Just a question about the Nephite Temple

[hagoth]

sounds interesting, would you have a reference? :)

Of course.

 

Around 98 AD, the Roman historian Tacitus wrote a short account about northwestern Europe called "Germania."

 

In chapter 40 of that work, in the same breath as mentioning Lombards and Angles, Tacitus says,

 

"In an island of the Ocean stands a sacred grove, and in the grove a consecrated cart, draped with cloth, which none but the priest may touch. The priest perceives the presence of the goddess in this holy of holies and attends her, in deepest reverence, as her cart is drawn by heifers (milk cows). Then follow days of rejoicing and merry-making in every place that she designs to visit and be entertained. No one goes to war, no one takes up arms; every object of iron is locked away; then, and only then, are peace and quiet known and loved, until the priest again restores the goddess to her temple..."

 

(Compare the OT account of a cart, drawn by cows (1 Sam 6) https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-sam/6.7,10-11?lang=eng#6 , or even oxen, on which the ark sat. Like the chariot in northwestern Europe, the ark could not be touched by anyone but the priests.  https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-sam/6.3,6?lang=eng#2. Likewise, the conveyance of the cart before battle in northwestern Europe was akin to the conveyance of the ark in ancient Israel before going to battle.)

 

Tacitus calls this female god Nerthus. Some modern linguists and anthropologists equate her to the male god Njord, who is associated with the sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and farming. They have no explanation for the gender shift. Tacitus may have been wrong in assuming the god was female.

 

According to at least one medieval account, Njord was the the son of a seafaring immigrant who arrived on the coast of northern Europe. Medieval accounts place Njord and his seafaring father (from whom European dynasties claim to descend) in the 1st century BC, making them contemporary with Hagoth's voyagers.

Edited October 3, 2015 by hagoth

[Average Joe]

Of course.

 

Around 98 AD, the Roman historian Tacitus wrote a short account about northwestern Europe called "Germania."

 

In chapter 40 of that work, in the same breath as mentioning Lombards and Angles, Tacitus says,

 

"In an island of the Ocean stands a sacred grove, and in the grove a consecrated cart, draped with cloth, which none but the priest may touch. The priest perceives the presence of the goddess in this holy of holies and attends her, in deepest reverence, as her cart is drawn by heifers (milk cows). Then follow days of rejoicing and merry-making in every place that she designs to visit and be entertained. No one goes to war, no one takes up arms; every object of iron is locked away; then, and only then, are peace and quiet known and loved, until the priest again restores the goddess to her temple..."

 

I believe in an North American location of the land of Nephi so this doesn't sound off the charts to me. I'd need to study up on it some more to really give a more reasoned response. :) 

[hagoth]

I believe in an North American location of the land of Nephi so this doesn't sound off the charts to me. I'd need to study up on it some more to really give a more reasoned response. :)

Understood. Here's a short primer, if interested.

http://www.candlestickstudio.com/files/Nephites.pdf

[Blackmarch]

lol, good catch...wonder who has those things anyways? :)

The nephites did get a set of urim and thummim from the jaredites.... Its not impossible that they got some of the stones?

natives still have stories how they came here in 8 turtle boats.

Edited October 6, 2015 by Blackmarch

[Average Joe]

The nephites did get a set of urim and thummim from the jaredites.... Its not impossible that they got some of the stones?

natives still have stories how they came here in 8 turtle boats.

 

lol, its kinda like reading reading the Bro. of Jared said to Mt. Zerin, "Remove" and it was removed. Hello?!? How about a when, where, why, ya know? :)

[Average Joe]

Understood. Here's a short primer, if interested.

http://www.candlestickstudio.com/files/Nephites.pdf

 

Thank you :)