mythic tarot court cards
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 21 Jul 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| spoonbender |
21 Jul 2003 |
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hey everybody,
does anyone here have the mythic tarot? I'm not interested in buying it, but I am interested in greek mythology--so I was wondering if anyone could tell me what characters from Greek mythology the Court Cards from the Swords suit represent?
thanks a lot!
Spoonbender
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| Silverlotus |
21 Jul 2003 |
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I found a site that might be useful for you.
http://home.pacific.net.sg/~mun_hon/tarot/may98/mswords.htm
The title in the title bar says "The Suit of Wands", but the text on the page is for the Swords.
The page is Zephyrus, the knights are the Discouri, the Queen is Atalanta, and the King is Odysseus, according to this site. I don't have this deck anymore, but from what I can remember, that is correct.
I hope I've helped. :)
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| spoonbender |
21 Jul 2003 |
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You helped a lot :), thank you!!
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| amyel |
21 Jul 2003 |
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Hi Spponbender,
The rest of the suuites are so:
Cups:
Page = Narcissus
Knight = Perseus
Queen = Helen (of Troy)
KingOrpheus
Wands:
Page = Phrixus
KNight = Bellerophon
Queen = Penelope
King = Thesus of Athens
Pentacles:
Page = Triptolemus
Knight = Aristaeus
Queen = Omphale
King = Midas (or the golden touch fame)
Swords you have.
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