tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post6216332519098523492..comments2024-03-01T14:26:39.432+01:00Comments on Sophia's Mirror: The Daughter of the Air Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11344595922514131573noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post-68714283789600218602016-01-23T13:11:16.052+01:002016-01-23T13:11:16.052+01:00I'm so pleased you enjoyed the story of the Da...I'm so pleased you enjoyed the story of the Daughter of the Air, dear siStar Destiny .. I loved writing it! Hugssss xEmmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344595922514131573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post-77694319739633608232016-01-23T11:24:13.371+01:002016-01-23T11:24:13.371+01:00What a beautiful creation story siStar.. big hugs...What a beautiful creation story siStar.. big hugsDestiny Deeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07210369270671789873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post-58727440624756911552015-03-01T11:59:38.452+01:002015-03-01T11:59:38.452+01:00Thank you, Joseph - also for your compliment that ...Thank you, Joseph - also for your compliment that I make the story come alive! With such stories for my posts here it is often necessary to condense down the original version of a myth, both to make the post a reasonable length and to keep my focus for why I wish to write about a particular myth. Ilmatar's story in the Kalevala is quite long and involved, and includes a detailed description of how she actually created the land from iron eggs laid by a teal on her floating body. I decided to sacrifice this part of the story for the sake of emphasizing my own point about the daughter/mother relationship - always knowing that anyone who wishes can find the full-length version for themselves!<br /><br />It's a good point you make about the baby in the womb not being air-breathing. Human embryos actually have gills like fish. All of us are so bound to our own watery beginnings!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344595922514131573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post-75197645482805853712015-02-28T19:40:32.026+01:002015-02-28T19:40:32.026+01:00Thank you Emma for a fascinating creation myth, th...Thank you Emma for a fascinating creation myth, this time one from Finland. You have a wonderful way of making the story come alive! The story is reminiscent of Tiamat's Tears since in both myths the ocean, the element of water, plays a key role. Water may be considered the mother of life, as without water there could be no chance of a living, breathing organism. Babies in a mother's womb are immersed in amniotic fluid. From the myth you explore the meaning of the daughter coming before the mother, which is thought provoking, making us look deeply into the nature of parent and child relationships. I enjoyed this very much. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08209551489584694322noreply@blogger.com