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The Dominion of Capella
The Dominion of Capella is a March in the Kingdom of Vega within the Empire of Chivalry and Steel. The Empire of Chivalry and Steel encourages education of the historical time periods ranging from 800 A.D. to 1650 A.D and not only hopes that its members learn history by re-creation but also may teach history to the community at large.
Areas of Education
Our monthly meeting will be held the second Saturday of ever month at 4:00pm.
Depending on the weather we are going have Archery and Combat!
Maille night is the Wednesday following our monthly meeting at 6:00pm at the Gunjah beads!
Welcome to all of the new members! It is great to see the excitement!
I will be arranging new combat and arts nights ASAP! Keep an eye on the slots below! We have Thursday as a tentative day...
Bring your current projects and enjoy craft ideas with your ECS family!
We will gather at the Capella estates for combat, arts (including a tourney if weather permits) and good food and fun!
Capella Combat Practice (at the Capella Manor if the weather is nice!)
For information contact the webminister at: lordsirfredric@ecs-capella.org
There will be monthly Arts Tourneys during Capella's General Meetings year round.
There will be monthly Combat during Capella's General Meetings, weather permitting.
Capella has general meetings on the second Saturday of every month. Capella will have two annual Territorial events. The Ren Faire, always the 2nd week of July and Winterfest, the first week of December. These are annually occurring events so to avoid conflicts with other territories. Winterfest will occur the first Saturday in December. Ren Faire is always Wed through Saturday the 2nd week of July.
The Dominion Capella is a March in the Kingdom of Vega and has a Barony and five Households! Huzzah!
- Capella: Markiz Sir Fredric de Gova
- Auriga Barony: Baron Calen
- House Dragonhaven: Lady Dame Aranea
- House Coeur d'or: Lady Elisabet
- House Aisteach: Lord Colin McCrag
- House Capella: Lady Aine of Oriel
- House Flanders: Lady Dame Rhiannon Audris
Event Guide
The different meanings of Capella and Vega
CAPELLA:
The name Capella means 'little she goat' in Latin, as in Roman mythology the star represented the goat Amalthea that suckled Jupiter. It was this goat whose horn, after accidentally being broken off by Jupiter, was transformed into the Cornucopia, or "horn of plenty", which would be filled with whatever its owner desired.
In Hindu mythology, Capella was seen as the heart of Brahma. The star is also often labelled "the shepherd's star" in English literature.
Astrologically, Capella portends civic and military honors and wealth. In the Middle Ages, it was considered a Behenian fixed star with sapphire and thyme as attributes. Cornelius Agrippa listed its kabbalistic sign X with the name Hircus (Latin, "goat").
In Persian literature, Capella (Bozban, Ayyuq) is a metaphor for a huge distance and also the light red colour.
In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Capella was Purra, the kangaroo, pursued and killed by the nearby Gemini twins or by the Orion hunter, or near the Orion belt twins canoe.
To the Bedouin people of the Negev and Sinai, Capella is known as al-'Ayug, 'the dandy', in its role as pointing out the position of the Pleiades -its name more fully al-'Ayug ath-Thurayya 'dandy of the Pleiades'.
VEGA:
Etymology and cultural significance
Each night the positions of the stars appear to change as the Earth rotates. However, when a star is located along the Earth's axis of rotation, it will remain in the same position and thus is called a pole star. The direction of the Earth's axis of rotation gradually changes over time in a process known as the precession of the equinoxes. A complete precession cycle requires 25,770 years,[69] during which time the pole of the Earth's rotation follows a circular path across the celestial sphere that passes near several prominent stars. At present the pole star is Polaris, but around 12,000 BCE the pole was pointed only five degrees away from Vega. Through precession, the pole will again pass near Vega around 14,000 CE.[70] It is the brightest of the successive northern pole stars.[6]
Among the northern Polynesian people, Vega was known as whetu o te tau, the year star. For a period of history it marked the start of their new year when the ground would be prepared for planting. Eventually this function became denoted by the Pleiades.[71]
The Assyrians named this pole star Dayan-same, the "Judge of Heaven", while in Akkadian it was Tir-anna, "Life of Heaven". In Babylonian astronomy, Vega may have been one of the stars named Dilgan, "the Messenger of Light". To the ancient Greeks, the constellation Lyra was formed from the harp of Orpheus, with Vega as its handle.[7] For the Roman Empire, the start of autumn was based upon the hour at which Vega set below the horizon.[6]
Medieval astrologers counted Vega as one of the Behenian stars[81] and related it to chrysolite and winter savory. Cornelius Agrippa listed its kabbalistic sign Image:Agrippa1531 Vulturcadens.png under Vultur cadens, a literal Latin translation of the Arabic name.[82] Medieval star charts also listed the alternate names Waghi, Vagieh and Veka for this star.[32]
Perhaps one of the best examples of adaptation of infused star lore is the story of Orihime and Kengyuu (Nojiri, 1973). This legend was probably imported from China in the Heian Era (794-1185), and its associated Tanabata Festival has developed through the centuries. The story involves the stars of Vega and Altair and their apparent proximity to the Milky Way.
Krupp (1991) provides an excellent account of the story in its Chinese form. Essentially the same in character, there are some noticeable adaptations made in the Japanese version based on unique social values and seasonal needs. In Japan, the star Vega is often called Orihime Boshi (Weaving Princess Star), and Altair is often called Kengyuu Boshi or Hiko Boshi (Puller of Cows Star). To give the reader one Japanese version of the legend, we will paraphrase Hara (1975):
Members of royalty were, of course, associated with the heavens; Tentei (the emperor) being centered at the North Pole. One day, the emperor's daughter, Orihime, was sitting beside the river of heaven (Milky Way). She had been weaving because her father, the emperor loved the beautiful clothes that she made. On this particular day, she was very sad because she realized that she had been so busy that she didn't have time to fall in love. Her father, Tentei, the ruler of the heavens, felt sorry for her and arranged a marriage with Kengyuu (who lived across the river, the Milky Way). Their marriage was one of sweetness and happiness from the start; and everyday thereafter they grew happier and happier. But Tentei became very angry, because in spending so much time in her happy marriage, Orihime was neglecting her weaving. Tentei decided to separate the couple, so he placed them back in their original places, separated by the Milky Way. On only one night of the year would he allow them to meet, the 7th day of the 7th month. Every year on that day, from the mouth of the river (the Milky Way), the boatman (of the moon) comes to ferry Orihime over to her beloved Kengyuu. But if Orihime has not done her weaving to the best of her skills and ability, Tentei may make it rain. When it rains, the boatman will not come (because the river is flooded). However, in such a case, Kasasagi (a group of magpies) may still fly to the Milky Way to make a bridge for Orihime to cross.
