Hi Raye.. LadyHawk..
Dee Finney is a friend of mine (Of the great Dreams site) and several years ago we were discussing Princess Tea Tephi and her bloodlines. I work backwards :-) Meaning, I like to take things back to their source. Here is some info I gave to Dee and she put up on her site.
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I remember the first time I saw her name. It was when I was researching an article for the Omtron site. Tea Tephi.. Of Tara. My Mind immediately wanted to take her name and separate it like they did in Sumerian names Such as EN.KI.. or EN.LIL. .... That would make her T.EA or T'EA.. of T.ARA, if that were true, does that mean she is of Enki/Ea's bloodline?? The T in Early Hebraic and Arcadian was pronounced 'th'.. That would make her 'Thea'. Thea, of course is a goddess symbol. If she was of that bloodline, she would be known as a goddess. Tephi means Beautiful in Hebrew but there are other scholars that claim 'Tea Tephi' is a 'pet name' and means "my beautiful little one." She could have been a toddler when she came across the sea or she could have been a tiny woman.. ???
If Tea could have been separated to become T.EA.. what about the other parts of the Celtic myth like 'Tepi' (Think Egypts Zep Tepi?) T.ARA... (Tara) (this is just speculation).. What kinds of myths surround 'Ara'... Ara is a very ancient constellation in the Southern Hemisphere (in legends). It was called the 'alter' constellation and Sumerians would make circle shaped alters with eternal flames to imitate the stars.
I think it was in the 12th zodiac position.. Not sure what that is now. Crichton would know, he would be the one to ask .. These alters were used to warn sailors (like Lighthouses). Smoke by day and fire by night. Another Sumerian myth talks of Utnapishtim (Noah) and the circular alter he built to the 'gods' after the deluge. The 'gods' placed the constellation 'Ara' in the southern sky where the Milky way could represent the smoke of the sacrifice, rising up to meet them. There is also a Greek tale of Zeus defeating Cronus. That Altar was placed at the beginning of the Milky way as Heavenly Smoke. Ara also means Lawgivers (the 'gods'??) and also Raving (or howling)..
One other Ara is the Armenian legend about King Ara. (Ara the Beautiful). The Queen Semiramis (Ninevah) saw him and fell in love with him. She lusted after him bad.. When Ara refused her (because of her whoreish and murderous reputation) She sent armies against Armenia and Ara's 'mountain' (mount (t)Ara).. At Ararat she ordered her commanders to capture Ara alive.. Yet he died in battle. Semi had told her people that she was a sorceress and that she could bring his body back to life. When his corpse began to decay, she went a little mad and dressed one of her servants as 'Ara', then lied to her people that he had risen from death. She then had a statue erected to the 'gods', in gratitude, upon a mount.. Mount 'ARA'... Many believed mount Ara (later Ararat) held magical powers. Semi holds much sway in the world of freemasons.. Her likeness sits in New York Harbor right now..
The T.ARA would be pronounced 'Thara'.. Thara is an alternate form of the name 'Terah'. The Father of Abraham ..
Also the holy city of Tara was founded in Ireland on this day, by the Milesian princesses Tea and Tephi. (I disagree... There was not a Tea & a Tephi..Just she and her sister Scota {Scotland}) ...
Tamar Tephi (or Tea Tephi) according to some old oral traditions came to Ireland with her younger sister 'Scota'.. Scota married a Spaniard named Greyk callit Gathelus, son of Cecrops of Athens, King of Argives (from the Chronicles of Scotland by Hector Boece). Her son was named Eremhon or Hereman.. Another book 'Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland' by the Four Masters.. claims that Tea later married her nephew Eremhom in Spain and then requested a 'mount' as her dower.. She selected the place and told them it was to be her burial chamber also. ... Tea and Hereman had a son named Iri or Irial..
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Hope this helps in some small way,
Susoni
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