2010
Click the audio play button above to hear me talk about the Star Goddess discovery.
Meeting the gaze of the Goddess
The Star Goddess rediscovered…
Noticing
this
makes
it
necessary
to
look
at
what
happens
on
the
horizon
in
that
area.
Clearly,
if
it’s
not
solar
or
lunar
then,
it
must
be
stellar.
This
insight
led
to
the
identification
of
a
long
lost
image,
in
the
night
sky,
of
a
huge
female
figure
looming
over
Waden
Hill
and
standing
on
Silbury.
It
seems
likely
that
the
Neolithic
people
who
built
the
henge
also saw and respected her
She rises from her sea of stars again,
High in the south on midwinter night.
With arms spread wide to bless all here on earth,
Our lady gazes down with eyes so bright.
I am she that rises with the Dog star,
I am she that is called Goddess by women,
I divided the Earth from the Heaven,
I show the paths of the stars,
I order the course of the Sun and Moon.
Extract from hymn of Hellenistic Egypt, c.2200 BP
or
the
images
formed
by
groups
of
stars
in
the
night
sky.
However
different
cultures
throughout
the
years
have
found
other
ways
of
seeing
and
identifying them.
First visualisation
based on star map
Move
your mouse pointer
over these side images
to see a bigger picture
Orion walks over
Waden Hill
reaching out to Taurus.
Night comes up with her many eyes,
Looking for a spot to rest,
Filling the sky with beauty,
Filling the water with her darkness,
Oh Night, immortal Goddess, look with favour on us here,
We who occupy these lands where you have walked.
Indian Vedic hymn
with
the
plane
of
the
ecliptic
(the
path
of
the
sun
and
moon
and
all
the
planets).
The
stars
reach
the
highest
point
in
their
path
across
the
sky
there
and
seem
to
travel
from
east
to
west
in
an
arc
above
Waden Hill
Look! I see her with my own eyes,
The Mother Queen of the West,
Look! I see her silvery hair,
The Mother Queen of the West,
I see her, in her arched home,
The Mother Queen of the West.
I see the three legged raven who serves
The Mother Queen of the West.
Poem by Ssu Ma Hsiang Ju China cira c. 2150 bp
In
pre
Vedic
India
they
were
the
eyes
of
Aditi.
This
area
of
the
sky
is
known
in
Indian
astrology
as
Punarvasu,
the
mansion
of
Aditi.
She
was
one
of
the
very
few
Goddesses
who
were
prominent
in
the
Vedas.
She
is
“the
Wide
Eyed
One”,
“Infinity”,
the
“Unbounded
Sky
Goddess”
and
is
described
in
the
Vedas
as
having
her
legs
spread
wide
to
give
birth
to
the
Gods.
If
the
Gods
are
seen
as
related
to
the
wandering
planets
then
they
all
visit
Her
from
time
to time as they traverse the line of the ecliptic.
Aditi
shares
many
attributes
with
Durga,
the
first
Goddess,
who
was
brought
into
existence
to
act
as
champion
for
the
Gods
who
were
losing
their
battle
with
the
demons
at
the
beginning
of
time.
She
arrived
riding
on
a
tiger
and
defeated
the
leader
and
last
of
the
demons,
who
had
taken
the
form
of
a
buffalo,
by
forcing
him
into
the
ground.
The
piece
of
sky
we
are
considering
is
flanked
by
the
constellations
of
Leo
and
Taurus
and
Taurus
appears
to
sink
back
into
the
ground,
under
the
hand
of
Aditi
or
the
Goddess,
as
the
stars
turn
to
the west
Drawings based on
primal serpent goddess
from Crete circa 1600 BC
She is a dark woman unto herself,
She is as beautiful as Dawn,
She is as beautiful as a full moon,
She is a dark woman with four faces.
Her hips are as wide as the valley,
Her breasts are as full as the hills.
She is a dark woman with four arms,
On them she wears bracelets and bangles
Of brilliant jewels, emerald and sapphire.
