quinta-feira, outubro 19, 2006
Of wine and men
Shesmu was an ancient Egyptian demon-god of the underworld, the god of precious oils for beauty and embalming and the god of the wine press.
Equaly important, it was he who, after the death of men, helped the justified by offering them red wine to drink and caught the sinful ones for punishment.
Under the orders of Osiris, he would chop up the wrongdoers, take their heads and toss them into a wine press, as grapes to create blood wine (In The Book of the Dead, Shesmu was known as "Lord of the Blood").
The blood wine - and the bodies - turned into sustenance for Unas, giving him power and strength (Unas was the last king of the 5th dynasty but in death, King Unas is identified with the gods Ra and Osiris).
more at http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/shesmu.htm
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Equaly important, it was he who, after the death of men, helped the justified by offering them red wine to drink and caught the sinful ones for punishment.
Under the orders of Osiris, he would chop up the wrongdoers, take their heads and toss them into a wine press, as grapes to create blood wine (In The Book of the Dead, Shesmu was known as "Lord of the Blood").
The blood wine - and the bodies - turned into sustenance for Unas, giving him power and strength (Unas was the last king of the 5th dynasty but in death, King Unas is identified with the gods Ra and Osiris).
more at http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/shesmu.htm
