Art of Shadow Ash and the Shade of the Sha

I guess I will start today by posting some info I was gonna post in another thread but decided to post here instead as it does go really well with these themes.

Also I will try to be less cryptic today, if that's possible, haha.

Go to Biblegateway and check different translations of Revelations 3, especially :14 specifically.

14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

And of course as pointed out earlier from Amun:

Amun (also Amon, Amen, Greek Ἄμμων Ámmōn, Ἅμμων Hámmōn)

So is "Aten" actually just a variation-development of the earlier etymologies and motifs?
Aton-Aten wiki

Aten (also Aton, Egyptian jtn) is the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra. The deified Aten is the focus of the monolatristic, henotheistic, or monotheistic religion of Atenism established by Amenhotep IV, who later took the name Akhenaten in worship and recognition of Aten. In his poem "Great Hymn to the Aten", Akhenaten praises Aten as the creator, and giver of life. The worship of Aten was eradicated by Horemheb.

The Aten, the sun-disk, is first referred to as a deity in The Story of Sinuhe from the 12th dynasty,[1] in which the deceased king is described as rising as god to the heavens and uniting with the sun-disk, the divine body merging with its maker.[2] By analogy, the term "silver aten" was sometimes used to refer to the moon.[3] The solar Aten was extensively worshipped as a god in the reign of Amenhotep III, when it was depicted as a falcon-headed man much like Ra. In the reign of Amenhotep III's successor, Amenhotep IV, the Aten became the central god of Egyptian state religion, and Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten to reflect his close link with the new supreme deity.[1]

Aten = 10 = Binary - YinYang
Aton (Atom Adam #1) = A Tuna fish, a unit of weight, and the "Tone-Tune" of the Universe.
Tin = Silver in color (thus 'Silver Aten')

The full title of Akhenaten's god was "Ra-Horakhty who rejoices in the horizon, in his Name as the Light which is in the sun disc." (This is the title of the god as it appears on the numerous stelae which were placed to mark the boundaries of Akhenaten's new capital at Akhetaten, modern Amarna.) This lengthy name was often shortened to Ra-Horus-Aten or just Aten in many texts, but the god of Akhenaten raised to supremacy is considered a synthesis of very ancient gods viewed in a new and different way. The god is also considered to be both masculine and feminine simultaneously. All creation was thought to emanate from the god and to exist within the god. In particular, the god was not depicted in anthropomorphic (human) form, but as rays of light extending from the sun's disk.

Furthermore, the god's name came to be written within a cartouche, along with the titles normally given to a Pharaoh, another break with ancient tradition. Ra-Horus, more usually referred to as Ra-Horakhty (Ra, who is Horus of the two horizons), is a synthesis of two other gods, both of which are attested from very early on. During the Amarna period, this synthesis was seen as the invisible source of energy of the sun god, of which the visible manifestation was the Aten, the solar disk. Thus Ra-Horus-Aten was a development of old ideas which came gradually. The real change, as some see it, was the apparent abandonment of all other gods, especially Amun, and the debatable introduction of monotheism by Akhenaten.[4] The syncretism is readily apparent in the Great Hymn to the Aten in which Re-Herakhty, Shu and Aten are merged into the creator god.[5] Others see Akhenaten as a practitioner of an Aten monolatry,[6] as he did not actively deny the existence of other gods; he simply refrained from worshipping any but the Aten.

Rather than saying they "Abandoned" Amun, it seems to be much more of a 'transformation' in language and culture as a consequence of politics and economics, as opposed to an actual new way of thinking in a spiritual sense.

As a decent example here is further info on Ra-Horakhty

In later Egyptian mythology, Ra-Horakhty was more of a title or manifestation than a composite deity. It translates as "Ra (who is) Horus of the Horizons". It was intended to link Horakhty (as a sunrise-oriented aspect of Horus) to Ra. It has been suggested that Ra-Horakhty simply refers to the sun's journey from horizon to horizon as Ra, or that it means to show Ra as a symbolic deity of hope and rebirth. (See earlier section: Ra and the sun).

Did you notice Adam is "A Dam"?
Amen = A Men ?
Let's go "Right To We" in order to see-

Raet-Tawy
Raet or Raet-Tawy was a female aspect of Ra; she did not have much of importance independently of him. In some myths she was considered to be either Ra's wife or his daughter.[11]

Since we have literally thousands of different traditions, including dozens for any specific 'name', always be flexible and open minded in order to compare and contrast differing traditions to find insight.
For example:

Atum and Atum-Ra
Atum-Ra (or Ra-Atum) was another composite deity formed from two completely separate deities, however Ra shared more similarities with Atum than with Amun. Atum was more closely linked with the sun, and was also a creator god of the Ennead. Both Ra and Atum were regarded as the father of the deities and pharaohs, and were widely worshiped. In older myths, Atum was the creator of Tefnut and Shu, and he was born from ocean Nun.

It makes sense in this particular tradition to say that "Atum" is a lot more like "Ra" (The Sun-Son). Why?
It says that "Atum was born from Nun"?
Nun

Nu (/nuː/; "watery one") or Nun (/nʌn/ or /nuːn/; "inert one") is the deification of the primordial watery abyss in Egyptian mythology. In the Ogdoad cosmogony, the word nu means "abyss".

The Ancient Egyptians envisaged the oceanic abyss of the Nun as surrounding a bubble in which the sphere of life is encapsulated, representing the deepest mystery of their cosmogony.[1] In Ancient Egyptian creation accounts the original mound of land comes forth from the waters of the Nun.[2] The Nun is the source of all that appears in a differentiated world, encompassing all aspects of divine and earthly existence. In the Ennead cosmogony Nun is perceived as transcendent at the point of creation alongside Atum the creator god.[1]

"Alongside"? That most likely means equated with " = " , in this particular context. So yet another slight variation. It's basically like today, every person you meet will tell you something a little different, and everyone's ideas are at different stages, etc etc.

So "Nun" = 'None' and 'Noon', depending on which way you want to pronounce it.
It's the secret of the Nuns.

Nu was shown usually as male but also had aspects that could be represented as female or male. Nunet (/ˈnuːˌnɛt/; also spelt Naunet) is the female aspect, which is the name Nu with a female gender ending. The male aspect, Nun, is written with a male gender ending. As with the primordial concepts of the Ogdoad, Nu's male aspect was depicted as a frog, or a frog-headed man. In Ancient Egyptian art, Nun also appears as a bearded man, with blue-green skin, representing water. Naunet is represented as a snake or snake-headed woman.

Inspect all of these variations that came over a long period of time.
The core information typically remains intact but local variations in language, flora and fauna, etc, have obscured and hidden that apparent reality.

So it continually refers us to this wiki on the Ogdoad

Please inspect that wiki closely and note the linked photographs.
Now check this out:
Cosmos (Disambig)

Universe wiki

The word Universe derives from the Old French word Univers, which in turn derives from the Latin word universum.[26] The Latin word was used by Cicero and later Latin authors in many of the same senses as the modern English word is used.[27] The Latin word derives from the poetic contraction Unvorsum — first used by Lucretius in Book IV (line 262) of his De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) — which connects un, uni (the combining form of unus, or "one") with vorsum, versum (a noun made from the perfect passive participle of vertere, meaning "something rotated, rolled, changed").[27]

Isn't that interesting??

An alternative interpretation of unvorsum is "everything rotated as one" or "everything rotated by one". In this sense, it may be considered a translation of an earlier Greek word for the Universe, περιφορά, (periforá, "circumambulation"), originally used to describe a course of a meal, the food being carried around the circle of dinner guests.[28] This Greek word refers to celestial spheres, an early Greek model of the Universe.

A term for "Universe" in ancient Greece was τὸ πᾶν (tò pán, The All, Pan (mythology)). Related terms were matter, (τὸ ὅλον, tò ólon, see also Hyle, lit. wood) and place (τὸ κενόν, tò kenón).[29][30] Other synonyms for the Universe among the ancient Greek philosophers included κόσμος (cosmos) and φύσις (meaning Nature, from which we derive the word physics).[31] The same synonyms are found in Latin authors (totum, mundus, natura)[32] and survive in modern languages, e.g., the German words Das All, Weltall, and Natur for Universe. The same synonyms are found in English, such as everything (as in the theory of everything), the cosmos (as in cosmology), the world (as in the many-worlds interpretation), and Nature (as in natural laws or natural philosophy).[33]

It's "The All":

The All (also called The One, The Absolute, The Great One, The Creator, The Supreme Mind, The Supreme Good, The Father, and The Universal Mother) is the Hermetic, pantheistic or panentheistic view of God, which is that everything that is, or at least that can be experienced, collectively makes up The All. One Hermetic maxim states, "While All is in The All, it is equally true that The All is in All."[1] The All can also be seen to be androgynous, possessing both masculine and feminine qualities in equal part.[2]

Further on the wiki it states:

According to The Kybalion, The All is a bit more complicated than simply being the sum total of the universe. Rather than The All being simply the physical universe, it is more correct to say that everything in the universe is within the mind of The All, since the ALL can be looked at as Mind itself.[3] In effect, the universe is partially existent on the Mental plane, and we may in fact all be parts of The All's psychological makeup, representing parts of The All in its dream or meditation.

It's sort of arbitrary though.
So it's like the infinite ways to attempt to describe "One".

Ok so now read this part closely:

The All's mind can be seen as infinitely more powerful and vast than any of us could hope to achieve.[5] Therefore, it may be capable of keeping track of each and every particle across the expanse of the Universe, as well as maintain symbolism that applies to many lesser entities such as that seen in astrology and numerology.
Because of this view, some Hermetics also practice theurgy. If the universe is completely a mental construct, then the mind must be able to mold it and shape it, in an experience that can become closer and closer to lucid dreaming as skills improve.

What is Theurgy ?

Theurgy (from Greek θεουργία) describes the practice of rituals, sometimes seen as magical in nature, performed with the intention of invoking the action or evoking the presence of one or more gods, especially with the goal of uniting with the divine, achieving henosis, and perfecting oneself.

Now it makes sense, hopefully. It's an attempt at "interaction" essentially.
However in truth it goes far beyond this, our very "intention" alone is the key, the ritual is merely to aid those who need assistance in focusing their mental will.

Rituals or other traditions are more symbolic and informational as opposed to generating any real power themselves.
All power already resides within so a crippled person incapable of performing any sort of ritual physically still can achieve Henosis. Perhaps due to their difficulties they may achieve it easier than we who take life for granted.

Henosis (Ancient Greek: ἕνωσις) is the word for mystical "oneness," "union," or "unity" in classical Greek.
In Platonism, and especially Neoplatonism, the goal of Henosis "unity, oneness" is union with what is fundamental in reality: the One (Τὸ Ἕν), the Source or Monad.[1]
The Neoplatonic concept has precedents in the Greek mystery religions[2] as well as parallels in Oriental philosophies.[3] It is further developed in the Corpus Hermeticum, in Christian theology, soteriology and mysticism and is an important factor in the historical development of monotheism during Late Antiquity.

Obviously anyone is capable of it, and it would seem the human brain itself is designed to explore these types of topics.

