Wheat and bread in the tradition of the Bosnian people
The old Bosnian prophecy suggests that 40 years before the Day of Judgment, the sheep, bees and wheat, three heavenly gifts will disappear from Earth.
Despite the fact that scientific-research data on the beginnings of cultivation of wheat and the appearance of bread still complement the new knowledge, we still have enough relevant facts today to create a very clear picture of the genesis and evolution of the most important food of mankind.
According to Wikipedia, "wheat (Triticum spp.) Is a type of cereal originating from the Levantian and Middle East areas. Archeological finds indicate that the domestication of wheat occurred for the first time in areas known as the "Fertile Crescent" Wheat breeding began to spread beyond the "Fertile Crescent“ only after 8000 BC. Jared Diamond studied the spread of cultivated varieties of twin wheat, begun in the "Fertile Crescent" about 8800 BC. Archaeological analyzes of wild twin wheat showed that it was first cultivated in the southern regions of Levant, where its remains dates back to about 9600 BC. Genetic analysis of wild twin wheat suggests that it was first cultivated in Karaca Dağ mountains in southeastern Turkey. Archaeological remains of single-grain wheat in the excavations of settlements near the area, including those at Tell Abu Hureyre in Syria, indicate that the domestication of twin wheat occurred near the Karaca Dağ mountain range."
Sour bread
Archeologists found in their diligent research, human traces that found material evidence of primitive practices that they described as a process of pressing stones of wheat grain. The aforementioned technique, which was aimed at extracting the pulp, i.e. the grain interior, dates back to 30,000 years before the new era, and served the people at that time to consume it raw or dried, as they followed the traces of wild animals. According to experts, 7,000 years BC, in the time of the so-called Neolithic Revolution, people began to discover the bread that we know today. It was the time when people began to discover agriculture and cattle breeding, which resulted in permanent settlements, breeding and grain picking of wild wheat. It all happens in the area of today's Iraq, between the two rivers of Tigris and Euphrates. In Egypt, grain growing occurs around 5000 years BC, when the level of Nile has decreased sufficiently to allow people to live in the long river valley.
Since the development of a letter in Iraq appears only about 3000 years before the new era, it is only possible to speculate on the exact timing of a loaf of bread. But the first discovered clay tiles in places such as Sumer clearly show that the sowing of wheat, harvest and bread production was then firmly established.
Archaeological studies have led to the realization that the people at that time used to grind grains of wheat and this was converted by the primitive process into flour. They would add some water and honey and leave it in the air to create mushrooms of yeast, as a result of which it expanded and got the volume. The processed dough would burn on a heated stone, and in the end it would get the so-called sour bread.
Mythical aspect
Wheat, as a seed of life, has always been compared to a woman. evidenced by the lengthy list of divinities dedicated to it, which in itself leads to the conclusion that from the earliest times, traditionaly, women have been engaged in the production of bread. In some legends, the grain of wheat are the tears of Universal Mother, who blesdes with them the Earth and provided a food for their children.
In ancient Mesopotamia, the goddess of wheat is Ashnan, near the Sumerian goddess Nidab, who was also the deity of writing, and the patron of the city of Eresha. According to Greek mythological traditions, all cereals were consecrated to Demetri, while with the Romans, Ceres had this privilege. The Egyptians celebrated Tenenet, the goddess of bread, but the birth as well. The cult of wheat did not bypass Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, the Roman historian Pliny states that our ancestors Illyrians worshiped an unnamed goddess to whom the women offered a gift of wheat grain.
As early as 3000 years ago, the bread on the European continent deservedly gained its central place in religious ceremonies, due to the indisputable fact that it was the main food for most of the then people. In metaphorical meaning, bread was the most authentic divine gift of human kind. And by that, it was an indestructible symbol of survival. In accordance with all of the above, his socio-cult role is most remarkably represented in the rituals of sowing and harvest, which is the basis of the Pagan celebration of Wheel of the Year, which symbolizes the threshing floor itself, through the cyclical marking of eight festivals old religion nature. This was especially highlighted by the celebration of the beginning of the light of the year; on the night between April 30 and the first May - Beltaine.
Bread known as bannock played a key role in glorifying this great pagan holiday. The central part of the ceremony was based on the burning of holy fire on the holiday night with the intent to protect the domestic cattle. On the heat of the blazing fire, the cattle-breeders would bake bannock to which prophylactic power was attached. By sharing and consuming bannock, the human community was thus interconnected in the night of the festival as well as with its divinities. Literally, as many times before, through the consumption of bread, the ancient alliance of man and the God of Sun was confirmed.
The use of bread, as sacred matter, is also found in the solar cult of the Persian god Mithra, which was born by the virgin goddess Anahita on December 25th. Mithrini rituals included baptism, communion, and secretive meal including bread, water and wine. The Romans, as the founders of Christianity, fully assimilated all the myths and rituals of the Persian cult and transformed it into the faith of Jesus.
