Re: mtDNA Haplogroup: IRIS

[Mike Lowe <mlowe@worldiris.com>]

Title: Re: [AISdiscuss] mtDNA Haplogroup:  IRIS

It is surprising.

The photo is mine, it is ‘Blue Shimmer’ and was obtained from the CD that we give away as a handout from Anne’s presentation: “Form & Color”, CD title same.

Photos from that CD turn up frequently, overwhelmingly without attribution.

Mike Lowe


On 2/27/10 3:47 PM, "Jim Morris" <MORRISJE1@aol.com> wrote:

> All,
>  
> It sure is surprising what turns up on the internet when you are searching information.  I came across this and thought it might be of interest.  Looks like 'Blue Shimmer'?
>  
> Jim M.
>  
> Your overwhelming choice was . . .
>
>
>  
> Iris
>
> So go ahead and use the name we've chosen, and enjoy!
>
> Here are some eloquent words about it by Dick Kraus.* 
> >  
> > "I was attracted to  Iris because my mom loved to grow flowers and Iris were among her favorites.  [Same here!  -  B.] Then your comment about an ancient-sounding name provoked me  into research... 
> > Iris is a truly ancient female name.   It is the word for rainbow in both Greek and Latin... The Greeks early  on personified the rainbow and Iris became the Goddess of the Rainbow. She was  seen as the daughter of the Titan, Thaumas, and the ocean nymph,  Electra.  The rainbow was a symbol of peace -- thus Iris was the Goddess  of Peace -- but that was never very big with the Greeks -- they celebrated the  God of War, not the Goddess of Peace!   
> >
> > Iris was a messenger between Heaven  and Earth, being the favored messenger of Hera, the Queen of the Gods.   One of Iris' special tasks was to escort female souls upon death into  the afterlife -- Mercury, who performed the same task for male souls, got all  the press. 
> >
> > So the result of my research makes  me think even more that Iris should be our name -- her name is truly ancient,  she is beauty, peace, heavenly communication, and Goddess, and she performed a  very special task just for females -- what better name for  an mtDNA Haplogroup? 
> >
> > Cheers, your very  distant cousin Dick Kraus" (as slightly edited by  Bonnie.)
> >
> > * Due to his  very unusual haplotype, there is doubt over whether we can claim Dick for our  haplogroup, or whether he may perhaps belong to its mother haplogroup,  N.