![]() Therefore, this essay will set out some of the background astronomy that seems to lie behind this cult and explore how it fits into the present understanding of its artistic expression. It is hard to ignore the intuition that there is a connection between the naissance of this civilization and the birth of the Morning Star cult. ![]() Using the Hocąk model gives us a clearer understanding of the "story board" suggested by the Morning Star mythology depicted in engravings, particularly those from Etowah.Ĭoincident to the emergence of Mississippian civilization beginning with Cahokia is the rise of a zealous cult of Morning Star expressed in the numerous remains of artworks dating from this period. This essay employs the Hocąk model while denying this identity, which makes matters at once more complicated and more productive. 1 Unfortunately, archaeologists generally accepted Radin's conjecture that Redhorn was Morning Star (of Venus). The use of what here is called the "Hocąk model," properly began with Hall's realization that the "long nosed god" maskette earpieces of Mississippian archaeology corresponded in mythology to the living faces that graced the earlobes of the Hocąk (and Ioway) "culture hero" Redhorn. The preliminary results are summarized below. This essay was detached from another devoted to exploring the connection between the Redhorn of the Hocągara and Mixcoatl of the Nahua of central Mexico. Redhorn, Morning Star, and the Identity of the Birdman. The Astronomical Origins of the Relationship between Morning Star, Itzpapalotl, and Calli. Cup 201 and the Plumed Serpent of Ehécatl. Cup 202 from Spiro and Its Mexican Affinities. Morning Star in the House ( Calli) of the Obsidian Butterfly, Part II. Attribute Transference: Morning Star, Itzpapalotl, and Mothra. Morning Star in the House of the Obsidian Butterfly, Part I. The Theological Mystery of Cahokia and Etowah. Morning Star as Thunderbird, Evening Star as Waterspirit. The "Story Board" of Etowah and Hocąk Mythology. Of Left-handed Shells and Left-handed Gods. Red Woman, Red Hair, and Flint-like Young Man. The evidence suggests that the rise of the cult of Morning Star and the ascension of Cahokia and its daughter cultures are intimately related. Since Morning Star is not just a deity, but an astral figure, this investigation explores the supposition that celestial events taking place at the end of the XIᵀᴴ Century thrust Morning Star into sudden theological prominence. The widespread diffusion of this cult in the southeastern United States is as mysterious as the rise of Cahokia itself. Integral to understanding the "Big Bang" of Cahokia is the rise of the cult of the figure known to archaeologists as "Birdman." This figure is confidently identified with Morning Star. In the Cultural Revolution of the XIᵀᴴ Century
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