On Oct 10, 7:22 am, "prot" <P...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi all, Though not being well versed in hunting, it seems me the to go
> hunting during a large moon might be something of a disadvantage because
> your prey would see you long before you (the hunter)saw it (the prey).
Could
> this term "Hunter's Moon" be a deviation both linguistically and
> metaphorically for "HUNTRESS" Moon? The reason I ask, is because it
would
> make more sense for me to go hunting during the day and not the night. I
am
> a fisherman, and I know through my own experience, that if you go
fi****ng
> for sea trout and salmon on a full moon, you highly likely to return
home
> with an empty bag - they just don't want to bite with all that moonlight
> around. Anyway getting back to my main Idea - That Diana was the lunar
deity
> that was called "The huntress" her symbol (or one of them was a crescent
> moon or bow). To go hunting under a crescent moon would help when
hunting at
> night could offer some advantage against ones prey - especially in a
> N.European setting. Don't be too hard on me, I hope someone else
understands
> what I am trying to say. Anyone got any thoughts here? Regards to all,
As near as I can figure out the connection between hunting and moon is
(analogy) : crescent - bull horns - animals - forest - hunting.
(Perhaps also crescent/bow??? or forest dark??? or good night
vision??? or nocturnal??? or wolf howl at moon??? Stars = hosts.
Hunting is also Wild/Fury/Intoxicated. Perhaps also compare near pass
by of planet ("moon") and meteors????)
Also Diana is connected with words day/dawn, and first rays of dawn
were connected with arrows.
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