: This site may interest you:
: http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/norn.htm
:
: http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/monoliths/cometstone.htm
: http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/trows/index.html
: I've been looking up about Bahl'al. Bahl is an
: alternative spelling of "Baal", and
: "al" is the Semitic word for
: "the".
: Here are a number of links about the god/lord Bahl and
: his 'children':
: http://members.tripod.com/~Aphrattos/apollo1.htm
: (note the Persian word for Baal, maybe that is where
: the "world of Myth" came from)
I checked out that last link that i left in ure message-some interesting stuff.
"Apollo is strongly associated with the number seven. It is believed that this is due to Mesopotamian influences. "
Perhaps Bungie has some mesopotamian influences?? I should probably post thaat on a marathon site somewhere, they'd have a fit (even tho i dont play the game).
Also among the things sacred to Apollo (the alter ego of baal)...
"bows" and "arrows"...and what was the watchers downfall in TFL?
"pheonix"...bungies unfinished project? "raven"...kind of speaks for itself.
