grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-229 days agoThere's debate if what survived cremation was actually his heart, but she though it was and that's what mattersthelemmy.clubimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down10
arrow-up1164arrow-down1imageThere's debate if what survived cremation was actually his heart, but she though it was and that's what mattersthelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-229 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoSome historians suggest it was his liver based on how the organs would have come out of a cremated body - an incomplete cremation, one would assume, since he was burned on a beach.
minus-squareNorin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoDid she personally believe it to be his heart? With something like this, I’d think the meaning/intent behind the symbol matters more.
minus-squareStinkywizzleteats@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoKind of like an emperor. Gob™ doesn’t have to really anoint you. You just have to believe you have been.
Some historians suggest it was his liver based on how the organs would have come out of a cremated body - an incomplete cremation, one would assume, since he was burned on a beach.
Did she personally believe it to be his heart?
With something like this, I’d think the meaning/intent behind the symbol matters more.
Kind of like an emperor. Gob™ doesn’t have to really anoint you. You just have to believe you have been.