ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SECTION 11
BLACK GOD BLACK REPRESENTS HOLINESS AND THE IMAGE OF GOD
The earliest messiahs, gods and goddesses like Christ on all continents were Black and woolly haired. Historian Sir Godfrey Higgins wrote, “The originals of all the Gods have been of the Black race.”
The ancients viewed the sacred image of the Divine as Black, and woolly hair, called the hair of the gods, was a sign of divinity. Below is a partial list of many of the Black Deities.
- Osiris (Azar), the husband of Isis and greatest of the Egyptian gods, was called The Great Black similar to Krishna’s title. His chief title means Lord of the Perfect Black. Osiris was sun-rayed and had a Black complexion and woolly hair.
- Buddha of India was Black. That is why his woolly hair is always shown in small tight curls as in the pepper corn style, or in corn rows. Early figurines of him clearly depict his Africoid features of wide nose and full lips. In the most ancient temples of Asia and India, the statues of the gods and goddesses have Africoid features and woolly hair in pepper corn style and even dreadlocks.
- Zeus, the top god and father of the gods in Greek mythology, was Black and woolly haired, as he had originated in Africa. His chief title was Ethiops, meaning burnt faced.
- Apollo was Black and woolly-haired like his father Zeus. The world famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem is named after him.
- Fu-Hsi, the Son of Heaven and legendary first Emperor of China, was Black and woolly haired.
- Lao-tse of Taoism was born of a virgin, Black in complexion, described as marvelous and beautiful as jasper. Splendid temples were erected to him, where he was worshiped as a god.
- Zaha of Japan was woolly haired and African in appearance.
- Quetzalcoatl of Mexico was recognized as the Messiah by seers and astrologers; his head was rayed; his complexion was Black and his hair was woolly. Contrary to statements by the friars, he was never blond or white.
- Ixliton is the name of a Mexican god, meaning Black faced. Many ancient Mexican gods are portrayed jet Black with Africoid features.
- Dilyehe, meaning Home of the Black God, was the name that the Navajo gave to the seven suns of Pleiades.
- Krishna of India whose name means Black or The Black One, was blue-Black, and is always portrayed with either Black or blue skin and woolly hair which was sometimes locked, according to the Cambridge Encyclopedia.
- Vishnu the Hindu god meaning all-pervasive in Sanskrit, is the protector and preserver of the universe and even regarded as the supreme god by some Hindu.
- Shiva, the husband of the mother goddess Parvati, is the Hindu god of destruction and restoration whose aspect is usually terrifying, but can also be gentle.
- Tyr of Scandinavia was a woolly haired Norse god who preceded Thor as a sky deity.
- Isis (Auset) the greatest of the African Goddesses, was worshipped throughout the ancient world in Egypt, Greece, Rome and beyond. She was the Queen of Heaven and the Goddess from whom all becoming arose. The worship of Her survives today, disguised as the worship of the Black Madonna throughout Catholic Europe.
- Venus of Willendorf is a famous statue of the Mother God as she was worshipped some 15 to 20 thousand years ago. Although she is found in most art history books, there is no mention that she is Africoid: her entire faceless head is covered with woolly hair like that of the Buddha.
- Caillech (Cale, Kali) was known as the Black Queen in medieval legends, and to the Celts as the mother of many races. The Spanish called her Califia and gave her name to their newly discovered paradise which is now called California.
- Scotia was a Black goddess and Egyptian princess after which Scotland is named.
- Kali meaning he Black One was the Great Black Mother as well as the Hindu Triple Goddess of Creation, preservation, and destruction. She is also known as Kalikamata, Black earth-mother and Kalaratri Black night, and among the Tamils she is known as Kottavei. Kali is worshipped particularly in Bengal and her best known temples are in Kalighat and Dakshineshvara.
- Nidra the sister of Vishnu, is the Black-skinned goddess who is clothed in yellow and dark blue silk.
- Athena of Greek mythology was Black and woolly haired, originating from Africa (Libya). She was later whitened up like the other African gods when adopted by Europe. She was also known as Anath, Medusa, and the Egyptian goddess Neith.
- Kar of Afrika's Nile Valley was the inner soul of Mother Earth. She was a beautiful ebony virgin who was the Heart of the World. Shrines of Karnak in Egypt and Carnac in Brittany were dedicated to Kar who was the Goddess of Agriculture, grain especially. She was called Kore by the Arabs and Greeks, and Ceres by the Romans.
- Circe, who played a great role in Homer's Odyssey, was the most famous female magician of all time. Ancient Greek drawings portray her as a beautiful African woman.
- At Delphi in Greece, the oracles of Dodona and Apollo were founded by two Black Doves or African priestesses from Thebes, according to Herodotus.
© John Moore - Barbados, W.I. (May 2005) ©. All rights reserved.
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