Talk:Widdershins

Opposite

So what is the opposite of widdershins? (however in certain circumstances it can be used to refer to a direction which is against the light, i.e. where you are unable to see your shadow.)

Why is the "Wiccan Rede" quoted here? The Wiccan movement is a relatively recent phenomena (despite their protests). Further, this article doesn't actually explain where the term came from. This article sounds like goth/wiccancrust. Dxco 07:48, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In answer to the above: 1.) Widdershins, meaning "clockwise" has as its opposite "deisul" (and other spellings and related folkterms) meaning "counter-clockwise". 2.)I didn't write that text but please note that it is listed under modern-usages and whether one likes it or not, 99% of the usage of these terms in the last 30 years has been in Wiccan or Neopagan contexts. Other than the "Wiccan Rede" reference the article as it currently stands sounds like "Folklore / Folkways" content, to me. Earrach 2/28/07

The 'Bön' paragraph states that "...This runs counter to the prevalent directionality of Buddhism (in general) and orthodox Hinduism, from which Buddhism seceded...." It is my understanding that Buddhism postdates Hinduism by millenia. No sources but a quick Google will show the weight of opinion on a religion dating to prehistory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mozgreen (talk • contribs) 07:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Seceded" means "split from", so that passage does say that Buddhism came after Hinduism. — Gwalla | Talk 20:34, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Cum Sole and Contra Solem

One of my professors said, "Rather than using clockwise and counterclockwise, it is better to use cum sole and contra solem."

See following for definitions: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/3/1/104.extract

http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?p=1&query=cum+sole&submit=Search

    cum sole—With the sun; hence anticyclonic; the opposite of contra solem
    contra solem—Against the sun, hence cyclonic, descriptive of motion turning to the left in the Northern Hemisphere and to the right in the Southern Hemisphere; the reverse of cum sole.

PointyHairedEE (talk) 17:27, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"ground the viewer stands upon"

i added this extra wording: "given the center of this imaginary clock, is the ground, the viewer stands upon". the reason i did so, was necessary. ether way, the viewer watches the apparent motion of the sun as a clockhand. previous to my edit, there's a problem. here's how it looked before: "to take a course opposite the apparent motion of the sun viewed from the Arctic Circle." if one were to read the sentence as it was, the Artic viewer would probably use the sky above him or her as the center of the imaginary clock. this would create the wrong direction, according to the definition. the center of the imaginary clock is key. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frank.manus (talk • contribs) 16:22, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's an adverb

The definition in the lede is incorrect. Widdershins is not "to go ...", "to walk ...", "to make ..." or any other verb or verbal phrase. It's an adverb, so it should not be incorrectly defined as a verb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.19.202.66 (talk) 01:08, 5 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]