Thiruvathirai: The Dance Of Shiva At Every Level
by Aravindan Neelakandan - Jan 4, 2021 10:58 AM
The Nataraja (Balu Velachery/Flickr)
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Thiruvathirai relates to
Arudra â the Hindu name associated with the star Betelgeuse (α Orionis).
The legend of the Divine Hunter has a Puranic encoding of astronomical lore and can be traced back to Vedic times.
Recently, archaeologist and statistician Julien dâHuy created an equivalent of a phylogenetic chart of 93 mythemes or myth-components of 47 versions of the Cosmic Hunter Myth â that of the hunter and the stag in ancient sacred traditions across the world.
He concluded that the core element of this sacred narration is 15,000 years BP. Significantly, he did not include in his analysis the most continued living tradition of the divine hunter and the stag â