Cosmos Cosimo the name.
There are literally hundreds of links to all sorts of things especially if you check through the alternate disambiguation links at the bottom.
Cosmo the Cougar (BYU) there was even a daisy named after it but I cannot find the link.

I also cannot find a specific picture that I am looking for, so I'll move on to something else for the time being.

Ex nihilo

Ex nihilo is a Latin phrase meaning "out of nothing". It often appears in conjunction with the concept of creation, as in creatio ex nihilo, meaning "creation out of nothing"—chiefly in philosophical or theological contexts, but also occurs in other fields.

As an example, the other morning I woke up saying "Ames", so I raced to look it up and see what I'd find.

Behind the Name: James

Note all of the many variations of the name through various languages.

English form of the Late Latin name Iacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name Ya'aqov (see JACOB). This was the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded under Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus.

(Hungarian), Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas

James (Wiki)

Irish: Séamas/Seumas/Séamus, Shéamais (vocative, whence Anglicised: Hamish), Seamus(anglicized), Shamus (anglicized), Séimí (diminutive), Séimín (diminutive), Iacób

Seamus Wiki

Variant spellings include 'Seamus, 'Séamas, Seumus, Shaymus, Sheamus and Shamus. Diminutives include Séimí, Séimín and Séamaisín. In the United States, the name "Shamus", of Yiddish origin, is sometimes used as a slang word for private detective.[1]

Shamus = Detective / Sleuth
Shamus Disambig

"See also: Shamu" ? Interesting...
See Gabbai

A gabbai (Hebrew: גבאי‎), also known as shamash שמש (sometimes spelled shamas) or warden (UK, similar to churchwarden) is a beadle or sexton, a person who assists in the running of synagogue services in some way. The role may be undertaken on a voluntary or paid basis. A shamash (literally "servant") can also mean an assistant to a rabbi (particularly the secretary or personal assistant to a Hassidic Rebbe).

Seumas Wiki

Seumas is a masculine given name in Irish, and Scottish Gaelic.[1] The names are the equivalent of the English James. The Scottish Gaelic Seumas is pronounced "shay-mas".[2] The vocative case of the Scottish Gaelic Seumas is Sheumais, which has given form to the Anglicised form of this name, Hamish.[3] In Irish, Seumas is the older form of the modern Séamas. This modern name is pronounced "shay-mus" in Irish. Another earlier form of Séamas is Séamus, which is partially Anglicised as Seamus.[4]

Hamish wiki

Hamish is a masculine given name in English. It is the Anglicised form of the vocative case of the Scottish Gaelic Seumas: Sheumais. The Scottish Gaelic Seumas is the equivalent to the English James.[1]

John Hamish Watson

John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Watson is Sherlock Holmes' friend, assistant and sometime flatmate, and he is the first person narrator[1] of all but four stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon.

Ham = Watson?
Watt(unit of power) + Son/Sun ?

The watt (symbol: W) is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units (SI), named after the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736–1819). The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion or transfer.

Mary Jane Watson

Mary Jane Watson, often shortened to MJ, is a fictional supporting character appearing originally in Marvel comic books and later in multiple spin-offs and dramatizations of the Spider-Man titles as the best friend, love interest, and one-time wife (as Mary Jane Watson-Parker) of Peter Parker, the alter ego of Spider-Man. This was after the tragic death of Gwen Stacy, and initially upon her introduction, she had a friendly rivalry with Gwen for Peter's affections.

Mary Jane? Seems to be Mars-Janus.
See Red ?

This is about A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who later became two of the most famous literary characters in detective fiction.
Conan Doyle wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the next year. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."[1]

I am talking the Ghosts of Christmas. Santa Claus the one in Red?
Father Christmas

Father Christmas is the traditional British name for a figure associated with Christmas. The term is also used in many English-speaking countries outside the United States. A similar figure with the same name (in other languages) exists in several other countries, including Wales (Sion Corn), Canada and France (Père Noël), Spain (Papá Noel, Padre Noel), Russia (Ded Moroz, Grandfather Frost), Azerbaijan (Şaxta Baba), almost all Hispanic South America (Papá Noel), Brazil (Papai Noel), Portugal (Pai Natal), Italy (Babbo Natale), Ireland (Daidí na Nollag), Armenia (Dzmer Papik), India (Christmas Father), Andorra (Pare Noel), Romania (Moş Crăciun) Turkey (Noel Baba), Hungary (Télapó) and Bulgaria (Dyado Koleda, Grandfather Christmas ).

A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Present
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Scrooge = "Screwed Ya"

A species of snail is named Ba humbugi after Scrooge's catchphrase.[13][14]

Screwed = Nailed = Snail Love Darts!

So what is it all about? I think everyone knows intuitively what A Christmas Carol is all about.
Accepting and overcoming our past, making the best of the present, and considering the future implications of our actions today.

So Merry Christmas? Mary Christ Mass?
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.[1]

More next post...

Here is what the wiki says about the rhyme's proposed origins:

Like many nursery rhymes, it has acquired various historical explanations. These include:

That it is a religious allegory of Catholicism, with bells representing the sanctus bells, the cockleshells the badges of the pilgrims to the shrine of Saint James in Spain (Santiago de Compostela) and pretty maids are nuns, but even within this strand of thought there are differences of opinion as to whether it is lament for the reinstatement of Catholicism or for its persecution.[1]

Another theory sees the rhyme as connected to Mary, Queen of Scots, with "how does your garden grow" referring to her reign over her realm, "silver bells" referring to (Catholic) cathedral bells, "cockle shells" insinuating that her husband was not faithful to her, and "pretty maids all in a row" referring to her ladies-in-waiting - "The four Maries".[1]

Mary has also been identified with Mary I of England with "How does your garden grow?" said to refer to her lack of heirs, or to the common idea that England had become a Catholic vassal or "branch" of Spain and the Habsburgs. It is also said to be a punning reference to her chief minister, Stephen Gardiner. "Quite contrary" is said to be a reference to her unsuccessful attempt to reverse ecclesiastical changes effected by her father Henry VIII and her brother Edward VI. The "pretty maids all in a row" is speculated to be a reference to miscarriages or her execution of Lady Jane Grey. "Rows and rows" is said to refer to her executions of Protestants.[2]

So just as in other legends or myths, we have many variants.
So let's investigate a few things mentioned here.

Sanctus Bells

In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, in Lutheranism, in Methodism, and in the Anglican Communion, an altar or sanctus bell is typically a small hand-held bell or set of bells. The primary reason for the use of sanctus/altar bell(s) is to create a joyful noise to the Lord as a way to give thanks for the miracle taking place atop the Altar of Sacrifice.[1] A ancillary function of the bell(s) is to focus the attention of those attending the Mass that a supernatural event is taking place on the altar.[1] Such bells are also commonly referred to as the Mass bell', sacring bell, Sacryn bell, saints' bell, sance-bell, or sanctus bell (or "bells", when there are three).[1] and are kept on the credence or some other convenient location within the sanctuary.

"Mass Bell" ?

On 10 September 1898, the Congregation of Sacred Rites declared inappropriate the use of a gong instead of the altar bell.[1]

So it's essentially serving the purpose of a gong in many instances.
So why do they prefer the "Bell"?

Well it's Ba'al, the Blue Bell Ice Cream of the Cosmos.

Bluebell disambig

Bluebell, a fictional rabbit in the novel Watership Down

In this novel it's a rabbit.

Bluebell, a fictional troll from the miniseries The Tenth Kingdom

Over here, a troll.

"Bluebells" (song), a song by Patrick Wolf
"The Bluebell", a song by Patrick Wolf from The Magic Position

It's the Song St Pat the Wolf sings? That's really funny.

Why did someone associate it with rabbits?
Campanula rotundifolia the harebell.

Campanula rotundifolia (harebell) is a rhizomatous perennial flowering plant in the bellflower family native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
In Scotland, it is often known as the bluebell. Elsewhere in Britain, bluebell refers to Hyacinthoides non-scripta, and in North America, bluebell refers to Virginia bluebell.

Here are a few others from the list:
Eustoma russellianum

Eustoma russellianum, is a species of flowering plant in the Gentian family. Its previous binomial name was Eustoma grandiflorum. Common names include Texas bluebells, Texas bluebell, Bluebell, Showy prairie gentian, Prairie gentian[1] The Bolero Deep Blue,[2] and Lisianthus.

Wahlenbergia gloriosa

Wahlenbergia gloriosa, commonly known as Royal Bluebell[2] or Royal Bluebird,[2

Mertensia virginica

Mertensia virginica (common names Virginia bluebell, Virginia cowslip, lungwort oysterleaf, Roanoke bells)

Phacelia campanularia

Phacelia campanularia is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names desert bells, desert bluebells,[1] California bluebell,[2] desert scorpionweed,[3] and desert Canturbury bells.[4]

Muscari

The common name for the genus is grape hyacinth...Other common names are baby's breath[1] and bluebell,[2]

Hyacinthoides

So apparently there are tons of connections through our naming schemes of these flowering plants.
I don't know where to put this but Carillon a strange bell contraption I came across.

Ok back to the Contrary Mary, Cockle Shells?
Agrostemma githago

Agrostemma githago, the common corn-cockle (also written "corncockle" and "corn cockle" and known locally simply as "the corncockle"),

Odd because you "Shell Corn" although this is just a flower, interesting.

Also:

Shelling may refer to:
Shell (projectile), explosive used in wars
Searching for seashells
Shelling (topology)
Wheelset deformation, that occur when the wheel has been worn out

Shelling for Cockles ?

Cockle is the common name for a group of (mostly) small, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. Various species of cockles live in sandy, sheltered beaches throughout the world.

Confusingly, the common name "cockle" is also given (by seafood sellers) to a number of other small, edible marine bivalves which have a somewhat similar shape and sculpture, but are in other families such as the Veneridae (Venus clams) and the Arcidae (ark clams). Cockles in the family Cardiidae are sometimes known as "true cockles" to distinguish them from these other species.

Venus Clams
Ark Clams

So you "Cock" your weapon and then "Shell" the enemy positions?
It's the Shell of Hel break through.
Molly Malone

The song tells the fictional tale of a beautiful fishmonger who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin, but who died young, of a fever.

The name "Molly" originated as a familiar version of the names Mary and Margaret.

Mary + Shells ? Venus.
Mary Shelley

(née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818)

Of course Frankenstein is pretty obvious in the context of the thread.

So back to Mary,Mary.
We have Mary Queen of the Scots

So a little history:

The executioners (one named Bull and his assistant) knelt before her and asked forgiveness. She replied, "I forgive you with all my heart, for now, I hope, you shall make an end of all my troubles."[213] Her servants, Jane Kennedy and Elizabeth Curle, and the executioners helped Mary to remove her outer garments, revealing a velvet petticoat and a pair of sleeves in crimson-brown, the liturgical colour of martyrdom in the Catholic Church,[214] with a black satin bodice and black trimmings.[215] As she disrobed she smiled and said that she "never had such grooms before ... nor ever put off her clothes before such a company".[216] She was blindfolded by Kennedy with a white veil embroidered in gold, knelt down on the cushion in front of the block, on which she positioned her head, and stretched out her arms. Her last words were, "In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum" ("Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit").[217]

Mary was not beheaded with a single strike. The first blow missed her neck and struck the back of her head. The second blow severed the neck, except for a small bit of sinew, which the executioner cut through using the axe. Afterward, he held her head aloft and declared, "God save the Queen." At that moment, the auburn tresses in his hand turned out to be a wig and the head fell to the ground, revealing that Mary had very short, grey hair.[218] A small dog owned by the queen, a Skye terrier, is said to have been hiding among her skirts, unseen by the spectators. Following the beheading, it refused to be parted from its owner's body and was covered in her blood, until it was forcibly taken away and washed.[219] Items supposedly worn or carried by Mary at her execution are of doubtful provenance;[220] contemporary accounts state that all her clothing, the block, and everything touched by her blood was burned in the fireplace of the Great Hall to obstruct relic-hunters.[219]

That's actually pretty horrific.

