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"Black he
stood as night, His bow uncased, his arrow strung for flight". Homer wrote
this verse to describe the legendary first world hero known as Hercules. The
first verse with some modification could also be true of the legendary first
world heroine, the Amazon. They were two African world teachers who left a
legacy of goodwill which was emulated by their successors.
Hercules and Amazon were the prototypes
of the solar hero and heroine whose origins in Africa came forth as
inspiration in the development of schools. In Ethiopia schools were
established for the training of the mind, body and will. Training and
education for these schools spread to Egypt, the Middle East, India,
Ireland, and other places in Europe.
In every era and in various countries men
and women and men trained and educated themselves to help humanity. This is
even true today. These helpers were teachers, the first law enforcement
officers, and ambassadors of good will wherever they traveled. They
encouraged the arts and sciences too. Stories of their great deeds have come
to our present age as legends. Myths behind the stories are elements of
historical events.
Hollywood has erroneously presented
Hercules and Amazon exclusively as heroes of
European ancestry,
and without emphasis on their role as teachers.
This book is my modest
attempt to reveal the truth about Hercules and Amazon to the black
community. Yes they were black people. They wanted others to take their
place. In this period of time with all its adversities in America we need
people who will do good not just feel good.
Excerpts Of Pharaoh Hercules
Readers of this book will have realized by now that
Hercules and Amazon as legendary, mythological, symbolic and actual persons
in history is quite extensive. Hercules and Amazon originated in Africa and
inspired the world. Let's discuss Pharaoh Hercules.
Herodotus wrote about Hercules in name
and in concept as being Ethiopian and Egyptian in origin. Hercules was
called Hr k3 during the 2nd century B.C. which means that
Hercules is: the human incarnation of human creative energies, dynamic human
potential at work, as heavenly productive powers, and as the power of
positive miracles. Hr k3 is the person that defeated the dragon Apophis. Hr
k3 was an aspect of Tutu (Hercules as the walking lion. 'Great in valiance,
son of Neit'). Neit is the mother of Hercules of Egypt who was later called
Alcmene - Athena by Thebans. The 2nd century in Egypt was the
period when honors given to Hercules were the most popular. Hr K3 and Tutu
were known as being part of Shu (Shu -Hercules), the god of air. Horus (hr p
hrd), 'Horus the Child' (Harpokrates in Greek) is related to Hr K3. We have
already shown that Horus was an older name for Hercules. The 3rd
century librarian Erastothenes when listing the kings of Thebes acknowledges
Pharaoh Semphrukrates as 'Hercules Harpokrates'.
Hercules in his later forms (including
the Greek hero) shows the same sun like character and heroism that
originated in the actual lives of the Egyptian pharaohs of Middle Kingdom.
The titles given to these rulers starts with 'Hr' and then the name of
Horus. * The female Horus of Gold' (Hr nt d m) is the woman ruler of Egypt
Pharaoh Hatshepsut. She ruled Egypt as the 'Female Hercules Of Gold'.
Hercules was known in Egypt and Greece as Hry s - -
Arsaphes ('He who is on his lake') and was represented by a ram's head. He
was honored in Delta Herakleopolis Parva and Herakleopolos Magna in Fayuum
called Nni - nswt ('City of the royal children'). This representation was a
precursor of Hercules as the water engineer which was discussed earlier. The
West Semitic deity named Reshef (Rsp) is an aspect of Hrsy s- f; he rules
over war and disease. During the 18th Dynasty of Egypt Reshef was
considered to be the patron of martial arts, war, archery and the rule of
pharaohs. Martin Bernall in his book 'Black Athena' revealed the
similarities between Reshef and King Rhadamanthys (Hercules stepfather) who
was also called great teacher of martial skills, he taught the Theban
Hercules these skills, and it seems that he was a type of Hercules himself.
Rhadamanthys (Egyptian 'Rdi Mntw') according to Robert Graves comes from the
word Rhada Mantis. ('He who rules with a wand') and this character
corresponds to a historical ruler who defeated the threat of northern
invaders. He was associated with young Horus, portrayed with a hawk head
like Horus, symbolized by a furious white or black bull. King Rhadamanthys
seems to be based on the careers of one or more pharaohs of the Middle
Kingdom in Egypt were also Cretan and another name for King Minos of Crete.
