Etruscan Skadi Pottery (550-450 BCE)
Etruscan 1844 Skadi Krater from Vulci, Italy Illustrates an Attack on the Coherence of Life and Motion Powers
(Sept. 21, 2022) The krater on the left shows the demon Skadi on far right threatening a dancing couple representing the coherence of life and motion powers with an angry snake. To the right of the couple is another demon with an axe ready to cut links out of the life network.
Some graffiti was scratched above the snake and on either side of the “V” on the opposite side. The dancing couple are the life goddess Ayu identified by her snake skin hat and some god identified by his tiara.
Right Text Above Snake
- Constant anger is not from omens
Left Text
- (leftmost) The sky-shell lacks openings. Expectations will not bring the flow (of fertility fluids) : Revelations (of life forms) are nourished by that : Ayu makes stormy the life-powers : Su does not bring lack. The divine-state requires nourishing life-powers.
- Motion-powers deplete the fabric (network represented by goddess Ayu)
This text is blaming the motion powers for a drought and blaming emotion magic rituals for not being an effective cure. "Expectations" are generated by emotion magic rituals and these rituals were being done to push the fertility fluids through the life network represented by the goddess Ayu. The astrological motion powers represented by the full moon god Su are not being blamed. The cure for the drought is from supporting the life powers of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm.
Etruscan Snake Text (Med Text 21.1)
Translation in Akkadian
(read right to left. Capital letters on pot. Inner vowels inferred)- AGu GiNu ITtu E
In English
- Constant anger is not from omens
Etruscan Text Between Demon and Dancing Couple (Med Text 21.2, 21.3)
Translation in Akkadian
(read right to left. Capital letters on pot. Inner vowels inferred)- EBu Pu Lu. AQu ZiBu E : Nu A Bu : AYu Du UMu : Su Lu E. Di'u Du Bu E (Med Text 21.3)
- AWu BuZu KaTu. (Med Text 21.2)
In English
- (leftmost) The sky-shell lacks openings. Expectations will not bring the flow (of fertility fluids) : Revelations (of life forms) are nourished by that : Ayu makes stormy the life-powers : Su does not bring lack. The divine-state requires nourishing life-powers.
- (bottom or right) Motion-powers deplete the fabric (network represented by goddess Ayu)
Front Side of 1833 Skadi Krater from Vulci Illustrates Treachery Against Coherence of Life and Motion Powers
(Feb 9, 2023) Front side of this krater shows a scene illustrating treachery with the demon Skadi in the middle.
Right Text (Med 22.1)
Translation in Akkadian
(read right to left. Capital letters on pot. Inner vowels inferred)- Gi Emu. Azu Lalu A
In English
- Energy is supervising. The association is guaranteeing that.
Left Text in Front of Skadi (Med 22.2)
Translation in Akkadian
(read right to left. Capital letters on pot. Inner vowels inferred)- SaRu Ne'u YAu (Med 22.2.1)
- Iku DaMu Ku (Med 22.2.2)
- Bu A Zu (Med 22.2.3)
In English
- The Impulsive-one (Skadi) is affecting Yahu (YA)
- The irrigated-field (life network) is involved with blood
- These nourishments (blood) are being emitted
Back Side of 1833 Skadi Krater from Vulci Illustrates the Development of Modern Left to Right Writing From Names
(Feb 9, 2023) This scene shows Skadi standing over an execution.
Translation in Akkadian (Med 22.3)
(read right to left. Capital letters on pot. Inner vowels inferred)- (right) Ša ADi Y (Med 22.3.1)
- (left) Zu APu Y A (Med 22.3.2)
In English as Sentences
- Similar-one is not observing
- Emissions are not veiling this
Characteristics of these Names When Viewed as Spirit Beings
(name letters are read left to right)- ŠADI - Impulsive, Non-observant (Impulsive-one)
- AIPAZ - Naked violence
Previous to now, Skadi was only known from Old Norse texts as skaði.
Stahl's Ear 1
Formally this was a fairly common occurrence which is now corrected in infancy. How it became associated with impulsiveness on Skadi is not known.https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/stahl-s-ear
Stahl's Ear 2
Formally this was a fairly common occurrence which is now corrected in infancy. How it became associated with impulsiveness with Skadi is not known.https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/stahl-s-ear
Translation Resources Used
Translation done according to the Scholar's Standard.