So we also have "Bloody Mary" aka Mary I of England

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants caused her opponents to give her the sobriquet "Bloody Mary".

As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short-lived Protestant reign of her half-brother. During her five-year reign, she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian persecutions. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed after her death in 1558 by her younger half-sister and successor, Elizabeth I.

This connects us with Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 – 12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley[3] or The Nine Days' Queen,[4] was an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553.

Jean /ˈdʒiːn/ is a common female given name in English-speaking countries. It is the Scottish form of Jane (and is sometimes pronounced that way). It is sometimes spelt Jeaine. It is the equivalent of Johanna, Joanna, Joanne, Jeanne, Jana, and Joan.

So Jane = Jean
Therefore Lady Jean Grey *(Phoenix in Marvel Comics)
Lady J = Lady Jaye as well.
The story lines-backgrounds are filled with occult connections.

So we have the Blue Jay
Check out that wiki, they are amazing:

The Blue Jay can be beneficial to other bird species, as it may chase predatory birds, such as hawks and owls, and will scream if it sees a predator within its territory. It has also been known to sound an alarm call when hawks or other dangers are near, and smaller birds often recognize this call and hide themselves away accordingly. It may occasionally impersonate the calls of raptors, especially those of the Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, possibly to test if a hawk is in the vicinity, though also possibly to scare off other birds that may compete for food sources.[10] I

Folklore reference:

In old African-American folklore of the southern United States the blue jay was held to be a servant of the Devil, and "was not encountered on a Friday as he was fetching sticks down to Hell; furthermore, he was so happy and chirpy on a Saturday as he was relieved to return from Hell".[20]

I don't think they are that bad, haha.

Toronto Blue Jays Mascot

Over the years, the Toronto Blue Jays have created three mascots. BJ Birdy was the team mascot from 1979 to 1999, replaced by Ace and Diamond, two new characters. Currently the team is represented by Ace and Jr..

Mordecai, an anthropomorphic blue jay, is one of the main characters of the cartoon series Regular Show.
The Blue Jay is featured in Mark Twain's "A Tramp Abroad", Chapter 3 "Baker,s Blue-Jay Yarn".

Just because "Blue" typically represents Waning or Down, doesn't mean it always does.
Nor does it imply negative automatically.

Blue Jays also have quiet, almost subliminal calls which they use among themselves in proximity. One of the most distinctive calls of this type is often referred to as the "rusty pump" owing to its squeaky resemblance to the sound of an old hand-operated water pump. The Blue Jay (and other corvids) are distinct from most other songbirds for using their call as a song.

"Rusty Pump" = (Rust-Red)
Springing Water from the Spout

Before a quick break I'll add this:
Primula veris

The common name cowslip may derive from the old English for cow dung, probably because the plant was often found growing amongst the manure in cow pastures.[2] An alternative derivation simply refers to slippery or boggy ground; again, a typical habitat for this plant.[3]
The species name vēris means "of spring".[4] However, this is not the first primula to flower, being preceded by the primrose P. vulgaris.
Other folk names include cuy lippe, herb peter, paigle, peggle, key flower, key of heaven, fairy cups, petty mulleins, crewel, buckles, palsywort, plumrocks, tittypines.[5]

Cowslip, herb peter, key of heaven, fairy cups, etc??

Not many people know about this stuff, so look at it closely:

James the Just

James (Hebrew: יעקב Ya'akov; Greek Ἰάκωβος Iákōbos), first Bishop of Bishops,[2] who died in 62 or 69, was an important figure of the Apostolic Age. He is distinguished from the Apostle James, son of Zebedee by various epithets; he is called James the brother of the Lord by Paul (Galatians 1:19), James the brother of the Lord, surnamed the Just by Hegesippus and others, "James the Righteous", "James of Jerusalem", "James Adelphotheos" (Ἰάκωβος ὁ ἀδελφόθεος), and so on.

One of the brothers of Jesus? Funny that we never really hear about these things very often, yet they seem so significant so I have to at least investigate.

In a letter addressed to James from Clement of Rome, James was called as the "bishop of bishops, who rules Jerusalem, the Holy Assembly of Hebrews, and all assemblies everywhere."[3] But like the rest of the early Christians, information about his life is scarce and ambiguous. In the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas, Jesus names James his successor: "The disciples said to Jesus, 'We know that you will depart from us. Who will be our leader?' Jesus said to them, ;Where you are, you are to go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into existence.'"[4]

So "James" is Jesus successor?
That would make him the proverbial "King James" in an interesting twist.

As a consequence of the orthodox doctrine of perpetual virginity, which does not allow that Mary had children after Jesus, Jerome considered that the term "brother" of the Lord should be read "cousin". In addition, he concluded that James "the brother of the Lord," (Gal.1:19) is therefore James, son of Alphaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, as well as James, the son of Mary Cleophas.[9] It is interesting that near contemporary sources also insist that James too was a "perpetual virgin" from the womb, a term which according to Robert Eisenman was later converted to his mother, Mary.[10] According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, he is not, however, identified with James the Great,[9] although this is disputed.[10] Some Protestant groups claim the Matthew 1:25 statement that Joseph "knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son" to mean that Joseph and Mary did have normal marital relations after Jesus' birth, and that James, Joses, Jude, and Simon were the biological sons of Mary and Joseph; and, thus, brothers of Jesus.

Ok so to explain it we have all sorts of variations of what people think.
It says some Protestant groups believe that Mary had these other children After the "Virgin Birth" of Jesus. But what if it's figurative rather than literal?

Notice how many there are?
Brothers of Jesus

The brothers of Jesus is a designation based upon the New Testament's description of James, Joseph (Joses), Judas (Jude) and Simon as "brothers" of Jesus Christ. Also mentioned, but not named, are "sisters" of Jesus. Some scholars argue that these brothers, especially James,[1] held positions of special honor in the early Christian church. Antidicomarianites and many critical scholars claim that these "brothers" and "sisters" refer to the biological children of Mary and Joseph.

In the third century blood relatives of Jesus, without explicit reference to "brothers" or "sisters", were called the desposyni,[2] from the Greek δεσπόσυνοι, plural of δεσπόσυνος, meaning "of or belonging to the master or lord".[3] The term was used by Sextus Julius Africanus, a writer of the early 3rd century.

In order to resolve the conflict between these traditions and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, we have to start looking at things from entirely different angles of approach.

That the children were children of both Mary and Joseph was accepted by some members of the early Christian church, including Tertullian (c. 160 – c. 225).[6] The 3rd-century Antidicomarianites ("Anti-Mary") maintained that, when Joseph became Mary's husband, he was a widower with six children, and that he had normal marital relations with Mary, but they later held that Jesus was not born of these relations.[7

As you can see, there were many ideas in conflict.
Call it the Controversy of Mary Contrary ?

Joses

Joses (Greek Ἰωσῆς, Iōsēs) is a name, usually regarded as a form of Joseph, occurring four times in the New Testament:
Jose, one of the names in the genealogy of Jesus, Luke 3:29
Joses, one of the four brothers of Jesus, Mark 6:3
Joses, brother of James the Less, Mark 15:40
Joses, the first name of Barnabas, Acts 4:36[1]

Mark 6:3 NIV

Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.

The Jose mentioned as 15th descendant of David (in the line from Solomon's younger brother Nathan in the Gospel of Luke) is otherwise unknown. The Greek spelling (Ἰωσή, Iōsē) is a variant of Joses.

Jude

Jude (alternatively Judas or Judah) was one of the four brothers of Jesus (Mark 6:3 and Matthew 13:55) according to the New Testament. He is traditionally identified as the author of the Epistle of Jude, a short epistle which is reckoned among the seven general epistles of the New Testament - placed after Paul's epistles and before the Book of Revelation - and considered canonical by Christians.[1][2]

So there is some major confusion here, because it's easy to get mixed with Mary of Cleopas

Mary of Clopas is explicitly mentioned only in John 19:25, where she is among the women present at the Crucifixion of Jesus:
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary [the wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

3 women at the crucifixion named Mary?
Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene (original Greek Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή),[2] or Mary of Magdala and sometimes The Magdalene, is a religious figure in Christianity. She is usually thought of as the second-most important woman in the New Testament after Mary the mother of Jesus.[3] Mary Magdalene traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She was present at Jesus' two most important moments: the crucifixion and the resurrection.[4] Within the four Gospels, the oldest historical record mentioning her name, she is named at least 12 times,[5] more than most of the apostles. The Gospel references describe her as courageous, brave enough to stand by Jesus in his hours of suffering, death and beyond.[3]

Take note of the artwork on these links and look for clues to explain what the hidden messages are.
Also I will link the last brother, Simon.

So "Amy" comes from "Jamie" - "James".
Ame = Amy

Jamie

Jamie, Jaime, Jaimee, Jamee, Ja'mie, Jamey, Jaymie, Jayme, or Jaymee is a name derived as a pet form of James.

Ami

Ami James, the co-owner of the tattoo parlor which is the subject of the reality television program Miami Ink

Seriously?

"Ami", a German colloquialism, short for "Americans"

The Amis (Chinese: 阿美族; pinyin: āměi-zú; also Ami or Pangcah) are an indigenous people of Taiwan. They speak Amis, an Austronesian language, and are one of the fourteen officially recognized peoples of Taiwanese aborigines.

Amis People

This name comes from the word amis, meaning "north." There is still no consensus in the academic circle how "Amis" came to be used to address the Pangcah.

Ami (Child of the Stars), a book written by Enrique Barrios, published in 1991, and its two sequels

AmI, or Ambient Intelligence (AmI), the notion of pervasive computing and networking technology

Alternate Mark Inversion, a method of encoding data to be transmitted in computing and telecommunications

What is Amiss about Amis?

Ammi

Rabbi Ammi

Ammi, Aimi, Immi (Hebrew: רבי אמי) is the name of several Jewish Talmudists, known as amoraim, who lived in the Land of Israel and Babylonia. In the Babylonian Talmud the first form only is used; in the Jerusalem Talmud all three forms appear, Immi predominating, and sometimes R. Ammi is contracted into "Rabmi" or "Rabbammi" (Yer. Ab. Zarah, v. 45a, b).

