"I disagree with the assumption that the symbol originated with the sun's path. Im my opinion it originates with the ropes used to designate sacred spaces on the ground during the establishment of new temples and tombs. The encircling protection of the enclosure wall."

I agree but I also think the source of the symbolism is to be found centuries earlier in the corraling of cattle

The crook and flail fetishes have ttbomk the same root.


Warwick

" I have always found that the main obstacle to free
association on these boards is the broad
misconception that what we do not know is more
significant than what we do know."

Warwick L Nixon, March 8, 2019