Difference between revisions of "Tribe of Dan"
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| − | Associated with rule and conquest of the seven seas and especially with the Phoenicians because of familiarity with the island of Phut (Bantu) in the Indian ocean. Under the rule of Solomon, the tribe was important in directing voyages through the Indian Ocean to Tarshish (from whom some Philipinians descend) from a port in Madagascar. Their genetic marker is Y-chromosomal Haplogroup [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_O_(Y-DNA) O] common among Israelites now calling themselves Bnei Menashe. The name change is because the coasts of Dan came under the Hegemony of Manasseh whose name they eventually adopted. Their "totem animal" has always been the serpentine Dragon or Leviathan. It | + | Associated with rule and conquest of the seven seas and especially with the Phoenicians because of familiarity with the island of Phut (Bantu) in the Indian ocean. Under the rule of Solomon, the tribe was important in directing voyages through the Indian Ocean to Tarshish (from whom some Philipinians descend) from a port in Madagascar. Their genetic marker is Y-chromosomal Haplogroup [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_O_(Y-DNA) O] common among Israelites now calling themselves Bnei Menashe. The name change is because the coasts of Dan came under the Hegemony of Manasseh whose name they eventually adopted. Their "totem animal" has always been the serpentine Dragon or Leviathan. It is probably thanks to Dan's trade missions that certain passover traditions came to appear in the Chinese spring-festival. |
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Revision as of 03:37, 14 May 2010
Associated with rule and conquest of the seven seas and especially with the Phoenicians because of familiarity with the island of Phut (Bantu) in the Indian ocean. Under the rule of Solomon, the tribe was important in directing voyages through the Indian Ocean to Tarshish (from whom some Philipinians descend) from a port in Madagascar. Their genetic marker is Y-chromosomal Haplogroup O common among Israelites now calling themselves Bnei Menashe. The name change is because the coasts of Dan came under the Hegemony of Manasseh whose name they eventually adopted. Their "totem animal" has always been the serpentine Dragon or Leviathan. It is probably thanks to Dan's trade missions that certain passover traditions came to appear in the Chinese spring-festival.