Amora

Amoraim (Aramaic: plural אמוראים [ʔamoʁaˈʔim], singular Amora אמורא [ʔamoˈʁa]; "those who say" or "those who speak over the people", or "spokesmen"),[1] were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. Their legal discussions and debates were eventually codified in the Gemara. The Amoraim followed the Tannaim in the sequence of ancient Jewish scholars. The Tannaim were direct transmitters of uncodified oral tradition; the Amoraim expounded upon and clarified the oral law after its initial codification.

Gemara
Mishnah

The Gemara (also transliterated Gemora, Gemarah or, less commonly, Gimarah; from Aramaic גמרא gamar; literally, "[to] study" or "learning by tradition") is the component of the Talmud comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Judah HaNasi (c. 200 CE), the work was studied exhaustively by generation after generation of rabbis in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. Their discussions were written down in a series of books that became the Gemara, which when combined with the Mishnah constituted the Talmud.

The Mishnah or Mishna (Hebrew: משנה, "repetition", from the verb shanah שנה, or "to study and review", also "secondary;"[1] derived from the adj. shani שני) is the first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the "Oral Torah". It is also the first major work of Rabbinic literature.[2][3]

Tons of Names based on "Ames" !
Ames Disambig
Cars, a crater, cities, people, etc.

Ammi (plant)

Ammi is a genus of 3 to 6 species of plants in the Apiaceae family.

Apiaceae

The Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae), commonly known as carrot or parsley family, are a family of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera; it is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants.[1]

Amy (disambig)

Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amelia or Amanda. In French, the name is spelled "Aimée", which means "beloved".

Beloved? Hmm, let's connect this now.

The surname Ames is usually either French or Hebrew in origin. The French name comes from the noun amie, meaning a friend or a beloved. In Hebrew it literally means burden, but is actually derived from the eponymous Hebrew prophet Amos. The name may also be a contraction of Ambrose or Eames.

Amor = Love

Anagrams[edit]
armo, armò
mora
orma
ramo, ramò
Roma

Each anagram is apparently significant in it's own way.

Amos the Prophet

Amos (/ˈeɪməs/; Hebrew: עָמוֹס , Modern Amos Tiberian ʻāmōs) is a minor prophet in Tanakh, and the author of the Book of Amos. He lived in Israel during the 8th century BCE.

Amos was a prophet called and used by God to "purify" the Israelite northern tribes (Samaria) by speaking truth and conviction with God's love. He preached regarding their sins among which were the exploitation of the poor, taking grain and selling people as slaves.

Before becoming a prophet, Amos was a sheep herder and a sycamore fig farmer.[1] Amos' prior professions and his claim "I am not a prophet nor a son of a prophet" (7:14) indicate that Amos was not from the school of prophets, which Amos claims makes him a true prophet (7:14).

So we have the Book of Amos

Eames

Alexandra Eames, lead character on Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Eames, a crossbow-bearing warlock in Charmed (e.g., in the Season 3, episode 11, "Blinded by the Whitelighter")
Eames, in the film Inception

(Film) Eames : The Architect and the Painter

Architect and Painter? This is far too uncanny.

Charles Ormond Eames, Jr (1907–1978) and Bernice Alexandra "Ray" (née Kaiser) Eames (1912–1988) /ˈiːmz/ were American designers who worked in and made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture. They also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art and film.

So "Alexandra Eames" is the character in Law and Order, and it's also the supposed real person of the Eames family fame?
So they probably created the character's name based off this individual (clearly).

Her last name was really Kaiser (Caesar)?
That's so bizarre considering the manner I found it at random just today.
But then again synchronicity has been intense lately in terms of looking into these topics for clues.

Saint Ambrose

Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose (c. 340 – 4 April 397), was an archbishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was one of the four original doctors of the Church. He is patron saint of Milan. He is notable for his influence on St. Augustine.

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Ambrose was born into a Roman Christian family about 340 and was raised in Trier.[2] His father was Aurelius Ambrosius,[3][4] the praetorian prefect of Gaul;[1][page needed] his mother was a woman of intellect and piety. Ambrose's siblings, Satyrus (who is the subject of Ambrose's De excessu fratris Satyri) and Marcellina, are also venerated as saints.[5]

There is a legend that as an infant, a swarm of bees settled on his face while he lay in his cradle, leaving behind a drop of honey. His father considered this a sign of his future eloquence and honeyed tongue. For this reason, bees and beehives often appear in the saint's symbology.

Saint Marcellina
Saint Satyrus of Milan

Ambrosia

In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods (or demigods), often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whoever consumed it.[1] It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves,[2] so it may have been thought of in the Homeric tradition as a kind of divine exhalation of the Earth.
Ambrosia is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a nymph labeled with that name.[3] In the myth of Lycurgus, an opponent to the wine god Dionysus, violence committed against Ambrosia turns her into a grapevine.

There are a ton of connections here, and I'll link a few of them for people to investigate.

Ambrosia is very closely related to the gods' other form of sustenance, nectar. The two terms may not have originally been distinguished;[4] though in Homer's poems nectar is usually the drink and ambrosia the food of the gods; it was with ambrosia Hera "cleansed all defilement from her lovely flesh",[5] and with ambrosia Athena prepared Penelope in her sleep,[6] so that when she appeared for the final time before her suitors, the effects of years had been stripped away, and they were inflamed with passion at the sight of her. On the other hand, in Alcman,[7] nectar is the food, and in Sappho[8] and Anaxandrides, ambrosia is the drink.[9] When a character in Aristophanes' Knights says, "I dreamed the goddess poured ambrosia over your head—out of a ladle," the homely and realistic ladle brings the ineffable moment to ground with a thump.

Note in some cases Ambrosia is the drink, in other's the food.
So it can be either way around.
Some Etymology:

The concept of an immortality drink is attested in at least two Indo-European areas: Greek and Sanskrit. The Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosia) is semantically linked to the Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta) as both words denote a drink or food that gods use to achieve immortality. The two words appear to be derived from the same Indo-European form *ṇ-mṛ-to- : immortal (n- : negative prefix from which the prefix a- in both Greek and Sanskrit are derived; mṛ : zero grade of *mer- : to die; and -to- : adjectival suffix). A semantically similar etymology exists for nectar, the beverage of the gods (Greek: νέκταρ, néktar) presumed to be a compound of the PIE roots *nek-, "death", and -*tar, "overcoming".

Amrita

Amrita (Sanskrit: अमृत; IAST: amṛta) or more correctly "Amrit" (Sanskrit: अमृत) as the final a sound in English is a half a and almost silent, or Amrut (Sanskrit: अमृत) is a Sanskrit word that literally means "immortality", and is often referred to in texts as nectar. The word's earliest occurrence is in the Rigveda, where it is one of several synonyms of "soma" as the drink which confers immortality upon the gods. It is related etymologically to the Greek "ambrosia",[1] and it carries the same meaning.[2] It has various significances in different dharmic traditions. "Amrit" or "Amrut" is also a common Hindu first name for men; the feminine form is "Amritā" or "Amruta".

Soma

Soma (Sanskrit सोम sóma), or Haoma (Avestan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma-, was a Vedic ritual drink[1] of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities.

It is described as being prepared by extracting juice from the stalks of a certain plant. In both Vedic and Zoroastrian tradition, the name of the drink and the plant are the same, and also personified as a divinity, the three forming a religious or mythological unity.

Ichor

In Greek mythology, Ichor (/ˈaɪkər/ or /ˈɪkər/; Ancient Greek: ἰχώρ) is the ethereal golden fluid that is the blood of the gods and/or immortals.

So it tells us to look into "Iðunn's Apples" :
Iðunn

In Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with apples and youth. Iðunn is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, she is described as the wife of the skaldic god Bragi, and in the Prose Edda, also as a keeper of apples and granter of eternal youthfulness.

Bragi

Bragi is generally associated with bragr, the Norse word for poetry. The name of the god may have been derived from bragr, or the term bragr may have been formed to describe 'what Bragi does'. A connection between the name Bragi and Old English brego 'chieftain' has been suggested but is generally now discounted. A connection between Bragi and the bragarfull 'promise cup' is sometimes suggested, as bragafull, an alternate form of the word, might be translated as 'Bragi's cup'.

Those wikis have tons of information and art to inspect.

And in China we have the Peaches of Immortality

In Chinese mythology, Peaches of Immortality[1] (Chinese: 仙桃; pinyin: xiāntáo or Chinese: 蟠桃; pinyin: pán​táo) are consumed by the immortals due to their mystic virtue of conferring longevity on all who eat them. Peaches symbolizing immortality (or the wish for a long and healthy life) are a common symbol in Chinese art, appearing in depictions or descriptions in a number of fables, paintings, and other forms of art, often in association with thematically similar iconography, such as certain deities or immortals or other symbols of longevity, such as deer or cranes.

Old Man of the South Pole

The Old Man of the South Pole (in Chinese: 南极老人 or Japanese: 南極老人) is the Taoist deification of Canopus, the brightest star of the constellation Carina.

Because the color red is the symbol of happiness and longevity in China, Canopus is also known in China and its neighboring countries of Korea, Japan and Vietnam as the Star of Old Age

Seven Lucky Gods of Japan

And another link to Eight Immortals of China

The tradition of depicting humans who have become immortals is an ancient practice in Chinese art, and when religious Taoism gained popularity, it quickly picked up this tradition with its own immortals

For further info check King James disambig
Note there is also a race horse named King James, as "Horse Racing" appears to be an area full of clues.

So we have a fish called the Herring

Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae. They often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast.

Ok so this fish is named after the rabbit-horse apparently, the "Herring".

A number of different species, most belonging to the family Clupeidae, are commonly referred to as herrings. The origins of the term herring is somewhat unclear, though it may derive from the Old High German heri meaning a "host, multitude", in reference to the large schools they form.[6]

Heri = Host/Multitude?
Yes, because that would be Hera or Sera the "Host with the Most".
Their number is incalculable, in a manner of speaking.

Here is a wiki on Shoaling and Schooling

In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons are shoaling (pronounced /ˈʃoʊlɪŋ/), and if the group is swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner, they are schooling (pronounced /ˈskuːlɪŋ/).[1] In common usage, the terms are sometimes used rather loosely.[1] About one quarter of fishes shoal all their lives, and about one half of fishes shoal for part of their lives.[2]

Fish derive many benefits from shoaling behaviour including defence against predators (through better predator detection and by diluting the chance of individual capture), enhanced foraging success, and higher success in finding a mate. It is also likely that fish benefit from shoal membership through increased hydrodynamic efficiency.

An aggregation of fish is the general term for any collection of fish that have gathered together in some locality. Fish aggregations can be structured or unstructured. An unstructured aggregation might be a group of mixed species and sizes that have gathered randomly near some local resource, such as food or nesting sites.

Now we investigate further and look for less apparent correlations:

Herringbone Pattern

The herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement, so named for a fancied resemblance to the skeleton of a fish such as a herring.

Herring Gulls
'Gull' is an interesting term, we can come back to that later.

There are plenty of "Herring" names, but one most recognize is the so called Red Herring.

The idiom "red herring" is used to refer to something that misleads or distracts from the relevant or important issue.[1] It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or characters towards a false conclusion. A red herring might be intentionally used, such as in mystery fiction or as part of a rhetorical strategy (e.g. in politics), or it could be inadvertently used during argumentation as a result of poor logic.