She is dark as a thundercloud.
She is the bearer of all blessings.
Indian Mahabharata
Virata Parvan
Her
“eyes”,
which
set
into
the
hills
in
the
west
just
as
the
sun
rose
in
the
east,
suggest
the
appearance
of
the
“Eye
Goddess”
images
from
the
Neolithic
era.
In
fact,
as
shown
in
the
accompanying
illustrations
by
Jamie
Blackwater,
many
of
the
archaic
images
from
across
Europe
and
out
as
far
east
as
Japan
show this woman of the stars.
Early 4th Millennium
Goddess figurine
Early 4th Millennium
Goddess figurine
It
is
not
only
at
Avebury
that
this
vision
of
the
Goddess
walking
on
earth
could
be
experienced.
Other
sites
in
southern
England
which
lend
themselves
to
it
are
at
Uffington,
below
the
white
horse,
Wilmington
over
the
downs
above
the
Long
man
and
over
the
Tor
at
Glastonbury.
There,
up
at
the
top
of
the
lane
which
leads
past
Chalice
Well,
the
view
to
the
south-south-west
did
and
does
reveal
the
image.
A
little
consideration
of
the
landscape
requirements
of
this
midwinter
ceremonial
experience
reveals
that,
for
10,000
years,
it
has
been
available
and
visible
to
people
anywhere
in
the
northern
hemisphere
right
round
the world.
Hail to the Goddess, the sky torch, the pure one.
Hail to heaven’s noble one, crowned with great horns.
Hail to the moon’s oldest daughter, heaven’s greatest queen.
I sing of her greatness, her beauty, her nobility.
I sing of her brilliance in the evening sky.
I sing of her rising, to shine down on all our lands.
Babylonian incantation
It
is
difficult
to
believe
that
our
ancestors,
from
prehistoric
times,
did
not
respond
to
the
powerful
combination
of
visual
image,
significant
timing
and
location
of
this
long
neglected
group
of
constellations
on
the
galactic
plane
and
at
the
intersection
with
the
plane of the ecliptic.
Although
the
Goddess
is
harder
to
see
in
the
sky
made
dimmer
by
man’s
light
pollution,
those
with
eyes
to
see
can
still
look
up
to
Her.
The
best
time
is
during
November,
when
She
rises
in
the
east
after
sunset,
through
December
and
the
Solstice
and
January
when
She
rules
the
frosty
skies
of
midwinter.
Direct
personal
experience
of
Her
presence
changes
the
abstraction
of
dry
text
to
a
heart
warming
reality.
The
Goddess
is
universal,
common
to
all
cultures,
paths
and
times.
Clothe
Her
as
you
will
She
remains
“
the
Unbounded
One”
and
cannot
be
hijacked
by
any
one
spiritual,
social
or religious system.
Like the stars She is eternal.
Heaven and Earth at Avebury
Although
the
stars
seem
fixed
in
their
eternal
courses,
the
way
we
humans
have
named
the
constellations
over
the
millennia
has
changed.
These
days
most
people
in
the
West
are
accustomed
to
the
predominantly
Greek
and
Roman classical names f
Work
at
Avebury
Henge,
that
great
rival
to
Stonehenge
16
miles
to
the
south
,
revealed
an
extraordinary
and
unexpected
drama
in
the
heavens
at
Midwinter.
Most
of
the
alignments
to
astronomical
events
at
henges
are
to
places
on
the
horizon
where
solar
or
lunar
risings
and
settings
occur.
However
here
at
Avebury
two
of
them
point
south
and
bracket
Waden
hill,
one
leading
directly
to
Silbury
Hill
that
unique
outlier
to
this
enormous
complex.
At
midwinter
a
very
significant
part
of
the
sky
is
visible
in
the
South.
The
stars
of
Orion,
Castor
and
Pollux
(Gemini),
Taurus,
Cancer,
Leo
and,
climbing
up
from
the
east
Sirius.
