This modern composite
image of the
Sun during the June 21, 2001 total solar eclipse helps to reveal how
total solar eclipses clearly inspired the winged Sun disk religious
symbol of ancient Egypt which is a much more ancient composite image of
the Sun. |
















The winged disk symbol is found throughout Egypt. It
appears in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions and on the royal
seals and cartouches of Egyptian pharaohs. This ancient Egyptian
religious symbol is found carved onto obelisks, the capstones of
pyramids, and alabaster bas-reliefs and is painted onto fading ancient
wall murals. The winged sun disk symbol graces the stone lintels of the
entrances to a great many temples and palaces in Egypt. Numerous
Egyptian pharaohs employed this ubiquitous religious symbol of their
sun gods as a royal sign of their divinely ordained status.
I have collected considerable
evidence which supports E. Walter Maunder's theory that the ancient
Egyptian "winged solar disk" symbol was, in all probability,
inspired by ancient observations of total solar eclipses.
During some total solar eclipses the condensed equatorial streamers of
the sun's corona stretching out on either side of the "black
sun" formed by the occulting disk of the moon bear a striking
resemblance to the outspread wings of a glorious celestial bird. At the
same time the plume-like polar rays distinctly resemble the fanned-out
tail-feathers of a gigantic cosmic bird. This wing-like appearance of
the streamers of the sun's corona was first remarked upon by eclipse
observers in the latter half of the 19th century and it quickly became
fashionable amongst astronomers to refer to the sun's coronal streamers
as "wings".
For much more detailed
information about how the ancient Egyptian winged disk symbol, the
Egyptian's venerated solar falcon god Horus, the bennu bird or Phoenix,
and other mythical "SunBirds" were all inspired by the
remarkable "SunBird" that is manifested during some total
solar eclipses please see my 'Pedigree of the Phoenix' "Web Sight" which also reveals how the
ancient Mayans and Aztecs, as well as many other ancient civilizations,
developed similar religious beliefs and iconography as a direct result
of seeing the radiant "Bird of the Sun" that is spectacularly
manifested in the heavens above our planet as day turns to night during
a total eclipse of the sun. . .
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The Ancient Egyptian
Winged Sun Disk
Symbol |

The winged disk symbol is found
throughout Egypt. It appears in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic
inscriptions and on the royal seals and cartouches of Egyptian
pharaohs. This ancient Egyptian religious symbol is found carved onto
obelisks, the capstones of pyramids, and alabaster bas-reliefs and is
painted onto fading ancient wall murals. The winged sun disk symbol
graces the stone lintels of the entrances to a great many temples and
palaces in Egypt. Numerous Egyptian pharaohs employed this ubiquitous
religious symbol of their sun gods as a royal sign of their divinely
ordained status.
I have collected
considerable evidence which supports E. Walter Maunder's theory that
the ancient Egyptian "winged solar disk" symbol was, in all
probability, inspired by ancient observations of
total solar eclipses. During some total solar eclipses the condensed
equatorial streamers of the sun's corona stretching out on either side
of the "black sun" formed by the occulting disk of the moon
bear a striking resemblance to the outspread wings of a glorious
celestial bird. At the same time the plume-like polar rays distinctly
resemble the fanned-out tail-feathers of a gigantic cosmic bird. This
wing-like appearance of the streamers of the sun's corona was first
remarked upon by eclipse observers in the latter half of the 19th
century and it quickly became fashionable amongst astronomers to refer
to the sun's coronal streamers as
"wings".
For much more
detailed information about how the ancient Egyptian winged disk symbol,
the Egyptian's venerated solar falcon god Horus, the bennu bird or
Phoenix, and other mythical "SunBirds" were all inspired by
the remarkable "SunBird" that is manifested during some total
solar eclipses please see my 'Pedigree of the Phoenix' "Web Sight" which also reveals how the
ancient Mayans and Aztecs, as well as many other ancient civilizations,
developed similar religious beliefs and iconography as a direct result
of seeing the radiant "Bird of the Sun" that is spectacularly
manifested in the heavens above our planet as day turns to night during
a total eclipse of the sun. . .
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Robin Edgar may be contacted at
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robinedgar59@yahoo.ca |
Until the next possible striking appearance of the
winged sun disk in the skies over Central America during the April 8,
2005 hybrid solar
eclipse |
This "web sight" evolved a bit on : January 14, 2005
This modern composite
image of the
Sun during the June 21, 2001 total solar eclipse helps to reveal how
total solar eclipses clearly inspired the winged Sun disk religious
symbol of ancient Egypt which is a much more ancient composite image of
the Sun. |
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My extensively researched eclipse lore "web
sight" about how the bird-like pattern that is manifested within
the sun's corona during total solar eclipses inspired not only the
ancient Egyptian winged sun disk religious symbol
but also the proverbial Phoenix
bird of ancient myth and legend and indeed
a complete flock of mythical Sunbirds such as the Roc,
Garuda, and Horus. |
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