As an informal fallacy, the red herring falls into a broad class of relevance fallacies. Unlike the strawman, which is premised on a distortion of the other party's position,[2] the red herring is a seemingly plausible, though ultimately irrelevant, diversionary tactic.[3] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a red herring may be intentional, or unintentional; it does not necessarily mean a conscious intent to mislead.[1]

So it's used to describe a 'distraction'.
Refers us to Kipper

A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish,[1] that has been split in butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold smoked over smouldering woodchips (typically oak).

The English philologist and ethnographer Walter William Skeat derives the word from the Old English kippian, to spawn. The origin of the word has various parallels, such as Icelandic kippa which means "to pull, snatch" and the German word kippen which means "to tilt, to incline". Similarly, the English kipe denotes a basket used to catch fish. Another theory traces the word kipper to the kip, or small beak, that male salmon develop during the breeding season.

As a verb, kippering ("to kipper") means to preserve by rubbing with salt or other spices before drying in the open air or in smoke. Originally applied to the preservation of surplus fish (particularly those known as "kips," harvested during spawning runs), kippering has come to mean the preservation of any fish, poultry, beef or other meat in like manner. The process is usually enhanced by cleaning, filleting, butterflying or slicing the food to expose maximum surface area to the drying and preservative agents.

The sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy use the term kippers as a slang for members of the Royal Navy.
The term kippering is used in slang to mean being immersed in a room filled with cigarette or other tobacco smoke.

The Manx word for kipper is skeddan jiarg which literally translates as red herring. Compare to Irish scadán dearg.

So "Red Herring" the meal is simply Herring:

brined so that their flesh achieves a reddish colour

But what does this have to do with Race Horses you may ask?
Good question, it's rather uncanny actually.

John Fredrick Herring Sr

John Frederick Herring, Sr. (12 September 1795 – 23 September 1865),[1] also known as John Frederick Herring I, was a painter, sign maker and coachman in Victorian England. [2] [3] John F. Herring, Sr. is the painter of the 1848 "Pharoah's Chariot Horses" (archaic spelling "Pharoah"). He amended his signature "SR" (senior) in 1836, with the growing fame of his teenage son (1 of 4) John Frederick Herring, Jr. [4]

A very famous painter of horses.
This section here is really worth investigation because the "upper class" is much more privy to this angle of information than the typical person on the street. Definitely a place to look for clues to learn more about what is really going on.

So I Googled "Pharaoh's Chariot Horses" to see what's up.


And this is what I found. There are many many variations/prints of this painting, so I am not sure what the original even looked like exactly.

Anyhow, here we have a guy named "Herring" painting race horses.
The painting I posted is essentially a type of Cerberus but in Horse format.
I see it and think of the Trident and the Sea Stallion.

Look in the background, it's the "Rising-Setting" Sun , so either Dawn or Dusk it seems.
The Sea is in the background with the Sky.
All of what we need to know is being conveyed through this simple painting of "Pharaoh's Chariot Horses".

Chariot Wiki
So why are "Chariots" so important anyways? Besides being useful transportation?
Why is it a major Tarot Card?

Will continue next post...

The word "chariot" comes from Latin carrus, which was a loan from Gaulish. A chariot of war or of triumph was called a car. In ancient Rome and other ancient Mediterranean countries a biga required two horses, a triga three, and a quadriga required four horses abreast. Obsolete terms for chariot include chair, charet and wain.

Wain? Now that's fascinating.

This photo should help explain what it's all about (although I assume anyone who read this far already knows instantly).

Horse-drawn chariot carved onto the mandapam of Airavateswarar temple, Darasuram, c. 12th century AD (left). The chariot and its wheel (right) are sculpted with fine details

Why spend so much time on this carving?
Because it's Horus the Horse?

Here is a link to where that site is located: Darasuram

Chariots figure prominently in the Rigveda, evidencing their presence in India in the 2nd millennium BC. Among Rigvedic deities, notably Ushas (the dawn) rides in a chariot, as well as Agni in his function as a messenger between gods and men.

Ok let's go to Etymonline and look around for more tips.

chariot (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French charriot "wagon" (13c.), augmentative of char "car," from Late Latin carrum "chariot" (see car).

car (n.)
c.1300, "wheeled vehicle," from Anglo-French carre, Old North French carre, from Vulgar Latin *carra, related to Latin carrum, carrus (plural carra), originally "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaulish karros, a Celtic word (cf. Old Irish and Welsh carr "cart, wagon," Breton karr "chariot"), from PIE *krsos, from root *kers- "to run" (see current (adj.)).

Carry It = Chariot? Because it carries it?

charette (n.)
also charrette, c.1400, "a chariot, a cart," from Old French charrete "wagon, small cart" (12c.), diminutive of charre (see car). Meaning "collaborative session" is by 1982.

So close to Charlotte in this Web.

phaeton (n.)
type of light four-wheeled carriage, 1742, from French (1735), from Greek Phaethon name of the son of Helios and Clymene, who tried to drive his father's sun-chariot but crashed after almost setting fire to the whole earth. His name is literally "shining," from phaein "to shine, gleam," from phaos "light" (see fantasy). Earlier as a name for a reckless driver (1590s).

Phaeton (Disambig)

Phaethon son of Helios

Of the characters in Greek mythology called Phaethon (/ˈfeɪ.əθən/; Ancient Greek: Φαέθων "shining"), the best known was the son of the Oceanid Clymene and the solar deity Apollo or Helios.[1][2] Alternate, less common genealogies make him a son of Clymenus by Merope,[3] of Helios and Rhode (thus a full brother of the Heliadae)[4] or of Helios and Prote.[5] He was a lesser deity, and was mortal.

The name "Phaethon", which means "Shining One" was given also to Phaethon (son of Eos), to one of the horses of Eos (the Dawn), the Sun, the constellation Auriga, and the planet Jupiter, while as an adjective it was used to describe the sun and the moon.[7] In some accounts the planet referred to by this name is not Jupiter but Saturn.[8]

So "Phaethon" actually ended up being used to describe anything pretty much. Now isn't that interesting??

Phaethon son of Eos
Eos = Helios Rising btw.

Eos is cognate to Vedic Sanskrit 'Ushas' and Latin Aurora, both goddesses of dawn, and all three considered derivatives of a PIE stem *H₂ewsṓs (→ *Ausṓs), "dawn", a stem that also gave rise to Proto-Germanic *Austrō, Old Germanic Ôstara and Old English Ēostre/Ēastre.
Also see Dawn goddess.

Let's continue here...

Phaethon, personification of the planet now known as Jupiter
Phaethon, one of the horses of Eos
Phaethon, a lost play by Euripides
HMS Phaeton has been the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy
Phaeton (carriage), a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, named from a fanciful association with the mythological figure
Phaeton body, an automobile body style
1929 Graham Paige DC Phaeton
Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton, 1952 vehicle made for ceremonial purposes such as ticker-tape parades
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 concept car
Volkswagen Phaeton, luxury sedan produced since 2002

Look how this word is all around us even in the modern age.

What else do we have here?

Phaethon (roller coaster), an inverted roller coaster at Gyeongju World in South Korea
Phaeton, fictional villainous leader of the "Neosapiens" in the animated television series Exosquad
Phaethon of Rhadamanth, fictional protagonist of the SF trilogy The Golden Age
Phaeton (hypothetical planet), a hypothetical location between Mars and Jupiter, often cited in science fiction
Phaeton, the name of Earth's first starship, the setting of the television series Virtuality

Villains, star ships, roller coasters.

And it only gets better...

Phaethontis quadrangle, a region on Mars
3200 Phaethon, small asteroid or comet responsible for the Geminids meteor shower
Phaethon, first king of the Bronze Age Molossians who arrived with Pelasgus
Phaethon, genus name of the three tropicbird species
Phaeton, Haiti, a town in the Nord-Est Department of Haiti

Animals, towns, kings, asteroid, region on Mars?

Ok back to etymonline...

rook (n.2)
chess piece, c.1300, from Old French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh, of unknown meaning, perhaps somehow related to the Indian name for the piece, rut, from Hindi rath "chariot." Confused in Middle English with roc.

Rook, Roc, Chariot?
Rook wiki

Rook (bird) (Corvus frugilegus), a member of the crow family
Rook (chess) or castle, a piece in the board game of chess
Rook (card game), a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards
Montes Rook, a mountain range on the Moon

Check the wiki for the rest, we have fictional characters of this name, music, a rocket, the Su-25 Russian cas jet.
A Train of the "Raven class", a type of Ear Piercing.

So "Rook" is a castle-fort why? Because it's the Rookery of the Roc

A rookery is a colony of breeding animals, generally birds.[1] A rook is a Northern European and Central Asian member of the crow family, which nest in prominent colonies (multiple nests) at the tops of trees.[2] The term is applied to the nesting place of birds, such as crows and rooks, the source of the term. The breeding grounds of colony-forming seabirds and marine mammals (true seals or sea lions) and even some turtles are also referred to as rookeries

Birds, Seals, Sea Lions, Turtles.

So why does Rookie mean "New Blood, Noob, inexperienced"?
Maybe because the Roc is the Phoenix reborn and so "New" would describe it ?
The Roc is a Rookie as it was just born anew?

Novice
Under "Sports" there are only four mentions? I would expect far more for such a commonplace term?
Horse Racing, Hockey, Skating, and Boat Rowing?
Hmmm.
Neophyte
Novitiate

hippocampus (n.)
c.1600, a kind of sea monster, part horse and part dolphin or fish (they are often pictured pulling Neptune's chariot), from Late Latin hippocampus, from Greek hippokampos, from hippos "horse" + kampos "a sea monster," perhaps related to kampe "caterpillar." Used from 1570s as a name of a type of fish; of a part of the brain from 1706, on supposed resemblance to the fish.

Horse caterpillar?
Of course, the "Cater" is the "Pillar", he keeps us fed during the siege.
Keeps the castle holding up, so to speak.

Cater

The name Cater is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Great Britain. The name was taken on by someone who worked as a caterer. The surname Cater was official name, "the cater", derived from the Old French ale catour, a little meaning a buyer of groceries for the gentleman's house. They were in charge of maintaining provisions in minors and castles. The cater's job assumed a great importance during extended sieges of his lord's castle, which could last for years.

Kate's Cat is the Cater with the Crater (drink container) ?

What about the "Speed" of caterpillars? It's exceptionally slow...
They "Inch along", just as the Sun does through the sky.
It moves very slowly, inching along...but it always "Wins the Race".

Of course that is figurative and subjective, as the "speed" changes depending on our 'perspective'.

carousel (n.)
"merry-go-round," 1670s, earlier "playful tournament of knights in chariots or on horseback" (1640s), from French carrousel "a tilting match," from Italian carusiello, possibly from carro "chariot," from Latin carrus (see car).

Merry-go-round? More like Mary-Go-Round!
Roundabout

A playground roundabout (or merry-go-round) is a flat disk, frequently about 2 to 3 metres in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand-holds and something to lean against while riding.

Spin the Sun Disk like a Kid and get Dizzy?

Carousel

A carousel (from French carrousel, from Italian carosello), or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down by gearwork to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. This leads to one of the alternative names, the galloper. Other popular names are jumper, roundabout, horseabout and flying horses.

