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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [[Latin]], from [[Greek]], [[literally]], [[immortality]], from ''ambrotos'' immortal, from ''a''- + -''mbrotos'' (akin to ''brotos'' [[mortal]]) | | [[Latin]], from [[Greek]], [[literally]], [[immortality]], from ''ambrotos'' immortal, from ''a''- + -''mbrotos'' (akin to ''brotos'' [[mortal]]) |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century] |
− | The concept of an [[immortality]] drink is attested in at least two Indo-European areas: [[Greek]] and [[Sanskrit]]. The Greek ἀμβροσία (''ambrosia'') is semantically linked to the Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta) as both words denote a drink or [[food]] that gods use to achieve immortality. The two words appear to be derived from the same Indo-European form *ṇ-mṛ-to- : immortal (n- : negative prefix from which the prefix a- in both Greek and Sanskrit are derived; mṛ : zero grade of *mer- : to die; and -to- : adjectival suffix). A semantically similar etymology exists for nectar, the beverage of the gods (Greek: νέκταρ, néktar) presumed to be a compound of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIE PIE] roots *nek-, "death", and -*tar, "overcoming". | + | The concept of an [[immortality]] drink is attested in at least two Indo-European areas: [[Greek]] and [[Sanskrit]]. The Greek ἀμβροσία (''ambrosia'') is semantically linked to the Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta) as both words denote a drink or [[food]] that gods use to achieve immortality. The two words appear to be derived from the same Indo-European form *ṇ-mṛ-to- : immortal (n- : negative prefix from which the prefix a- in both Greek and Sanskrit are derived; mṛ : zero grade of *mer- : to die; and -to- : adjectival suffix). A semantically similar etymology exists for nectar, the beverage of the gods (Greek: νέκταρ, néktar) presumed to be a compound of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIE PIE] roots *nek-, "death", and -*tar, "overcoming". |
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| However, the connection that has derived ambrosia from the Greek prefix a- ("not") and the word brotos ("mortal"), hence the food or drink of the immortals, has been questioned as [[coincidental]] by some modern linguists. | | However, the connection that has derived ambrosia from the Greek prefix a- ("not") and the word brotos ("mortal"), hence the food or drink of the immortals, has been questioned as [[coincidental]] by some modern linguists. |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
− | *1a : the [[food]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology Roman gods] | + | *1a : the [[food]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology Roman gods] |
| :b : the ointment or perfume of the gods | | :b : the ointment or perfume of the gods |
| *2: something extremely pleasing to [[taste]] or [[smell]] | | *2: something extremely pleasing to [[taste]] or [[smell]] |
| *3: a dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut | | *3: a dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology ancient Greek mythology], '''ambrosia''' (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the [[food]] or drink of the Greek gods (or demigods), often depicted as conferring ageless [[immortality]] upon whomever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus Olympus] by doves, so it may have been thought of in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer Homeric] tradition as a kind of [[divine]] exhalation of the Earth. | + | In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology ancient Greek mythology], '''ambrosia''' (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the [[food]] or drink of the Greek gods (or demigods), often depicted as conferring ageless [[immortality]] upon whomever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus Olympus] by doves, so it may have been thought of in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer Homeric] tradition as a kind of [[divine]] exhalation of the Earth. |
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− | Ambrosia is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a [[nymph]] labeled with that name. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia#Lycurgos_of_Thrace_and_Ambrosia myth of Lycurgus], an opponent to the wine god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus], violence committed against Ambrosia turns her into a grapevine.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia] | + | Ambrosia is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a [[nymph]] labeled with that name. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia#Lycurgos_of_Thrace_and_Ambrosia myth of Lycurgus], an opponent to the wine god [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus], violence committed against Ambrosia turns her into a grapevine.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia] |
| ==Quote== | | ==Quote== |
| The " tree of the [[knowledge]] of [[good]] and [[evil]] " may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life" was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of Urantia and those of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his administrative staff, they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the tree of life on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [[constellation]] [[headquarters]] [[spheres]], being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Local Universe|local]] and [[superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]]. | | The " tree of the [[knowledge]] of [[good]] and [[evil]] " may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life" was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of Urantia and those of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his administrative staff, they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the tree of life on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [[constellation]] [[headquarters]] [[spheres]], being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Local Universe|local]] and [[superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]]. |