Above
Orion
is
the
point
of
intersection of the Milky Way
Bearing
in
mind
that,
because
of
the
effect
of
the
precession
of
the
Equinoxes,
all
the
stars
in
this
part
of
the
sky
have
seemed
to
have
risen
slowly
higher
and
higher
for
13,000
years.
It’s
possible,
by
using
an
astronomical
computer
programme,
to
see
where
they
were
in
2500
BCE.
At
that
time
Orion,
followed
by
his
dogs
Sirius
and
Procyon
(Canis
Minor)
appeared
to
walk
over
the
top
of
Waden
Hill
and
his
foot
Rigel
“landed”
on
Silbury.
As
he
moved
forward
to
the
west
Taurus,
the
Bull,
backed
down
into
the
earth.
Over
his
head
arched
the
Milky
Way,
which
could
be
seen
as
the
Wild
Hunt
or
the
path
of
souls
into
the
west.
All
of
this
would
have
been
a
magnificent,
night
long,
ceremonial
spectacle
for
people
in
the
south
circle
at Avebury.
However,
much
more
can
be
discovered
high
above
Orion
where
the
twin
stars
of
Gemini
shine
brightly
and,
at
midnight
are
horizontal.
These
were
known
by
at
least
two
ancient
cultures
as
eyes.
In
the
Norse
tradition
they
are
the
eyes
of
Thiazi,
a
giant
from the beginning of creation.
These
ideas
lead
naturally
to
a
direct
observation
of
the
midwinter
night
sky
at
midnight
when
Castor
and
Pollux
are
horizontal.
As
soon
as
one
looks
up
at
the
stars
of
Gemini,
with
the
concept
of
eyes
in
mind,
the
majesty
of
a
giant
figure
with
arms
outstretched
stands
above
and
looks
back
down
at
you.
The
hand
on
the
right
is
marked
by
Capella,
above
the
head
of
Taurus,
which
is
the
only
part
of
this
figure
which
remains
visible
throughout
the
year.
The
hand
on
the
left
is
Procyon,
also
known
as
Canis
Minor.
The
breasts
are
clear
to
see
just
rising
above
the
“foam”
of
the
Milky
Way
draped
across
her
body.
Her
wide
skirt
reaches
down
past
Orion
her
child
and
the
“Hunter”
to
her
feet,
the
star
Rigel
and
the
horizon
here
above
Silbury
Hill.
The
figure
marks
the
limit
of
the
path
of
Venus
as
an
evening
star
and
is
visited
by
Mars,
Jupiter
and
Saturn
as
well
as
the
Moon.
During
the
summertime
the
Sun
invisibly
brushes
across
her
breasts
when
she
spends
time
in
the
underworld
in
the
South,
after
joining him in the Spring.
At
Avebury
the
raised
horizon
created
by
Waden
Hill
ensured
that
the
Goddess
really
did
walk
on
the
earth;
and
in
more
ancient
times,
when
the
early
inhabitants
of
the
area
built
the
long
barrows,
she
would have been more firmly rooted in it.
The
changes
made
to
the
way
the
stars
in
the
south
were
seen,
brought
about
by
precession
over
the
last
12,00
years,
can
be
detected
in
the
way
the
depiction
of
the
Goddess
alters
in
time.
In
the
earliest
period
She
was
seen
as
much
squatter
or
sitting
down.
Later
She
was
seen
as
a
taller
standing
figure,
sometimes
with
outstretched
arms.
In
terms
of
the
development
of
the
mythos,
another
effect
was
that
the
stars
of
Orion,
always
a
male
figure,
only
became
visible
in
about
5000
BCE.
This
may
have
coincided
with
the
rise
of
patriarchal
dominance
in
religions.
As
the
stars
of
Orion
rose
so
that
he
stood
upon
the
earth
he
began
to
usurp
the
authority
of
his
“Mother”
and
took
on
the
role
of
the
hero,
bull
slayer
and
god.
He
also
adopted
the
dogs
that
had
once
been
Hecate’s
companions
as
she
carried
her
torches
through
the
night
sky
to
stand
at
the
crossroads of the heavens.