Jumper? Horseabout? Flying Horses?
This is so blatant yet in order to see it one must have Context and expand their Language!

We have tons of songs, films, etc of this name.
Look at this one:
Merry-go-Round Train

A merry-go-round train, often abbreviated to MGR, is a block train of hopper wagons which both loads and unloads its cargo while moving. In the United Kingdom, they are most commonly coal trains delivering to power stations.

Balloon Loop

A balloon loop or turning loop allows a rail vehicle or train to reverse direction without having to shunt or even stop. Balloon loops can be useful for passenger trains and unit freight trains such as coal trains.

Back to Etymonline...

cart (n.)
c.1200, from Old Norse kartr or a similar Scandinavian source, akin to and replacing Old English cræt "cart, wagon, chariot," perhaps originally "body of a cart made of wickerwork, hamper" and related to Middle Dutch cratte "woven mat, hamper," Dutch krat "basket," Old English cradol (see cradle (n.)). To put the cart before the horse in a figurative sense is from 1510s in those words; the image in other words dates to mid-14c.

current (adj.)
c.1300, "running, flowing," from Old French corant "running, lively, eager, swift," present participle of corre "to run," from Latin currere "to run, move quickly" (of persons or things), from PIE *kers- "to run" (cf. Greek -khouros "running," Lithuanian karsiu "go quickly," Old Norse horskr "swift," Old Irish and Middle Welsh carr "cart, wagon," Breton karr "chariot," Welsh carrog "torrent"). Meaning "prevalent, generally accepted" is from 1560s.

rotary (adj.)
1731, from Medieval Latin rotarius "pertaining to wheels," from Latin rota "a wheel, a potter's wheel; wheel for torture," from PIE root *roto- "to run, to turn, to roll" (cf. Sanskrit rathah "car, chariot;" Avestan ratho; Lithuanian ratas "wheel," ritu "I roll;" Old High German rad, German Rad, Dutch rad, Old Frisian reth, Old Saxon rath, Old Irish roth, Welsh rhod "carriage wheel").

Rotary Disambig
So we have Rotary Phones, and Rotary International

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. It is a secular organization open to all persons regardless of race, colour, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 34,282 clubs and over 1.2 million members worldwide.[1] The members of Rotary Clubs are known as Rotarians.

What an informative symbol they use.
Blue down, Red up, the Wheel-Hexa.
It's the "Cog" of "Cognition".

Rotary Engine

A rotary engine is a type of internal combustion piston engine used in some early aircraft, motorcycles, and cars. Virtually the whole engine rotates about a fixed crankshaft.

Rotary engine may also refer to:
Pistonless rotary engine - pistonless internal combustion engines, e.g. the Wankel engine used in some NSU and Mazda cars.
Turbine - a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow
Windmill - a rotary engine that extracts energy from wind
Waterwheel - a rotary engine that extracts energy from water

Rotation around a Fixed Axis (wiki)

Rotation around a fixed axis is a special case of rotational motion. The fixed axis hypothesis excludes the possibility of an axis changing its orientation, and cannot describe such phenomena as wobbling or precession.

Rotary Snowplow (Trains)

A rotary snowplow is a piece of railroad snowfighting equipment. It is characterized by the large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate as a unit to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it. The precursor to the rotary snowplow was the wedge snowplow.

Rotary Table (drilling rig)

Rotary latch

Rotary Tiller
The Teeth are called "Shanks" on these contraptions also.
Rotary Woofer
Woofer? That's the Wolf of the Deep.
Rotary Watches

ride (v.)
Old English ridan "sit or be carried on" (as on horseback), "move forward; rock; float, sail" (class I strong verb; past tense rad, past participle riden), from Proto-Germanic *ridanan (cf. Old Norse riða, Old Saxon ridan, Old Frisian rida "to ride," Middle Dutch riden, Dutch rijden, Old High Germn ritan, German reiten), from PIE *reidh- "to ride" (cf. Old Irish riadaim "I travel," Old Gaulish reda "chariot").

wagon (n.)
1520s, from Middle Dutch wagen, waghen, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (cf. Old English wægn, Modern English wain, Old Saxon and Old High German wagan, Old Norse vagn, Old Frisian wein, German Wagen), from PIE *woghnos, from *wegh- "to carry, to move" (cf. Sanskrit vahanam "vessel, ship," Greek okhos, Latin vehiculum, Old Church Slavonic vozu "carriage, chariot," Russian povozka, Lithuanian vazis "a small sledge," Old Irish fen, Welsh gwain "carriage, cart;" see weigh).

Wagon? Also "Wain", "Wein", etc.

Vega

Vega (α Lyr, α Lyrae, Alpha Lyrae) is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus. It is a relatively close star at only 25 light-years from Earth, and, together with Arcturus and Sirius, one of the most luminous stars in the Sun's neighborhood.

Why is Vega important?

Vega has been extensively studied by astronomers, leading it to be termed "arguably the next most important star in the sky after the Sun."[11] Vega was the northern pole star around 12,000 BCE and will be so again around the year 13,727 when the declination will be +86°14'.[12] Vega was the first star other than the Sun to be photographed and the first to have its spectrum recorded.

So Vega switches places as the "North Star" with Polaris.

It's a huge wiki full of Astronomy 101 and beyond information.
Take your time, it's worth learning about this most significant celestial body that few know much about.
I will skip down to the section on Etymology and Cultural Significance.

The name Wega[9] (later Vega) comes from a loose transliteration of the Arabic word wāqi‘ meaning "falling" or "landing", via the phrase an-nasr al-wāqi‘, "the falling eagle".[84] The term "Al Nesr al Waki" appeared in the Al Achsasi Al Mouakket star catalogue and was translated into Latin as Vultur Cadens, "the falling eagle/vulture".[85][note 6] The constellation was represented as a vulture in ancient Egypt,[86] and as an eagle or vulture in ancient India.[87][88] The Arabic name then appeared in the western world in the Alfonsine Tables,[89] which were drawn up between 1215 and 1270 by order of Alfonso X.[90] Medieval astrolabes of England and Western Europe used the names Wega and Alvaca, and depicted it and Altair as birds.[91]

It's the "Wiggle" the "Wobble" and the "Waddle" of "Wega". Often depicted as a bird, usually a Vulture.
Vulture (Wiki)
Tons of Vultures, tons of connections, as usual.
Vulture Disambig

So we are back to the Egyptian deity Mut
Mut is the Mute Mutt (Mixed) and the Mount that you ride to the Mountain.

The hieroglyph for Mut's name, and for mother itself, was that of a white vulture, which the Egyptians believed were very maternal creatures.

Please understand that:

Each night the positions of the stars appear to change as the Earth rotates. However, when a star is located along the Earth's axis of rotation, it will remain in the same position and thus is called a pole star. The direction of the Earth's axis of rotation gradually changes over time in a process known as the precession of the equinoxes. A complete precession cycle requires 25,770 years,[92] during which time the pole of the Earth's rotation follows a circular path across the celestial sphere that passes near several prominent stars. At present the pole star is Polaris, but around 12,000 BC the pole was pointed only five degrees away from Vega. Through precession, the pole will again pass near Vega around AD 14,000.[93] It is the brightest of the successive northern pole stars.[9]

Bold because it's extremely important in terms of the topics.
Some more information:

Among the northern Polynesian people, Vega was known as whetu o te tau, the year star. For a period of history it marked the start of their new year when the ground would be prepared for planting. Eventually this function became denoted by the Pleiades.[94]

The Assyrians named this pole star Dayan-same, the "Judge of Heaven", while in Akkadian it was Tir-anna, "Life of Heaven". In Babylonian astronomy, Vega may have been one of the stars named Dilgan, "the Messenger of Light". To the ancient Greeks, the constellation Lyra was formed from the harp of Orpheus, with Vega as its handle.[10] For the Roman Empire, the start of autumn was based upon the hour at which Vega set below the horizon.[9]

So clearly this is a very important celestial body to learn about and study in order to better grasp our own human history and why things are the way they are today.

So let's check out the Chinese and Japanese traditions:

In Chinese mythology, there is a love story of Qi Xi (七夕) in which Niu Lang (牛郎, Altair) and his two children (β and γ Aquilae) are separated from their mother Zhi Nü (織女, lit. "Weaving Girl", Vega) who is on the far side of the river, the Milky Way.[95] However, one day per year on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, magpies make a bridge so that Niu Lang and Zhi Nü can be together again for a brief encounter. The Japanese Tanabata festival, in which Vega is known as orihime (織姫), is also based on this legend.[96]

A little more:

In Zoroastrianism, Vega was sometimes associated with Vanant, a minor divinity whose name means "conqueror".[98]
The indigenous Boorong people of northwestern Victoria named it as Neilloan,[99] "the flying Loan"[100]

Loan = Malleefowl

In Hindu mythology, Vega is called Abhijit.[101] The author of Mahabharat, Maharshi Vyas, mentions in the chapter Vana Parva (Chap. 230, Verses 8–11): "Contesting against Abhijit (Vega), the constellation Krittika (Pleiades) went to "Vana" the Summer Solstice to heat the summer. Then the star Abhijit slipped down in the sky."

Medieval astrologers counted Vega as one of the Behenian stars[103] and related it to chrysolite and winter savory.
Medieval star charts also listed the alternate names Waghi, Vagieh and Veka for this star.[42]

Vega became the first star to have a car named after it with the French Facel Vega line of cars from 1954 onwards, and later on, in America, Chevrolet launched the Vega in 1971.[105] Other vehicles named after Vega include the ESA's Vega launch system[106] and the Lockheed Vega aircraft.[107]

I'm not sure if I linked these yet:
Winter Savory (Herb)
Chrysolite (Mineral)

The mineral olivine (when of gem quality, it is also called peridot and chrysolite)

Don't forget it's Chrysaor

In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (Greek: Χρυσάωρ, Khrusaōr; English translation: "He who has a golden armament"), the brother of the winged horse Pegasus, was often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa. Chrysaor and Pegasus were not born until Perseus chopped off Medusa's head.[1]

Pegasus, Chrysaor, Horus, etc.

So we have "Las Vegas", the "City of Sin".
Vegas disambig

Vegas (Spanish for "fertile valleys") is short for Las Vegas

We have music, films, comics, names, locations, etc.
These are interesting modern references:

Vegas Oil and Gas, a petroleum exploration company in Egypt
Orange Vegas, a touchscreen mobile phone released by Orange in 2009.
The TCP Vegas congestion avoidance algorithm
Sony Vegas, video and audio editing software
VEGAS algorithm

Vagus Nerve
A very important nerve in the body.

The medieval Latin word vagus means literally "wandering" (the words vagrant, vagabond, and vague come from the same root). Sometimes the branches are spoken of in the plural and are thus called vagi (/ˈveɪdʒaɪ/, US dict: vā′·jī). The vagus is also called the pneumogastric nerve since it innervates both the lungs and the stomach.

Wandering, hmm.

La Vega (disambig)
De la Vega (disambig)

de la Vega is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning "of the plain"
Zorro, the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega

Get out your lasso! It's the House of Lasso de la Vega

The House de la Vega, Laso de la Vega or Lasso de la Vega (sometimes even Garci Lasso de la Vega or Garcilaso de la Vega depending on the family member referenced) was a Spanish noble line from the Kingdom of Castile.

