It was used more broadly than for embalming, that’s just what we know it as now, since the other uses got pushed out in the years since.
It’s still a pretty silly idea that some out-of-touch old dude brought a high-end febreeze to a baby.
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captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Because according to legend wise men brought a resin involved in embalming the wealthy to an impoverished infant in a neighborhood in what is now Palestine
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 2 days ago
Wikipedia lists about 5 other uses, some of which would probably still be relevant today if we didn’t have cheaper ways to make perfume. Silly wise men, giving expensive, light, easily liquidated assets to people they believed were going to be fugitives. As well as some much heavier, but very easily liquidated assets. Poorest choices imaginable.
IronBird@lemmy.world 3 days ago
lol, i love how stupid this shit sounds when you actually spell it out plainly
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s supposed to be strange. The magi are mystic wizened men (magi are zoroastrian priests) come to give a poor child gifts fit for a prince, specifically ones related to death. Because they saw his birth in the stars. It’s a weird story, but it’s supposed to be weird. It’s about reinforcing that Jesus was destined from birth to die a king. Also it should be noted that king of kings is a title used by both Jesus and Iranian emperors.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Every year we leave out a sacrifice for the god of charity and the eight beasts who drag him across the sky.
And by that I mean cookies and milk and carrots for Santa and his reindeer.
It’s all in the phrasing.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 days ago
After following a star nobody else could see from (probably) Persia.