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- From: mrmarcel@eos.ncsu.edu (Mike Marcelais)
- Subject: Re: ATHAME
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.161409.13556@ncsu.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:14:09 GMT
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- In article <C89MIKHO.92Nov22210423@kol11.IDA.LiU.SE>, c89mikho@IDA.LiU.SE (Mikael Hovmoller) writes:
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- |> > What the heck IS an athame? I've scoured many a dictionary looking for it,
- |> > but have had no luck.
- |>
- |> I had the same question, and more or less assumed that it was some
- |> sort of staff since only wizards got to have one. (That was a bad assumption
- |> since NetHack clearly treats it as a bladed weapon...) It's actually a type
- |> of dagger, sometimes (usually? always?) with a "wavy" blade. 3.1 will have
- |> an entry for it in the database used by the '/' command:
- |>
- |> " The consecrated ritual knife of a Wiccan initiate (one of
- |> " four basic tools, together with the wand, chalice and
- |> ^^^^^^^
- |> " pentacle). Traditionally, the athame is a double-edged,
- |> " black-handled, cross-hilted dagger of between six and
- |> " eighteen inches length.
- |>
- |> Thanks, I've wondered too. Now, what is a chalice?
- |> /Micke - not native in English and without a dictionary...
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- A holy cup, usually connected with religous ceremonies.
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