How do we know that's meant to be henna on the hand

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Posted by Lauren on August 9, 2001 at 15:46:06:

In reply to: Re: Re:Camphire... (antiquated, but really interesting!) posted by Catherine Carwright Jones on August 7, 2001 at 22:14:48:

... and not a representation of the actual sun?
.
:
: Campbell, Joseph; "Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Vol II: The
: Way of the Seeded Earth; Part I: The Sacrifice"
:
: has a b/w pic on p. 84 .... not the best reproduction, but that
book
: is more available than others.
:
: It shows a red palm circle, possibly a representation of a solar
disc.
: I've found "solar" circle henna patterns on many sources from 3000
BCE
: to 600 CE .... I think there's evidence to support henna being part
of
: solar worship cults in the eastern Mediterranean, then spreading
down
: to Ethiopia in the early Christian period as early Christianity had
: some aspects of the continuation of solar worship (birth of Christ
at
: winter solstice, etc.)

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