This image represents a hieroglyphical model of
the English/Latin alphabet. New studies reveal that the symbols
of the Latin alphabet are in fact based on pictorial renditions
of important views in the early development of human
communication. Seeded with vowel symbols, our modern alphabet is
founded on the same phonetical rules once used in the Ogamic
alphabet. The Ogamic/Armorican alphabet became the
Latin/Phoenician alphabet over many generations.
1/ The Latin letter "A" is thought to have symbolized the Phoenician concept of active energy - such as the upside down head of an "ox", which represented the most important animal of energy to the early farmer in plowing furrows or hauling cargo.
2/ But the maritime inhabitants of the Mediterranean realm who developed the Latin alphabet were mostly sailors not farmers - and the "ox" or "active energy source" to a sailboat is its sail and mast.
3/ It is believed that the sail and mast - or "wing", of a Phoenician vessel was a configuration now called a Lateen Rig, which is shaped like the capital letter "A" on its side.
4/ In fact, by translating the word "alphabet" from Hebraic concepts we find that "alpha" - or "aleph", equals "ox", and "bet" - or "beth", equals "house"; in other words, the word "alphabet" translates into the phrase "ox and house" - which symbolizes, in nautical terms, the definition of "a sailboat".
5/ Moreover, if the Arabic symbol of the Phoenician letter
"B" represents the side view of a Phoenician style
boat, then could the end view of that same pictographic boat
portray the idea of an ancient twin-hull catamaran vessel?
(The glyphic origin of the Phoenician letter "B" can
also be traced to the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol of
"H" because the "House" or "Home"
to a Phoenician sailor was his "Bed", "Berth"
or "Boat" - thus the two squared "floor plan"
pictograph of a house (H) equates into the nautical concept of
the two half circle pictograph (B) of a sailor's "catamaran
house")
This image represents the view that the first symbol of the Latin Alphabet is based on the visual design of the lateen sail rig used by the Phoenicians as a symbol of "active energy" - which evovled into the A-shaped kite-like aircraft design associated with the "wondrous ram" once known as the "Golden Fleece".
7/ This legendary flying ram was also the winged vehicle in
which Hermes or Mercury piloted to deliver messages for the
mythological gods in Greco-Roman history.
(In Grecian mythology, the mother of Hermes was the goddess of
Spring and daughter of Atlas called Maia)
8/ Imagine the historical significance if such a double sphenoid or ram-like shaped aircraft actually existed that far back in history and how it would have influenced Indo-European mythology.
9/ Picture Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac, as graphically representing this remarkable legendary flying ram.
10/ Envision the ram-like Egyptian deity known as "Ammon" - or the "A-man", as representing the personification of an "arrow-shaped" deltoid hang-glider - or man carrying kite, with wings that symbolically resembled to a shepherd or farmer the flaring "horns" of the adult male sheep.
11/ Think of the historical relevance if the Biblical
"golden calf" that Aaron (the brother of Moses) made
was not a replica of a "small ox", but was actually a
symbolical angel-like model of a "seraphic kite" which
metaphorically resembled the wide and pointed horns of a young
ox.
(In Hebraic theology, "seraphs" were serpent-like angel
beings of the sky)
12/ Perhaps the symbolic snake and winged staff of Greek
heritage, known as Hermes' Caduceus, really represents the
enchanting and "alien" powers associated with the
"serpent kite" of Middle America.
(The legendary Aeolian god of Greek medicine, known as
Aesculapius, also held sacred the "snake and the cock" tool as part of his
"psychotherapy treatment" of the sick.
[cock = flamboyant feathered bird = highly decorated kite]
13/ In fact, the graphical similarity between the medical Caduceus and the mythical symbol of Middle America's eagle-snake logo found on many Latin American coins, suggest the idea that both items represent the same concept of "serpentine flight" - wherein Quetzalcoatl's kite is also the same healing device in Greek mythology known as the "Caduceus wand".
14/ Furthermore, if we explore the twin lateen-wing design of
a deltoid kite - together with a long snake-like tail slithering
afterwards, it becomes evident that such a fabric and spar
aircraft design was possible in mythical times.
(The triangular Rogallo hang-glider, once utilized by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to test
experimental aircraft, is still the most portable and simplistic
concept of human flight in existence today)
15/ If such visions of man-made flight and sail-powered vessels are found within the simple letters of "A" and "B", then perhaps some other important concepts within Indo-European mythology can be found within other letters of the Latin alphabet.
16/ The Latin letter of "C" may represent the
graphical symbol of "time" because the object of early
time-keeping was the crescent "moon" symbol.
(The "C" symbol also illustrates the numerical value of
100 in Roman number symbols because for every 100
"moons" there exist almost exactly eight solar years -
in other words, the "C" symbol was once used to teach
students the symbolic value of lunar-solar time keeping)
[29.5 days - or one month, times 99 equals 2920.5 days, while
2920 days divided by 365 days - or one year, equals eight solar
years]
17/ The symbolic meaning of other letter symbols within the Latin Alphabet are explained in the accompanying charts of this chapter.
This image represents the view that many early symbols of the Latin Alphabet are based on simple concepts which reflect basic words of meaning if understood properly. Translation of the visual concepts within modern words that use the Latin Alphabet can be difficult because the art of making a simple statement from graphical concepts was lost over time by scholars who forgot or did not understand the visual history of the graphical Latin Alphbet.
