I'm sitting here drinking hot chocolate. The trees are gorgeous yellow. and orange. So, it must be fall, right? Actually I think this is what is called Indian Summer. Anyway I was thinking about Thanksgiving and trying to think of a vessel which is a symbol of the Thanksgiving holiday. Besides the gravy boat all I could come up with is the cornucopia.
We probably all made paper cornucopias in grade school but the horn shaped container is much more ancient then that. According to Greek mythology, Baby Zeus was being suckled by the goat Amalthaea. Now Zeus got to rough-housing and broke off one of Amalthaea's horns. Did Zeus get sent to time-out? Nooo, it turns out the horn dispensed endless supplies of food, drink and riches. It was a horn of plenty.
Over time the horn shape signified prosperity. In the U.S. the cornucopia became a symbol of the Thanksgiving holiday a day of feasting. Traditionally, cornucopias were made of wicker and filled with fruit and flowers.
Speaking of food here is a link to a recipe for Roasted Vegetable Cornucopias www.vegetariantimes.com.
And here are two other artistic interpretations of cornucopias.
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