Although it's Spanish, I found a good translation in Italian which is a closely related 'Romance Language'.
Lasso = "Period, Lapse, Interval, Weary, Fatigued, Tired, Unhappy"

What do you folks know about the prehistoric Las Vegas Culture ?

The Las Vegas culture was a complex of late-Pleistocene and Holocene settlements along the coast of present day Ecuador, which emerged between 8000 BCE and 4600 BCE (10,000 to 6,600 BP). The Las Vegas culture represents "an early, sedentary adjustment to an ecologically complex coastal environment."[1] Thirty-one Las Vegas sites have been identified on the Santa Elena peninsula of Ecuador, a biologically complex, tropical ecotone; radiocarbon dating has securely confirmed the evidence for Las Vegas.[2]

Back to Vega Disambig:
I cannot even link all of this stuff, there is simply too many references here, so I'll let everyone browse them on their own and I'll find a few to focus on. By the way did you see Vega was Russian Special Forces?

I think that fiction sources are great because the creators can go all out and implant all sorts of motifs that are difficult to find elsewhere. If only guys like Bacon had access to the Internet and all of these modern fictional stories, they would have a field day !

Vega (planet), a planet in the works of Isaac Asimov
Vega (Street Fighter)
M. Bison, a Street Fighter character named Vega in Japan
General Vega, a Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun character
Vega, a Gear Fighter Dendoh character
James Vega, a character in the Mass Effect series

Now tell me if you can understand this...
Vega in Finance Terminology (Greeks)

In mathematical finance, the Greeks are the quantities representing the sensitivity of the price of derivatives such as options to a change in underlying parameters on which the value of an instrument or portfolio of financial instruments is dependent. The name is used because the most common of these sensitivities are often denoted by Greek letters. Collectively these have also been called the risk sensitivities,[1] risk measures[2]:742 or hedge parameters.[3]

Why look here? They like to drop important info in super difficult to read wikis.

Vega[4] measures sensitivity to volatility. Vega is the derivative of the option value with respect to the volatility of the underlying asset.

Vega is not the name of any Greek letter. However, the glyph used is the Greek letter nu (\nu). Presumably the name vega was adopted because the Greek letter nu looked like a Latin vee, and vega was derived from vee by analogy with how beta, eta, and theta are pronounced in English.

The symbol kappa, \kappa, is sometimes used (by academics) instead of vega (as is tau (\tau) or capital Lambda (\Lambda)[7]:315, though these are rare).

King Vega, a Ufo Robot Grendizer character
Vega Obscura, a Zoids: New Century Zero character
General Vega, a Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun character
Vega, a Gear Fighter Dendoh character
James Vega, a character in the Mass Effect series

Vega will not be Obscured for much longer.

Vega in Street Fighter

Vega, known in Japan as Balrog (バルログ Barurogu?), is a fictional character from the Street Fighter fighting game series. Vega is a masked, claw-wielding warrior from Spain who uses a personal fighting style combining Japanese Ninjutsu, French Savate, American Zipota and Spanish Bullfighting, earning him the nickname the "Spanish Ninja".

Spanish Ninja, wears a Mask, has a Purple Snake on his chest, uses the iconic claw.

Vega does not wear his expressionless mask to conceal his face or identity, as he removes it after winning fights, as well as in certain character-select images in various games he appears in. Instead, he wears the mask to protect his face from scarring or bruising during battle because he believes himself to be impossibly beautiful and is obsessively vain.

He is obsessively vain? Vain - Wain - Wega - Vega

Vega wears murrey and yellow ceremonial trousers, red sash, loafers and white leggings of a matador, suggesting his involvement with bullfighting. This decorative garb also offers matadors ease of movement, and is ideal for Vega's acrobatic maneuvers.

Connections with Bull Fighting?
Matador (Torero)

A torero (Spanish: [toˈɾeɾo]) or toureiro (Portuguese: [toˈɾɐjɾu]) is a bullfighter and the main performer in bullfighting, practised in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Peru, France and various other countries influenced by Spanish culture.[1] In Spanish, the word torero describes any of the performers who actively participate in the bullfight. The main performer is the leader of an entourage and the one who kills the bull, being addressed as maestro (master) and his formal title is matador de toros (killer of bulls), but the word "matador" by itself is not used in Spanish.

Late Latin matare, "to subdue or kill", from Classical Latin mactare

The most successful matadores used to be treated like pop stars, with matching financial incomes, cult followings and accompanied by lurid tabloid stories about their romantic conquests with women.

Notice the connections with the Rodeo?

Fantomas

Fantômas (French pronunciation: ​[fɑ̃toˈmas]) is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914).

One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appeared in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. The character was also the basis of various film, television, and comic book adaptations. In the history of crime fiction, he represents a transition from Gothic novel villains of the 19th century to modern-day serial killers.

Note the methodology of this fictional bad guy:

Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantômas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion.
He is totally ruthless, gives no mercy, and is loyal to none, not even his own children. He is a master of disguise, always appearing under an assumed identity, often that of a person whom he has murdered. Fantômas makes use of bizarre and improbable techniques in his crimes, such as plague-infested rats, giant snakes, and rooms that fill with sand.

Fantomas is linked from the Vega (Street Fighter) page, isn't that fascinating?

What about some of the other SF characters?
Ken (Disambig)
Ken comes up a whole lot, so it's worth looking through it's connections.
A few of note:

Ken (県) meaning "prefecture" in Japanese
Kèn (musical instrument) from Vietnam
In the Scots Language, "ken" means "know".
Ken (Կ կ), the fifteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet
Ken River in India
Ken (doll), a product by Mattel
Ken (magazine), a large-format political magazine
Ken (architecture) (間), Japanese unit of measurement and proportion

So Kenny keeps getting Killed ?

Ryu

Ryū (school), a school of thought or discipline (for example a fighting school).
Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale (龍 Ryū?), a book by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Ryū (manga), a series by Masao Yajima and Akira Oze
Monthly Comic Ryū, a manga magazine in Japan
Ryū, the Japanese word for a Japanese dragon

Fictional Characters:

Ryu Hayabusa, the protagonist in the Ninja Gaiden series.
Ryu (Street Fighter), a leading character in the Street Fighter video game series.
Ryu Nakanishi, Science Ninja Team member G-5.
Ryu Jose, a character from Mobile Suit Gundam.
Ryu Kumon, a minor character in Ranma 1/2.
"Wooden Sword" Ryu, a Shaman King character.
Ryū, Raoh's son from Fist of the North Star.
Ryu (Breath of Fire), the protagonist in the Breath of Fire series

Ninja Gaiden, a Shaman King Character, and of course the master of the Hadouken.

So what do Ken and Ryu in SF represent? The Gemini Guardians of the Gateway?
Castor and Pollux?

Japanese Dragon wiki

Japanese dragons (日本の竜 Nihon no ryū) are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and India. The style of the dragon was heavily influenced by the Chinese dragon. Like these other Asian dragons, most Japanese ones are water deities associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and are typically depicted as large, wingless, serpentine creatures with clawed feet. The modern Japanese language has numerous "dragon" words, including indigenous tatsu from Old Japanese ta-tu, Sino-Japanese ryū or ryō 竜 from Chinese lóng 龍, nāga ナーガ from Sanskrit nāga, and doragon ドラゴン from English "dragon".

Now check this out:
Ryujin

Ryūjin or Ryōjin (龍神 "dragon god"?), also known as Ōwatatsumi, was the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology. This Japanese dragon symbolized the power of the ocean, had a large mouth, and was able to transform into a human shape. Ryūjin lived in Ryūgū-jō, his palace under the sea built out of red and white coral, from where he controlled the tides with magical tide jewels. Sea turtles, fish and jellyfish are often depicted as Ryūjin's servants.

Ryūjin was the father of the beautiful goddess Otohime who married the hunter prince Hoori.

Hoori

He is also called Hohodemi and is most frequently known as Yamasachihiko (lit. the prince of the mountain of fortune).

Hoori's cult is often associated with both his parents and his wife. He is worshiped mainly as a god of cereals or grain. In mythology it was said that the ho (火) part of his name meant fire, but etymologically it is a different character pronounced ho (穂), which refers to crops, particularly rice. Ori (折り, to bend) incidates a crop that is so rich, it bends under its own weight. His alias Hohodemi means many harvests.

Hoori = 火遠理命
火 = Fire, Anger, Temper, Fiery, Flaming
遠 = Far away, Distant, Far-off, Away, Far-away, Afar, Flee, Avoid, Shy-Away
火遠 = Far Away Fire, Fire Away
理 = Reason, Truth, Logic, Texture, Natural Science, Manage, Tidy, Acknowledge, Put in Order, Run
命 = Life, Command, Order, Fate, Lot
理命 = Reasonable Life , Rational Life, Life of Reason

Ryu Hayabusa

According to the game canon, Ryu (lit. "dragon") Hayabusa ("falcon") is a ninja and the leader of the Hayabusa Clan (隼一族 Hayabusa-ichizoku?). The clan is said to have spiritual, physical and magical ties to ancient dragons. He is often regarded as the most popular ninja character to ever be featured in video games.

Dragon + Falcon

Then we have Shinobi

The role of "Shinobi" is most commonly associated with that of Joe Musashi, the protagonist of the original arcade game and many of its sequels. His name is a combination of both an archetypical western first name and Japanese last name, Musashi likely being derived from the legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. In the manual of The Revenge of Shinobi, Musashi's backstory is told as that of a weak boy who first entered the dojo of the Oboro clan at a young age and gradually, through tireless practice and meditation, worked himself up to become the most skilled and respected ninja of his clan.

Oboro clan = Ouroboros
Shin + Obi ? They are purposely obscuring the origins of this name.
Those terms have been covered in the thread already I am almost certain.
God = Ultimate Ninja sneaking up on us.

Shin Obi-Wan Kenobi ???
Haha!
Obi-wan "Ben" Kenobi (Star Wars)
That's Big Ben of the Bend of the Clock.
The Hand is Solo.
TIE Fighters? Tie your Shu, the Tie is a Noose.

Miyamoto Musashi
Always gotta link this guys work as it's incredibly insightful in terms of Strategy.
The Book of Five Rings

Gonna copy paste some other stuff from other threads over the course of the next few weeks as I think to dig it back up.
Will also stay focused on adding new information as I gather the information far faster than I post it here.

It will take at least 4 or 5 more pages to really cover what I have that hasn't been covered yet.
Much less what I will be adding onto that daily.
Anyhow, I'll copy paste info about John Henry relates to ChiRho=MC^2

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Just for fun let me tell you about John Henry and how that relates to this.

