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Here's a legend that some of the SM people were using. Not sure if I agree with all of it, but I did use to start with.

*Mary=Natalee
*The Lamb=Joran
*Shivas=Kalpoe brothers
*Dirty Hand=police commissioner Van Der Straaten
*The Elder=Paulus Van Der Sloot
*His Lordship=unknown; maybe the Aruban Prime Minister
*Sumerians= maybe American government officials or Jossy Mansur, head of Diario
*Babylonians=European (Dutch) influence on Aruba
*Arawaks=native Arubans
*Arawak King=Prime Minister, or possibly the boat with the same name from the mainland that frequents Aruba.
*Olorum=supreme being
*46th Spirit=a reference to Bifrons, a spirit with the swollen features of a rotting corpse; makes people around him aware of their own mortality. Not sure what the connection is here…
*Teepees=dwelling of innocent people/carefree island culture was first suggested, but I think it really means the island’s businesses: casinos, hotels, etc. that would be hurt worst by a drop in tourism
*Roll=reference to doing the drug ecstasy; or tripping whether or not self induced doing X is called ‘rolling’
*Keystone=Dirty Hand=the center of corruption, which will expose this crime and other corruption
*The Lions=the truly dangerous people involved in underworld; Natalee’s real killers (or those responsible for her death Sex/drug dealers.)
*The Maze=location of rave parties/ seedy underworld of the island
*Sacrifice=person or people who will take the fall if truth isn't exposed (The Lamb and shivas)
*Cowboys=Americans searching for Natalee; her family, EquuSearch, FBI, etc.

*Indians= arubans
*Loot=Natalee; some think this means hard evidence of any kind
*Wampum= money, income to Aruba; the economy
*Occam's Razor=medieval principle that one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed
*Doppleganger=an invisible shadow-self possessed by every human
*Eden=truth

*cowboy gods=the real power in the U.S.: FBI, senators, et cetera

Note: Shango says three things frequently enough that I think it more efficient to provide one translation here to use afterward:

I must (go) feed the messengers

Either Shango has sources of his own he has to confer with (my guess), or he is leaking information to the media or elsewhere as well. (ringo's Guess)

The gods are talking

Refers to ongoing communiqués between the Aruban government, the Netehrlands, the U.S., etc.

Light the fires!

The day of charges/trial/conviction are approaching. (Also a warning or message (ringo's guess).

http://www.scaredmonkeys.com/?p=1190

I think all of the Shango posts are listed above along with the key/legend that was put together some time back. I have my doubts about some of the correlations on the legend but I have not changed them

On the other thread we were discussing the possibility of a religious/Christian connection to Shango. I for one don't read it that way. If Shango has a strong religious connection is appears more pagan than Christian. I have viewed the posts in this manner.

Also, given that, I am less interested in who Shango is than in what he/she is attempting to convey. There are a lot of references to raves, mazes and music when the posts refer to a location. I have a theory on this. I don't think they are meant to be interpreted in the literal since. If raves are common, then they can be found. I know they are supposed to be secret parties, but Aruba is a small town. The would be too easy. I think the 'raves' are the private, behind the scenes high-stakes games that are put together by the casino operators or hotel GM's.

Also, watch how he/she will use a term more than once, sometimes to identify an individual, other times not. I think that is important.

Any thoughts???