greek gods

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Staden later claimed to have cured the tribal king and his household from illness through the power of prayer and Christianity

be mindful of your sources

I understand.
In context of cannibalism, any source that illustrates a form of cannibalism in days of old is useful.

 

[sculptor]

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You traveled and found a place to stay the night, and the very next day you were the breakfast for the owner of the hostel.

Well
I guess that you can kiss your travelog blog goodbye.

 

[sculptor]

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Cronus, Who Ate (And Regurgitated) His Own Children

Perhaps we have a translation problem here?
Perhaps ate is the wrong word
ingested, consumed, taken inside much like a papa seahorse?... etc---(Jonah and the whale?)
maybe it has to do with not giving one's children their freedom until forced to do so
his dad tried to keep his children from being born
too damned domineering?

when i eat something, and regurgitate it---it ain't alive and could not be whole
(though I have read about people who swallow live goldfish)

 

[sculptor]

Cronus, the god of time in ancient Greek mythology, ...

Perhaps not
It is easy to confuse the Greek god of time, Chronos (Χρόνος), with Zeus' Titan father, Kronos (Κρόνος). ... The Greeks conflated them regularly, at least according to Plutarch. The Romans then coopted Kronos into the form of Saturn, who later became known as Father Time and the god of time.

I proposed this to a classics professor at my last university and he said NO
It seems that the confusion was supported by Plutarch who had a tendency to sensationalism and tailored his speech to his perception of his audience?

absent Plutarch, the only reference to time as/re Kronus seems to have been; as in, you cannot undo the past(time is a one way street).

 

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absent Plutarch, the only reference to time as/re Kronus seems to have been; as in, you cannot undo the past(time is a one way street

You got me interested now....

But it illustrates the fluid aspects of mythology (including religious history). It seems to depend on which country and early culture you look at.
Here is yet another account of, perhaps intended confusion, who is who doing what.

Name and etymology[edit]

Chronos and His Child by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, National Museum in Warsaw, a 17th-century depiction of Titan Cronus as "Father Time," wielding a harvesting scythe

Chronos

During antiquity, Chronos was occasionally interpreted as Cronus.[6] According to Plutarch, the Greeks believed that Cronus was an allegorical name for Chronos.[7] In addition to the name, the story of Cronus eating his children was also interpreted as an allegory to a specific aspect of time held within Cronus' sphere of influence. According to this theory, Cronus represented the destructive ravages of time which consumed all things, a concept that was expressed literally when the Titan king devoured the Olympian gods—the past consuming the future, the older generation suppressing the next generation.

During the Renaissance, the identification of Cronus and Chronos gave rise to "Father Time" wielding the harvesting scythe.

The original meaning and etymology of the word chronos are uncertain.[8] English words derived from it include chronology, chronometer, chronic, anachronism, synchrony, and chronicle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos

 

[sculptor]

You got me interested now....

But it illustrates the fluid aspects of mythology (including religious history). It seems to depend on which country and early culture you look at.
Here is yet another account of, perhaps intended confusion, who is who doing what.

Name and etymology[edit]

Chronos and His Child by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, National Museum in Warsaw, a 17th-century depiction of Titan Cronus as "Father Time," wielding a harvesting scythe

17th century = 2-3kyrs(+) after the story was told?

Perhaps, that should read: "wielding a castrating scythe" ?

What did that harvesting scythe harvest?
Perhaps the sperm that created Aphrodite

 

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What did that harvesting scythe harvest?

The fruits (children) of Time?

Actually this is good philosophical stuff.........