The Encyclopedia of Henna
Henna is most
often associated with brides, or at least with
glamorous, slightly exotic young women who are objects of
sexual interest. Bridal henna
traditions are certainly longstanding and widespread.
However, henna has also been used to prepare for and
celebrate
war and killing. There are
texts from myth, poetic, legal and
eyewitness reports through history showing that henna goes far beyond
the bridal
adornment. Henna has been used as part
of battle, victory, guerrilla warfare, martyrdom, rebellion and taking
one’s
life after a husband’s death in battle. Each
of the links below has details on an aspect of henna
and war.
If the link isn't live yet, it will be soon!
The
Virgin Warrior Goddess Anath Hennas Her Hands to Celebrate Baal's
Victory over Mot
The
Battlefield Goddesses and Bringers of Rain
The
Hennaed Guerrilla Fighters in Jerusalem, 70 CE
The
Insurrection in the Hadramaut
Judith
and Holofernes
Hennaed
War Horses
Henna,
Qajar Persian Military and Afghanistani Warriors
Henna
and Archers
The
Hand of Fatima on War flags and Standards
The Bedouin Battle Virgin
Henna
and the camp followers
Henna
on a Warrior's Wife for Victory or Suttee
Henna and Current Conflicts
References for this material:
Cassuto, U.
The Goddess Anath, translated from the Hebrew by Israel Abrams
The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1951
De Moor, Johannes C.
The Seasonal Pattern in the Ugaritic Myth of Ba’lu According to the
Version of Ilimilku
Verlag Butzon & Berker Kevelaer, Neukirchen – Vluyn, 1971
Field, Henry
Body-Marking in Southwestern Asia
Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology,
Harvard University
Vol. XLV, No 1
Peabody Museum, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA
Hooke, S. H.
Middle Eastern Mythology from the Assyrians
to the Hebrews
Penguin Books 1963
Josephus, Wars of the Jews, IV, 9 and 10
Manchanda, Rita
Guns and Burqa, Women in the Kashmir Conflict
Women, War and Peace in South Asia: Beyond
Victimhood to
Agency
Sage Publications, New Delhi and London, 2001
Mernisi, F.
Beyond the Veil, Male-Female Dynamics in
Modern Muslim
Society
Indiana University Press. 1975
Rattray, J
Costumes and Scenery of Afghaunistan
Harrington and Remington, London, 1848
Saksena, Jogendra
"Art of Rajasthan, Henna and Floor
Decorations"
Sundeep Prakashan, Delhi
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*"Henna,
the
Joyous Body Art"
the Encyclopedia of
Henna
Catherine
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