Some background:

John Henry is an American folk hero and tall tale. He worked as a "steel-driver"—a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock away. He died during the construction of a tunnel for a railroad. In the legend, John Henry's prowess as a steel-driver was measured in a race against a steam powered hammer, which he won, only to die in victory with his hammer in his hand. The story of John Henry has been the subject of numerous songs, stories, plays, books and novels.[1][2]

Until recently it was generally believed that the race between a man and a steam hammer described in the ballad occurred during the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1870s.[3] In particular, the race was thought to have occurred during the boring of Big Bend tunnel near Talcott, West Virginia between 1869 and 1871.[1][4][5] Talcott holds a yearly festival named for Henry and a statue and memorial plaque have been placed along a highway south of Talcott as it crosses over the Big Bend tunnel.[4]

Here is a link to one of the full poems:
John Henry by Anonymous

It's an interesting mixture of mythology and history, and it can create fog which causes aspects to become difficult to discern accurately.

So instead let's take a purely figurative look at the information and compare it with other ideas to see what connects.

12 Pound Hammer ? 12months, 12 hours, etc
Serves as the legendary "weapon-tool" of the deity figure.

When he was a baby he 'sat on mama's knee', just like our mythological mother-child depictions.

So what about ChiRho XP?

X would be the Railroad combined with the "Golden Spike". One is a horizontal line while the other is vertical (creating a coordinate system).

Rho would be "Big Bend", the tunnel where finality of the myth occurs.
This is subtly referring to "Ben" and "Big Ben", aka Father Time.

Well, they carried John Henry down the tunnel
And they laid his body in the sand.
Now every woman riding on a C and O train
Says, "There lies my steel-driving man, Lord, Lord,
There lies my steel-driving man."

"Steel Driving Man" ? Laid in the Sand?
This 'Still Driving' man is the "Sand-Man" (particles, grains, silicone).

A little of the real history of the transcontinental railroad is in order:

The "Golden Spike" (also known as "The Last Spike"[1]) is the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. The term "Last Spike" has been used to refer to one driven at the usually ceremonial completion of any new railroad construction projects, particularly those in which construction is undertaken from two disparate origins towards a meeting point. The "Last Spike" now lies in the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University.[2]

And here is information about the two locomotives at the event:
Union Pacific 119
And the Jupiter

A little more info on the side, here a link to Amasa Leland Stanford

Amasa Leland Stanford[1] (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon, industrialist, politician and founder of Stanford University. Migrating to California from New York at the time of the Gold Rush, he became a successful merchant and wholesaler, and continued to build his business empire. He served one two-year term as governor of California after his election in 1861, and later eight years as senator from the state. As president of Southern Pacific and, beginning in 1861, Central Pacific, he had tremendous power in the region and a lasting impact on California. Many considered him a robber baron.[2][3][4][5][6]

Anyways, as you can probably see, all of the historical naming schemes of the real events, and the motifs expressed in the mythology of the US Railroad are highly reminiscent of many earlier mythological cycles.

119 is 911 backwards, the train indicates that "9" means completion or perfection, and "11" represents the gateway pillars. So "Completion of the Gateway" or "Gateway to Perfection" seem to be reasonable interpretations, among others.


Look at how all of these symbols are depicted closely.
That is the Utah quarter.

The Golden Spike Monument, Council Bluffs, IA. 1939

Recognize this? It's highly similar to an Obelisk, and a thousand other things.
It's similar to some Anchor designs, maybe even rakes or other gardening equipment, maybe even like a crowbar (Bar of the Crow?). A hook, etc etc.
It's the "Diving Dove Columba-Column" - because you have to Drive it downwards with the "hammer".

John Henry Horse

John Henry (March 9, 1975 – October 8, 2007) was an American Thoroughbred race horse who had 39 wins, with $6,591,860 in earnings. He was twice voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984, with his 1981 selection the only one in which the victor received all votes cast for that award. John Henry was also listed as #23 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.

That's Horus the Hoarse Horse running the "Big Bend" Course because he is the "Source".

So what I hope people ask themselves are things like this :
"Is John Henry really about some guy back in the day, or is it a clever mythology borne out of much more ancient understandings?
Does John and the Big Bend represent Jonah and the Whale (or similar stories), as the names are closely linked etymologically, and the themes share many elements?
Is this a creation story about the universe at large rather than a mere explanation of a specific railroad?"

This will lead to all sorts of pathways to investigate.
For example the Big Bend National Park (Texas)
Where we find the Chisos Mountains and the Sierra Madre Oriental.
Chisos = "Ghost, Clash of Arms, or possibly Enchantment"
Sierra Madre Oriental = "Mother Mountains of the East"
Sierra also ---> Sarah ---> Sera ---> Serrated Seraphs from "Sara" (Ancient China) or the Saracens (Etc ETC)

All I want is to box the shadows and trap em in my palm.
Gonna sing that Psalm about Tom the Hawk.

The Awkward Gawk from the Hawkshaw ? The Sha is a Hawk?

hawkshaw (n.)
"detective," U.S. slang, from name of the detective in "The Ticket-of-Leave Man," 1863 play by English dramatist Tom Taylor (1817-1880); it also was used in the comic strip "Hawkshaw the Detective" (1913-1947) by U.S. cartoonist Gus Mager (1878-1956). The surname is attested from late 13c., from a place name in Lancashire.

Awk terms (Etym)

awk (adj.)
mid-15c., "turned the wrong way," from Old Norse afugr "turned backwards, wrong, contrary," from Proto-Germanic *afug-, from PIE *apu-ko-, from root *apo- "off, away" (see apo-). Obsolete since 17c.

It's the flying Axe of Ham on the cruise to hack and bruise:

tomahawk (n.)
1610s, tamahaac, from Algonquian (probably Powhatan) tamahack "what is used in cutting," from tamaham "he cuts." Cognate with Mohegan tummahegan, Delaware tamoihecan, Micmac tumeegun.

It's the Arrow I Spar with, the Spurs in a Row that I throw:

sparrowhawk (n.)
hawk that preys on small birds, c.1400, replacing forms from Old English spearhafoc; see sparrow + hawk (n.).

The Hawk of Havok is on the walk to Jayhawk the Mawke like a Mohawk.

Middle Dutch havik

Hence back-formed verb jayhawk "harass"

North American Indian tribe name, Iroquoian, 1630s, Mohowawogs (plural), said to mean "they eat living things" in a southern New England Algonquian tongue, probably a reference to cannibalism.

mawkish (adj.)
1660s, "sickly, nauseated," from Middle English mawke "maggot"

The stealth strike behind lines like a thief in the night.
Gaw, maw, paw, claw, saw, yaw.

Hawk (wiki)
The Hawk (Racehorse of Horus)
Hawk (Plaster tool)

Hawk MM-1, a model of grenade launcher
MIM-23 Hawk, an American surface-to-air missile
HMS Hawk, several ships of the Royal Navy
USS Hawk, several ships of the U.S. Navy
HMAS Hawk, two ships of the Royal Australian Navy
Curtiss Hawk (disambiguation), a series of aircraft
BAE Hawk, British advanced jet trainer

Hold up this is the X-Walk:
Hawk Beacon

A HAWK beacon (High-Intensity Activated crossWalK beacon) is a traffic signal used to stop road traffic and allow pedestrians to cross safely.

This chopper is the Black Hawk
and the Sea Hawk aka the Osprey.

The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the sea hawk, fish eagle, or fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey.

Pan+Dion?
Dion (Disambig)

Dion (mythology), a king in Laconia and husband of Iphitea, the daughter of Prognaus
Dion of Syracuse (408–354 BC), ancient Greek politician
Dion of Naples, an ancient Greek mathematician cited by Augustine of Hippo along with Adrastus of Cyzicus
Dion (particle), a dual particle with electric and magnetic charge

And it goes on and on and on. Thus Pan reveals the Dio of Zion.

Chicago's wind is often called "The Hawk". This term has long been popular in African American Vernacular English. The Baltimore Sun's series of columns in 1934 attempted to examine the origin of the phrase, "Hawkins is coming", for a cold, winter wind.

Tons of names, locations, ships, cars, fictional characters, etc etc.
Tomahawk (axe)
Tomahawk (missile)

Raytheon
Ray is the Theon don't you know?

Night Hawk

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, stealth military aircraft
Nighthawk glider, a record setting glider
Supermarine Nighthawk, a quadraplane fighter
Nighthawk (DC Comics), a fictional cowboy
Nighthawk (Marvel Comics), one of several characters
Honda Nighthawk, a motorcycle line
Nighthawk Custom, a firearm company based in Berryville, Arkansas
Nighthawk (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Carowinds amusement park
The Night Hawk, a movie
Nighthawking, illegal metal-detecting
Gibson Nighthawk, an electric guitar
Nighthawk Records, a music label
Night Hawk, an album by Coleman Hawkins

Call em Old King Cole

This is the Boea of the Boa
Feather Boa ? That's the Feathered Serpent around your neck know the Goose Noose.
It's the guardian in the Caboose
Boa Technology

Boii
Boii microsaur

From all the different names of the same Celtic people in literature and inscriptions it is possible to abstract a continental Celtic segment, boio-.[3] There are two major derivations of this segment, both presupposing that it belongs to the family of Indo-European languages: from 'cow' and from 'warrior.' The Boii would thus be either "the herding people" or "the warrior people."

The "cow" derivation depends most immediately on the Old Irish legal term for "outsider:" amboue, from proto-Celtic *ambouios, "not a cattle owner."[4] In a reference to the first known historical Boii, Polybius relates[5] that their wealth consisted of cattle and gold, that they depended on agriculture and war, and that a man's status depended on the number of associates and assistants he had. The latter were presumably the *ambouii, as opposed to the man of status, who was *bouvios, a cattle owner, and the *bouii were originally a class, "the cattle owners."

That is a bit of a mess sorry. I didn't plan to talk about any of that actually.
I'll go through my list and come up with something cool for the next post.
Gonna put a few up today if possible.

DUDE, not trying to be rude but WTF are you talking about? Way too much information.

reply to post by muzzleflash


You have come to know the Torah(Law, World, Dualtree of life) through the aleph-bet well.

Now, you also know that at while we are double, we are quadruple. Adam has two natures and so does Eve.

Bad Eve tempted good Adam to make him fall and get bad Adam to the throne. And thus, we forgot who we were.

The left(Adam, north(Seth), South(Osiris)) and right(Eve, South(Nepthys), East(Isis)) brain hemispheres are the tree of life.

www.ted.com...

We ought to have Good Adam and Good Eve in Harmony but we are hexed and have been hexed for a long time and most are oblivious to the fact of what everything is.

There are two ways, to live in the "now" as there are two ways to live in the "past/future" and everything that mirrors in the two quadruple possibilities of living in the world. You know the answer, it's knowing the difference of good and evil and walking the narrow path of good that is ever so broad when tamed.

Live in Caring Love, faith/belief and hope! Brother.

reply to post by jellyfishbrains


Use your eyes to see and your ears to hear.

May wisdom be bestowed upon your knowledge.

jellyfishbrains
DUDE, not trying to be rude but WTF are you talking about? Way too much information.

Explaining obvious connections that most people will recognize but didn't think about directly.
Some other things may be a little more obscure (such as Asiatic references).

The point is that if you read the Unicorn, Neptune, and ChiRho threads and then this one last, in that order, you should be a pro at decoding graphic symbolism or finding alternative "meanings" in the phonetic vocalizations we make.

Also hopefully it will inspire people to be creative and logical simultaneously when dealing with all of these topics.

Hopefully that's a short enough explanation.