Sacred cows, not in India
Jun. 24th, 2014 11:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauradi7dwThis week's Torah portion is Chukat, the thing about the red cow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukat_%28parsha%29
This may be an appropriate time to use the too long don't read remark.
Despite its length, that wikipedia entry doesn't mention the weird and creepy events of 1989, when some evangelical Christians tried to bring on the end of days by careful cattle breeding
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/readings/forcing.html
I mentioned last week that I had been reading sagas, including this bit
>>A certain King Eystein of Upsala, who lived about the time of Ragnar Lóðbrók and his sons, appears to have had great faith in a cow which was called Sibilia. To this cow, says the account, they sacrificed greatly, and no one could endure to hear her bellowing. Therefore, the King was accustomed to let her go in advance of his army, when he marched forth against his enemies.<<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukat_%28parsha%29
This may be an appropriate time to use the too long don't read remark.
Despite its length, that wikipedia entry doesn't mention the weird and creepy events of 1989, when some evangelical Christians tried to bring on the end of days by careful cattle breeding
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/readings/forcing.html
I mentioned last week that I had been reading sagas, including this bit
>>A certain King Eystein of Upsala, who lived about the time of Ragnar Lóðbrók and his sons, appears to have had great faith in a cow which was called Sibilia. To this cow, says the account, they sacrificed greatly, and no one could endure to hear her bellowing. Therefore, the King was accustomed to let her go in advance of his army, when he marched forth against his enemies.<<
