*Ø* Ganesh's milk miracle
September 21, 1995 The milk miracle of New Delhi, India which spread worldwide and finished in 24 hours as suddenly as it had started. It has been called “The best documented paranormal phenomenon of modern times.”
In this alleged miracle, a statue of the Hindu elephant god, Ganesh, accepted offerings of milk from tens of millions of worshippers in thousands of temples.
There is a similar 'miracle' (though in an opposite direction) recorded of a statuette of ‘Ashtart (a major northwest Semitic goddess cognate of Ishtar) from Tutugi (Galera) near Granada in Spain dating to the 6th or 7th century BCE.
In this miracle, ‘Ashtart sat on a throne flanked by sphinxes holding a bowl beneath her pierced breasts. A hollow in the statue would have been filled with milk through the head and gentle heating would have melted wax plugging the holes, producing an apparent miracle.
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September 21, 1995 The milk miracle of New Delhi, India which spread worldwide and finished in 24 hours as suddenly as it had started. It has been called “The best documented paranormal phenomenon of modern times.”
In this alleged miracle, a statue of the Hindu elephant god, Ganesh, accepted offerings of milk from tens of millions of worshippers in thousands of temples.
There is a similar 'miracle' (though in an opposite direction) recorded of a statuette of ‘Ashtart (a major northwest Semitic goddess cognate of Ishtar) from Tutugi (Galera) near Granada in Spain dating to the 6th or 7th century BCE.
In this miracle, ‘Ashtart sat on a throne flanked by sphinxes holding a bowl beneath her pierced breasts. A hollow in the statue would have been filled with milk through the head and gentle heating would have melted wax plugging the holes, producing an apparent miracle.
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with many more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date (or your birthday) when you're there.
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