Guest guest Report post Posted April 27, 2004 Pippi Longstocking a Shakta Is this an earnest question??? Mary Ann <maryann wrote: Just had a word idea: "cuintessential" - a cute name for a company selling stuff geared to promote the feminine: Cuintessentials. , "Devi Bhakta" <devi_bhakta> wrote: > Hi Mary Ann: > > I am no expert in etymology, but I do believe that "cunt" comes from > one of those Bronze Age Indo-European roots, and that it had no > obscene or derogatory implications until much, much later in > history. Is the fall of this word related to the historically > simultaneous fall of Goddess culture and rise of patriarchy? I have > no idea, but it's probably a valid theory. > > I recall a passage in "The Vagina Monolgues," which is particularly > relevant to Shakti Sadhana: It states that the word cunt "was > derived from the goddess Kali's title of Kunda or Cunti, and shares > the same root as kin and country"! And the Woman's Encyclopedia of > Myths and Secrets adds that the word is linguistically related > to "cunning, kenning and ken: knowledge, learning and insight." That > does seem similar to the treatment of the Goddess by the patriarchal > religions that came later -- eventually redefining all symbols of > divine femininity as symbols of evil and/or profanity. > > And sure enough, just this moment I found an online essay that > states: "Its prefix, 'cu', is an expression of "quintessential > femineity" (Eric Partridge, 1961), confirming 'cunt' as a truly > feminine term. The synonymy between 'cu' and femininity was in place > even before the development of written language: "in the unwritten > prehistoric Indo-European [...] languages 'cu' or 'koo' was a word > base expressing 'feminine', 'fecund' and associated notions" (> Thorne, 1990). The proto-Indo-European 'cu' is also cognate with > other feminine/vaginal terms, such as the Hebrew 'cus', the > Arabic 'cush' and 'kush', the Nostratic 'kuni' ('woman'), and the > Irish 'cuint' ('cunt')." > > And on and on -- tons of information. Here's the link for anyone who > may be interested: > > http://www.matthewhunt.com/cunt.html > > Aum Maatangyai Namahe > > , "Mary Ann" <maryann@m...> > wrote: > > *** what is the origin of the word "cunt" ? Has its meaning changed > over time? *** / Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at HotJobs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