It is interesting to note that in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the area of Jajce, there is a Mithra temple constructed during the Roman occupation of Ilirikum.
see more: http://anzotika.bosnianforum.com/t2602-wheat-and-bread-in-the-tradition-of-the-bosnian-people
Despite the fact that scientific-research data on the beginnings of cultivation of wheat and the appearance of bread still complement the new knowledge, we still have enough relevant facts today to create a very clear picture of the genesis and evolution of the most important food of mankind.
According to Wikipedia, "wheat (Triticum spp.) Is a type of cereal originating from the Levantian and Middle East areas. Archeological finds indicate that the domestication of wheat occurred for the first time in areas known as the "Fertile Crescent" Wheat breeding began to spread beyond the "Fertile Crescent“ only after 8000 BC. Jared Diamond studied the spread of cultivated varieties of twin wheat, begun in the "Fertile Crescent" about 8800 BC. Archaeological analyzes of wild twin wheat showed that it was first cultivated in the southern regions of Levant, where its remains dates back to about 9600 BC. Genetic analysis of wild twin wheat suggests that it was first cultivated in Karaca Dağ mountains in southeastern Turkey. Archaeological remains of single-grain wheat in the excavations of settlements near the area, including those at Tell Abu Hureyre in Syria, indicate that the domestication of twin wheat occurred near the Karaca Dağ mountain range."
Sour bread
Archeologists found in their diligent research, human traces that found material evidence of primitive practices that they described as a process of pressing stones of wheat grain. The aforementioned technique, which was aimed at extracting the pulp, i.e. the grain interior, dates back to 30,000 years before the new era, and served the people at that time to consume it raw or dried, as they followed the traces of wild animals. According to experts, 7,000 years BC, in the time of the so-called Neolithic Revolution, people began to discover the bread that we know today. It was the time when people began to discover agriculture and cattle breeding, which resulted in permanent settlements, breeding and grain picking of wild wheat. It all happens in the area of today's Iraq, between the two rivers of Tigris and Euphrates. In Egypt, grain growing occurs around 5000 years BC, when the level of Nile has decreased sufficiently to allow people to live in the long river valley.
Since the development of a letter in Iraq appears only about 3000 years before the new era, it is only possible to speculate on the exact timing of a loaf of bread. But the first discovered clay tiles in places such as Sumer clearly show that the sowing of wheat, harvest and bread production was then firmly established.
Archaeological studies have led to the realization that the people at that time used to grind grains of wheat and this was converted by the primitive process into flour. They would add some water and honey and leave it in the air to create mushrooms of yeast, as a result of which it expanded and got the volume. The processed dough would burn on a heated stone, and in the end it would get the so-called sour bread.
Mythical aspect
Wheat, as a seed of life, has always been compared to a woman. evidenced by the lengthy list of divinities dedicated to it, which in itself leads to the conclusion that from the earliest times, traditionaly, women have been engaged in the production of bread. In some legends, the grain of wheat are the tears of Universal Mother, who blesdes with them the Earth and provided a food for their children.
In ancient Mesopotamia, the goddess of wheat is Ashnan, near the Sumerian goddess Nidab, who was also the deity of writing, and the patron of the city of Eresha. According to Greek mythological traditions, all cereals were consecrated to Demetri, while with the Romans, Ceres had this privilege. The Egyptians celebrated Tenenet, the goddess of bread, but the birth as well. The cult of wheat did not bypass Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, the Roman historian Pliny states that our ancestors Illyrians worshiped an unnamed goddess to whom the women offered a gift of wheat grain.
As early as 3000 years ago, the bread on the European continent deservedly gained its central place in religious ceremonies, due to the indisputable fact that it was the main food for most of the then people. In metaphorical meaning, bread was the most authentic divine gift of human kind. And by that, it was an indestructible symbol of survival. In accordance with all of the above, his socio-cult role is most remarkably represented in the rituals of sowing and harvest, which is the basis of the Pagan celebration of Wheel of the Year, which symbolizes the threshing floor itself, through the cyclical marking of eight festivals old religion nature. This was especially highlighted by the celebration of the beginning of the light of the year; on the night between April 30 and the first May - Beltaine.
Bread known as bannock played a key role in glorifying this great pagan holiday. The central part of the ceremony was based on the burning of holy fire on the holiday night with the intent to protect the domestic cattle. On the heat of the blazing fire, the cattle-breeders would bake bannock to which prophylactic power was attached. By sharing and consuming bannock, the human community was thus interconnected in the night of the festival as well as with its divinities. Literally, as many times before, through the consumption of bread, the ancient alliance of man and the God of Sun was confirmed.
The use of bread, as sacred matter, is also found in the solar cult of the Persian god Mithra, which was born by the virgin goddess Anahita on December 25th. Mithrini rituals included baptism, communion, and secretive meal including bread, water and wine. The Romans, as the founders of Christianity, fully assimilated all the myths and rituals of the Persian cult and transformed it into the faith of Jesus.
It is interesting to note that in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the area of Jajce, there is a Mithra temple constructed during the Roman occupation of Ilirikum.
see more: http://anzotika.bosnianforum.com/t2602-wheat-and-bread-in-the-tradition-of-the-bosnian-people
