Tanzanian swagger/fighting stick?

katana · 10th August 2006, 10:22 PM

Hi Tim, all the info I have is pretty generalised, did a bit of checking...but discovered little......

Polydactyls have six or more digits on their hands or feet. The extra digits vary from small pieces of soft tissue to apparently complete digits.
Historically and in the contemporary world, polydactylyism has been associated with witchcraft, psychic power, the extraterrestrial, divine connection, and sporting prowess. Also there numerous works of art from many era’s and cultures, that depict diety’s with 6 fingers
The Number 6 also has connections with belief and mythology.
For Christians, Jews and Moslems, the number 6 represents the day that man was created. Mathematicians revere the number 6 because it is the first perfect number.
Deities associated with the number 6 include Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom; Bacchus, the Roman God of Wine and Hermes, the Greek God of Communication

10th August 2006, 10:22 PM	#12
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi Tim, all the info I have is pretty generalised, did a bit of checking...but discovered little...... Polydactyls have six or more digits on their hands or feet. The extra digits vary from small pieces of soft tissue to apparently complete digits. Historically and in the contemporary world, polydactylyism has been associated with witchcraft, psychic power, the extraterrestrial, divine connection, and sporting prowess. Also there numerous works of art from many era’s and cultures, that depict diety’s with 6 fingers The Number 6 also has connections with belief and mythology. For Christians, Jews and Moslems, the number 6 represents the day that man was created. Mathematicians revere the number 6 because it is the first perfect number. Deities associated with the number 6 include Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom; Bacchus, the Roman God of Wine and Hermes, the Greek God of Communication