I believe the Roma had their own home, at one time among the fertile hills and valleys of Greece and Italy. Their legends connect them to Greece and the 'hidden' Kingdom of Acadia, with gods and goddesses bearing resemblance to all manner of beasts of the wilds and woodlands and meadows. They were not all bad or vicious beasts. Many are the tales of Acadia, It's great goat headed gods, Pan and Faunus, and the satyr's and fauns with their playful and lusty ways. Some make Pan out, to be the devil. But I believe, the devil, if he be...is here, not there.
The gypsy's, the real Roma Lateinos, of Latium and Greece...now, they have something they are dealing with. From, before Rome became Rome, they thrived in the wide and wild and fertile lands, left of the Tiber river. Their clans and their power consolidated in the hands of pater familias, the 'father's' of the ruling clans. What was the power they 'consolidated'?
Well, what's in a name? If the name is Lateinos, it seems, the old latin for it, is 'to lay hidden', or just 'hidden'. So, what was hidden, and what still remains hidden, to this day? Whatever is hidden, it convinced the Protestant church to accuse them. They have gone to great lengths, with their 'numismatic mumbo jumbo's', to convince other's that Lateinos is 'The Beast' itself, with the number 666 hung about it's neck...the number of the apocalyptic 'antichrist' of The Book of the Revelation of Saint John. I think that's a 'one off' from the primary tree.
But maybe, what was hidden, had to stay hidden from the raping eyes and minds of a vicious religious body, willing to cast blame on the innocent, to take the good for themselves. The church was always one to paint fear of a thing...fear of god, and usually for political reasons.
I have a notion, as I always seem to...that if, there's any base to any of this 'Beast' business, the Latin's had some 'bad hillbilly' relatives...practicing hoodoo up in the hog backs and hollows, and they hooked a curse to themselves. It just may have been, 'the curse of The Beast'. Whatever it is or was, I believe, it had and has two sides...like a coin. Black on one side. Silver on the other.
The Gypsy's, God bless them, stand smack in the middle...between these two sides, trying, desperately and in secret to keep the balance and protect their vow, if ever vow was made. I believe further, the only ones who really know, are the original 'Roma' The Latin clans, who now move about, in their homogeneous way, in their scattered and colorful culture.
I feel it is ironic, that if the threat humanity must face, in the end...is itself; with the beast inside of it...and the only hope for it's redemption, is the love of the 'traveller's', humanity has chased about the earth...for generations...then, we are blessed to have them and their secret magic about. I suggest, we treat of the Gypsy people, as if they deserve honor and respect, for society has always said...'they have none and lie'. I think, rather, society lies out of fear and jealousy, and loathing of that thing they themselves are.
I think mankind must learn to love, or fear of beast kind, will eat his liver; and it has begun, with road rage, serial killing, terrorism, abductions, genocides, wars and rumors of war. Every day, everywhere without end. And, none of our authorities can quell it or deal with it, for it is within the hearts and souls of men...and it is viciously wild. It may be denied, but it will show its face in the midst of they, whose very lies created it. Give me back the'good wild', untainted by man's fear and avarice.
It is time to bring to an end, some secrets; the clandestine veiling's of some things. It is time to convene in truth and transparency, to sort and see and heal what is the matter. It is time to show your 'human' strength...to hold your beast at bey, to bring 'the bloody hunt' to an end. It is time to put away 'stolen' technology, to accept that , that we inherently have...our own human trove of 'old Earth magic'. Earth was always the home of magic, for Earth is unlike anywhere...other, at all.
But for those, who cannot or will not, control there own beastly wickedness, the 'good wild' will never be revealed. It must remain hidden, or the wicked would profane the good.Acadia will never show or share its fruits with the wicked. For those who are of a mind to love, to leave intact, the wild, and the good wild things...there is a door, inward from the heart, as Beauty knew, when she overcame her fear of...The Beast.
Written by Bruce James Clyde 2016, at Deming, New Mexico
Art: Hans Makart, faun with Pan flute, 1840-1884
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Roman mythology[edit]
King Latinus:
In later Roman mythology (notably Virgil's Aeneid), Latinus, or Lavinius, was a king of the Latins. He is sometimes described as the son of Faunus and Marica, and father of Lavinia with his wife, Amata. He hosted Aeneas's army of exiled Trojans and offered them the chance to reorganize their life in Latium. His wife Amata wished his daughter Lavinia to be betrothed toTurnus, king of the Rutuli, but Faunus and the gods insisted that he give her instead to Aeneas; consequently, Turnus declared war on Aeneas and was killed two weeks into the conflict. Ascanius, the son of Aeneas, later founded Alba Longaand was the first in a long series of kings leading to Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. Source; Wikipedia
Faunus:
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Faunus was the horned god of the forest, plains and fields; when he made cattle fertile he was calledInuus. He came to be equated in literature with the Greek god Pan.
Faunus was one of the oldest Roman deities, known as the di indigetes. According to the epic poet Virgil, he was a legendary king of the Latins who came with his people from Arcadia. His shade was consulted as a god of prophecy under the name of Fatuus, with oracles[1] in the sacred grove of Tibur, around the well Albunea, and on the Aventine Hill in ancient Rome itself.[2]
Marcus Terentius Varro asserted that the oracular responses were given in Saturnian verse.[3] Faunus revealed the future in dreams and voices that were communicated to those who came to sleep in his precincts, lying on the fleeces of sacrificed lambs. W. Warde Fowlersuggested that Faunus is identical with Favonius,[4] one of the Roman wind gods (compare the Anemoi). Source: Wikipedia
Etymology[edit]
Faunus is the Latin outcome of a PIE *dhau-no- meaning "the strangler" and denotes the wolf. According to D. Briquel ("Le problème des Dauniens" in MEFRA 1974) it is likely that the Luceres, one of the three tribes of Rome, were Daunians from Ardea, as well as the characters of the Aeneis Mezentius, Messapus and Metabus, who show a Daunian origin. A. Pasqualini agrees on the presence of a Daunian connection in the towns of Latium claiming a Diomedean descent. Moreover, it would seem that there is a sizable presence of Daunians in Latium and Campania (Liternum, Nola). Festus 106 L records a king Lucerus who helped Romulus against Titus Tatius. Moreover, Oscan epithet Leucesius (present also in the Carmen Saliare) and Lucetius (Servius Aen. IX 570 "a luce") should be interpreted as related to the Luceres. He also lists the Leucaria mother of Romos (Dionysius of Halicarnassus I 72), Jupiter Lucetius, toponyms Leucasia /Leucaria (Pliny III 8 (13) 85; Dion. Hal. I 53) near Paestum, the ethnonym Lucani. Though Briquel is apparently unaware that the etymology of both "Luceres", Lucera, Leucaria, Lucani and Dauni is from a word meaning wolf and therefore different from that of Leucesius/ Lucetius, i.e. from IE from *luq (wolf), not from *leuk light: compare also Hirpini and Dauni. Daunos according to Walde Hoffmann [5] is from IE root *dhau to strangle, meaning the strangler, epithet of the wolf: cfr. Greek thaunos, thērion Hes., Phrygian dáos, lykos Hes., Latin F(f)aunus. According to Alessio Latins and Umbrians both did not name the wolf because of a religious taboo, thence their use of loanwords such as lupus in Latin (which is Sabine, instead of the expected *luquos) and the Umbrians hirpos (cfr. Hirpini) originally male goat instead of expected *lupos, whence also herpex for hirpex tool in the shape wolf teeth. Source: Wikipedia
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