The green christmas wreath is a christian decoration intended originally to be hung on the door as a sign (among others) to express their never-ending hope awaiting the messiah who will bring salvation and eternal life as promised by God.
You could just do an internet search on the history of Christmas wreaths, or ask if someone knows the history... Either course of action would probably more effective if you want to know the actual truth.
Animal sacrifice has no place in Christianity and never had. And I don't know how you'd strangle even a chicken with a wreath. Sometimes you have the strangest way of thinking. In Judaism, animals were NEVER strangled. As in Islam, the animal has to bleed to death.
Everything you said is very worth while to listen.
Animal sacrifice has no place in Christianity and never had.
True.
In Judaism, animals were NEVER strangled. As in Islam, the animal has to bleed to death.
Thanks. I didn't know that. I was able to acquire a new knowledge.
Sometimes you have the strangest way of thinking.
Let me explain how I reached my idea. See this. This is called shimenawa and literally it means shime=strangle, nawa= rope, means 'a rope to strangle' , but this is a decoration in front of the gate on New Year's Day in Japan, also it is always used in Shinto shrine. My idea in Christmas wreath was derived from association with this rope.
Kokeshi dolls are so common in northern Japan. This word means originally ko = bady, keshi= banish, means baby banisher. This tool was originally used to kill baby just before delivery by putting into. No one now recall original role in looking at kokeshi.
I guess many objects used in some rituals have more meanings than we imagine.
And I don't know how you'd strangle even a chicken with a wreath.
The wreath now we see only has symbolic meaning. Any symbol must be OK to be small as long as it represents original role.
Oh-kay! Your way of thinking is strange (I don't mean weird) to me because I'm a stranger to your background and language.
The words "wreath" and "rope" aren't similar in Greek or Latin or later European languages that I can think of.
If you read Genesis, the chapters right after the Great Flood is over, you'll find God saying to Noah that he (=people) may eat everything that walks on the earth, swims in the sea or flies in the air, but he must not eat the blood. A very old taboo, apparently, older than Mosaic law. Even in present-day Judaism, meat is not kosher, i.e. allowed to eat, unless the animal has been butchered pretty much as the Muslims do.
I also suggested asking someone more knowledgeable with the history. The evergreens are a common symbol in early Christianity, Ethelred could probably give you more information on that. Circles are also a symbol that have various meanings, the wheel of the earth, continuity, something that is everlasting, connectivity of everything, etc.
Rather than a rope for strangling, it would make more sense that the idea of a Christmas wreath came from the Advent wreaths which were evergreen wreaths with 4 candles (light being associate with Christ) that are lit in the weeks before Christmas. That may very well have derived from a Scandinavian tradition from the middle ages where in the winter lighted candles were placed around a wheel with prayers being offered to their god of light to turn the earth back towards the sun, but even that is a stretch. It could be possible that since the circle is such a common shape and it is easily used to represent many thing, and light is also very often used as a metaphor for something else that multiple cultures combined the two (circles and light) to come up with the traditions independently of each other.
The green christmas wreath is a christian decoration intended originally to be hung on the door as a sign (among others) to express their never-ending hope awaiting the messiah who will bring salvation and eternal life as promised by God.
ReplyDeleteIt is also a sign of God´s omnipresence.
You could just do an internet search on the history of Christmas wreaths, or ask if someone knows the history... Either course of action would probably more effective if you want to know the actual truth.
ReplyDeleteAnimal sacrifice has no place in Christianity and never had. And I don't know how you'd strangle even a chicken with a wreath. Sometimes you have the strangest way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteIn Judaism, animals were NEVER strangled. As in Islam, the animal has to bleed to death.
Everything you said is very worth while to listen.
ReplyDeleteAnimal sacrifice has no place in Christianity and never had.
True.
In Judaism, animals were NEVER strangled. As in Islam, the animal has to bleed to death.
Thanks. I didn't know that. I was able to acquire a new knowledge.
Sometimes you have the strangest way of thinking.
Let me explain how I reached my idea. See this. This is called shimenawa and literally it means shime=strangle, nawa= rope, means 'a rope to strangle' , but this is a decoration in front of the gate on New Year's Day in Japan, also it is always used in Shinto shrine. My idea in Christmas wreath was derived from association with this rope.
Kokeshi dolls are so common in northern Japan. This word means originally ko = bady, keshi= banish, means baby banisher. This tool was originally used to kill baby just before delivery by putting into. No one now recall original role in looking at kokeshi.
I guess many objects used in some rituals have more meanings than we imagine.
And I don't know how you'd strangle even a chicken with a wreath.
The wreath now we see only has symbolic meaning. Any symbol must be OK to be small as long as it represents original role.
Internet teaches us already known facts. I am seeking for more than those.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I was able know the meaning of wreath from you out of Christian point of view.
ReplyDeleteOh-kay! Your way of thinking is strange (I don't mean weird) to me because I'm a stranger to your background and language.
ReplyDeleteThe words "wreath" and "rope" aren't similar in Greek or Latin or later European languages that I can think of.
If you read Genesis, the chapters right after the Great Flood is over, you'll find God saying to Noah that he (=people) may eat everything that walks on the earth, swims in the sea or flies in the air, but he must not eat the blood. A very old taboo, apparently, older than Mosaic law.
Even in present-day Judaism, meat is not kosher, i.e. allowed to eat, unless the animal has been butchered pretty much as the Muslims do.
I also suggested asking someone more knowledgeable with the history. The evergreens are a common symbol in early Christianity, Ethelred could probably give you more information on that. Circles are also a symbol that have various meanings, the wheel of the earth, continuity, something that is everlasting, connectivity of everything, etc.
ReplyDeleteRather than a rope for strangling, it would make more sense that the idea of a Christmas wreath came from the Advent wreaths which were evergreen wreaths with 4 candles (light being associate with Christ) that are lit in the weeks before Christmas. That may very well have derived from a Scandinavian tradition from the middle ages where in the winter lighted candles were placed around a wheel with prayers being offered to their god of light to turn the earth back towards the sun, but even that is a stretch. It could be possible that since the circle is such a common shape and it is easily used to represent many thing, and light is also very often used as a metaphor for something else that multiple cultures combined the two (circles and light) to come up with the traditions independently of each other.