He was considered to be a great law giver, conqueror who became ruler over
the Ionian Islands because of his devotion to justice, his belief that the
punishment should fit the crime, and that he relentlessly chastened
evildoers. Minos was considered to be the same as the royal Menes, the
sacred Min, and an Egyptian Pharaoh. Menes (Mntw htp 1) founded Egypt's
first dynasty, a renowned lawgiver, victorious warrior, and one of the
heroes who unified Upper, and Lower Egypt. He ruled around 2150 B.C. Mntw
htp 2, one of Menes' descendants, caused Egypt to regain its military and
economic might during the 21st century B.C. He ruled for 51
years. Some times King Rhadamanthys and King Minos are said to be brothers
who jointly ruled the kingdom. The former represented by a white bull and
latter by a black bull. Yigael Yadin, ancient historian accurately
identified that Reshef is the same as the Greek Apollo (ruler of arrows and
disease, Hercules, Samson, the lion symbolism among them as types of solar
heroes, and the stories concerning the actual Pharaoh Mntw htp 1. He further
explains that their being described as nomadic archers and rulers shows a
link between the Canaanite Hercules Reshef and the Aegean Hercules.
Hercules is said to be the same as the
deity Khonsu as well as Shu both whom are Egyptian. Khonsu through patronage
and association was identified with the human pharaohs. He was a part of the
triad of deities that was honored in Thebes in Africa. Khonsu was a type of
Shu who is an unstoppable warrior and ruler of the air element. Shu's wrath
in combat in combat is said to have been like the burning or scorching sun
which is equivalent to Horus/hrr (scorch). Shu was said to be so strong that
he could hold up the firmament, separate the earth from the sky. A similar
story is paralleled in that of Hercules and Atlas. Shu and Hercules fought
and defeated the giant warrior Antaeus by lifting him overhead to keep him
from taking power from the Earth. Antaeus was a ruler of Libya who the
Egyptians called 'ntywy' (an avatar of the god of evil Set). The Egyptians
also spelled 'Antaeus name as 'Antywey' which predated the Greek story
inspired by it. Machiavelli discusses the tradition surrounding the ancient
battle in his work 'Discourse': "the fables of the poets, in which it
appears that Antaeus King of Libya, when attacked by Hercules and the
Egyptians, was unconquerable while he waited for him in the bounds of his
own kingdom, but when he departed from it because of the cleverness of
Hercules, he lost his state and his life".
The Greek Hercules
was developed by stories concerning the
Egyptian Hercules who was a composite of
the Old & Middle Kingdom Pharaohs (c.-2100 - 1800 B.C.). Hercules came from
Thebes in Egypt where the pharaohs performed extensive feats of construction
and the building of water systems. The Middle kingdom Pharaohs like Shu -
Hercules were from Thebes, ruling during the 12th
century, recorded by the Greeks as having been victorious warriors extending
their rule from Ethiopia to Libya onward to Scythia and Colchis in the
Caucasus regions.. Herodotus and Diodorus state that the pharaoh Sesostris I
achieved his goal of conquering the whole known world prior to Alexander the
Great. Modern scholars are less certain preferring to agree with an Egyptian
rulership extending into Syria and Palestine. Herodotus also distinguishes
the difference between Hercules the spiritual energy of the Supreme Being
and Hercules the victorious. In addition the 12th Dynasty
pharaohs were thought of as avatars or partial incarnations of the spiritual
Hercules (Shu). The mission of these pharaohs was to perform wonderful feats
of culture, military victories, architecture, economics, spirituality,
physical strength and endurance, leadership and justice as living Hercules.
Thus from the 11th and 12th Dynasties in Egypt the
historical rulers: Hrr (Hercules) Pharaoh Menthopte II, Hrr (Herculeses)
Pharaoh Ammenemese I and II, Hrr (Herculeses) Senwosres (Sesostris) I and
III were revered as living examples of Hercules. Hercules went forth to kill
the ferocious wild beasts and fiends who terrorized the people. The
Egyptians were renowned for being marvelous hunters and crime fighters.
Hercules
- Gilgamesh has been portrayed slaying the seven headed dragon called Lagon
(Ltn) or Yamm, a river/ sea god. This dates back to ancient Mesoptamia and
the Ugartic culture. This same monster was named 'Hydra' in later stories
about Hercules (2nd Labour ). The 2nd labour brings to
mind the use of water-engineering and the building of dams to prevent the
flooding of homes by a river with its various streams. The 5th
Labour clearly shows Hercules using two rivers to remove a multiplicity of
disease vectors that constituted a health threat to the community ( the
diseases of stinking marshes). One of the Egyptians meanings of the word 'hrr'
is 'bore Martin Bernall, ,
shows how the water- engineering feats of
Hercules correspond to the marvelous engineering projects of the pharaohs
that represented Hercules : Herodotus wrote about how:
* King Menes used dikes to protect
Memphis (city in the upper Delta) from flooding.
* Pharaoh Moeris Amenemhet III built
the labryrinth and used water engineering during the 12th
Century. He controlled the flooding of the Nile River by emptying the
Fayuum.
