst out into tears, for now standing before her
> was not a handsome man but but a northern fulmar (Bird man) in human
> form. His eyes black, his muscles bulging. Without the need for human
> clothing, the fulmar now made good speed and soon he and the daughter
> were at his nest tent.
> 
> 
> Time went by and true to his word, the fulmar provided food and warmth
> to the daughter and she did not want for anything. Together they had a
> child.
> 
> 
> The Father had continued his search for his daughter feeling remorse
> at how pride had made him treat his only child and after many years of
> travel he once again found his daughter in the land of the Fulmar. The
> father arrived when the fulmar was away and seeing his daughter he
> burst into tears "Forgive me daughter, I have come to take you home".
> With those words, the father scooped up his daughter and with his
> kayak began making his way home.
> 
> 
> The fulmar returned and seeing his wife gone, set out to rescue her,
> and in his bird form was able to catch up and try to regain his wife.
> His wings beat down upon the water as he swooped trying to make the
> father turn back. The waves grew bigger and almost capsized the kayak,
> the father in fear of dying, threw his daughter overboard so he could
> get away, but she held upon the kayak by her fingers.
> 
> 
> The hunter in abject terror now took his knife and with one blow
> chopped off a finger, it fell into the sea and behold, it became a
> seal and swam away. The hunter chopped another finger, and it too
> became a walrus. The hunter chopped a third finger, and it became the
> bearded seal. With each finger being chopped, so the sea mammals were
> made.
> 
> 
> Finally, not being able to grasp the kayak, the daughter sank to the
> bottom of the seas. As she sank, the Moon Spirit (Tatqeq) and The Air
> Spirit (Sila) combined together and said "For your hardship, we give
> you the power of all so that you will become the guardian for the
> Inuit". With that, Sedna was born and created a kingdom which lies at
> the bottom of the sea and was once again reunited with her Dog
> husband.
> 
> 
> The father made good his escape, but memories of his daughter gave him
> great remorse so that one day, he lay down at the edge of the sea and
> asked his daughter to forgive him. As he slept, the tide came out and
> reunited him with his daughter. Together all dwell at the bottom of
> the sea.
> 
> 
> Now when the Inuit transgress against other Inuit or the land, Sedna
> will make the sea mammals scarce and cause the seas and the air to
> storm, displaying her anger to her people. It is then that the shaman
> must travel down to the kingdom and discover the roots of the problems
> then solve and rectify them with the people. Only then will Sedna be
> placated and calm the weather and release the mammals so the Inuit do
> not suffer starvation.
> 
> 
> In some cases, the shaman can enter a trance like state to visit with
> Sedna or can be given the ability to breath underwater. Sedna keeps a
> comb and when shamans visit, it is expected that they comb her hair
> from algae for she can not hold the comb herself.
> 
>  Edmond H. Wollmann P.M.A.F.A.
>  © 2004 Altair Publications, SAN 299-5603
>  Astrological Consulting http://www.astroconsulting.com/
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