*Sesostris, the Conqueror used
prisoners for building water ways and to prevent the flooding of cities.
* Erastothenes names the 26th king of Thebes
as 'Semphroukrates Hercules Harpokrates' and the 34th king as 'Sistosichermes
Valiant Hercules', Martin Bernall
mentions that Hercules and Sesostris I
have been shown as being similiar according to the works of Egyptologist
Reichard Lepsuis (19th Century).
The early dynasty rulers in Egypt (1- 12 Dynasties)
clothing was the same as that of Hercules who they emulated. They wore lion
pelts, their weapon was the club; * swords and chariots were not used.
The Boiotian Hercules was a middle kingdom ruler of Egypt
who was born and raised in Thebes, Egypt. In Boiotia there two cities,
Thespiai and Thisbe, where the cult of the strongman was quite popular. This
Hercules was compared to the Hurrian storm - god Tessub and the human
pharaoh Sesostris. Hercules was also to Martin Bernall maybe linked to
Kekrops the fabulous founder of Athens, Greece. He has a shrine to honor him
at Haliartos.
Pharaoh Senwosre's (Sensosstris I)
name is significant. The Wrst comes from an adjective that translates as
'rich, mighty, and prestigious'. S - n Wsrt further translates to mean 'Man
of the Goddess Wsrt'. This goddess rules over wealth and might. It has been
suggested that the Hercules of Egypt was a composite of Sesostris and all
other great Middle Kingdom Pharaohs that came after him. In addition the
stories concerning Nimrod the Mighty Hunter may also represent a composite
of the mighty rulers Sesostris, Sargon of Akkad, Naram Sin who ruled from
Africa to all of Asia. Hislop, author of the two
believes Nimrod is the Babylonian Hercules and or Gilgamesh.
Hercules The Sumerian &
Hercules The Semite
Sumerian and Akkadian seals show
representations of the Herculean hero dressed in lion pelts armed with a
club and bow in mortal combat with such monsters as - huge serpents,
dragons, menacing giants etc... Walter Burckett describes this Hercules as a
shaman as well as a warrior represented as far back as 2000 to 15000 years
during the Upper Paleolithic period. Martin Bernall recognizes this figure
as a description of the hero Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh and Hercules traveled great
distances on foot, they didn't use chariots, the club was their weapon of
choice, and they had a loyal friend to accompany them. Melkarth (King of the
City) is the Phoenician Hercules or Hercules of type who has much in common
with the two previously mentioned including Reshef (Semitic) and Nergal
(Mesopotamian).
The Semitic language also includes the
definition of the word 'hrr' which means 'noble and free' in Hebrew, 'Hor' &
'Hur' which means freeborn and noble'. The words are the Semitic basis for
'Hercules' and 'hero' whose origins were in Egypt. Hur has been introduced
in the story and movie 'Ben- Hur' which is about a Jewish Hercules played by
Charleston Heston the famous movie actor. The other meaning of the word 'hrr'
is Akkadian and was known during the time of Sargon. Its translation is 'to
scorch or burn ' to describe the deity Erra (the scorcher). Erra dated from
1 - 3rd Millenium of Mesoptamania was a blood - thirsty time.
Erra was a grim and relentless hero who would burn every section of land in
order to destroy enemies and cause famine upon them. He was compared to
fearsome Nergal (god of pestilence), the name of the Greek Hercules also
contains the word 'hrr'.
Contents
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(HERCULES SPQR): Here is a detailed analysis of this book.
Feel free to look it over. *After a great deal of consideration the author
has decided to revise this page. The author has written articles on Hercules
in Greek and Roman culture as it spread from Africa into these two
countries. Western Cultures (Europe, United States, Canada, Australia etc.)
recognize their origins from the Graeco-Roman influence. The articles will
discuss this influence and show the ties which connect it to the African
influence. Welcome.
Contributing Authors
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HERCULES): The author has written a number of articles that focus
on the African origins of Hercules and Amazon. I have provided these
articles to clarify the facts and misinformation about Hercules that
has permeated the popular Western culture. The articles posted here will
reveal that Hercules as a concept has its origin in African culture, has
influenced the ancient Greeks and Romans, modern Western culture, and
religions such as Christianity. WELCOME.
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to Hercules or that are derived from the Hercules archetypes. Asia was the
origin of Herculean figures of history and legend that influenced Greek
culture too. The more we learn about Hercules, the more we can understand
that it spread from Africa throughout the planet as a universal hero with
something to say to all of us. For Hercules Asia the subjects will cover the
phenomena in the Middle East (still a part of Africa geographically), India,
China, Japan, and other Asian countries. WELCOME.
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