At
many
times
throughout
the
history
of
the
world
the
constellations,
the
planets
and
the
Sun
and
Moon
have
provided
the
imagery
for
myth
and
religion.
Understanding
the
significance
of
this
is
vitally
important
as
it
opens
up
a
wealth
of
possibilities
for
a
greater
awareness
of
the
depth
of
ancient
symbolism
and belief systems.
The
text
of
this
article
is
necessarily
abbreviated
and
condensed
for
purposes
of
magazine
publication.
There
is
a
lot
more
background
research
material
relating
to
the
concept.
In
addition
there
are
many
further
cross
references
to
Goddess
mythology
and archaeology from a wide range of cultures.
Some
of
this
will
be
added
as
an
appendix
here
and
much
more
awaits fuller exposure in book form.
At
midnight
on
the
winter
solstice
the
Star
Goddess
looks
down
over
Avebury.
Her
eyes
are
Castor
and
Pollux
(Gemini),
the
Milky
Way
crosses
her
body
and
she
stands
on
Silbury
Hill.
Rug
based
on
the star map for 2800 bce.
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Click the audio play button above to hearme talk about the Star Goddess discovery.
2010
Meeting the gaze
of the Goddess
The Star Goddess
rediscovered…
Work
at
Avebury
Henge,
that
great
rival
to
Stonehenge
16
miles
to
the
south
,
revealed
an
extraordinary
and
unexpected
drama
in
the
heavens
at
Midwinter.
Most
of
the
alignments
to
astronomical
events
at
henges
are
to
places
on
the
horizon
where
solar
or
lunar
risings
and
settings
occur.
However
here
at
Avebury
two
of
them
point
south
and
bracket
Waden
hill,
one
leading
directly
to
Silbury
Hill
that
unique
outlier
to
this
enormous
complex.
Noticing
this
makes
it
necessary
to
look
at
what
happens
on
the
horizon
in
that
area.
Clearly,
if
it’s
not
solar
or
lunar
then,
it
must
be
stellar.
This
insight
led
to
the
identification
of
a
long
lost
image,
in
the
night
sky,
of
a
huge
female
figure
looming
over
Waden
Hill
and
standing
on
Silbury.
It
seems
likely
that
the
Neolithic
people
who
built
the
henge
also
saw and respected her
She rises from her sea of stars again,
High in the south on midwinter night.
With arms spread wide to bless all here on earth,
Our lady gazes down with eyes so bright.
The Star Goddess rediscovered
I am she that rises with the Dog star,
I am she that is called Goddess by women,
I divided the Earth from the Heaven,
I show the paths of the stars,
I order the course of the Sun and Moon.
Extract from hymn of Hellenistic Egypt, c.2200 BP
Although
the
stars
seem
fixed
in
their
eternal
courses,
the
way
we
humans
have
named
the
constellations
over
the
millennia
has
changed.
These
days
most
people
in
the
West
are
accustomed
to
the
predominantly
Greek
and
Roman
classical
names
for
the
images
formed
by
groups
of
stars
in
the
night
sky.
However
different
cultures
throughout
the
years
have
found
other ways of seeing and identifying them.
At
midnight
on
the
winter
solstice
the
Star
Goddess
looks
down
over
Avebury.
Her
eyes
are
Castor
and
Pollux
(Gemini),
the
Milky
Way
crosses
her
body
and
she
stands
on
Silbury
Hill.
Rug
based
on
the
star
map
for
2800 bce.
First visualisation
based on star map
Orion walks over
Waden Hill
reaching out to Taurus.
Night comes up with her many eyes,
Looking for a spot to rest,
Filling the sky with beauty,
Filling the water with her darkness,
Oh Night, immortal Goddess, look with favour on us here,
We who occupy these lands where you have walked.
Indian Vedic hymn
At
midwinter
a
very
significant
part
of
the
sky
is
visible
in
the
South.
The
stars
of
Orion,
Castor
and
Pollux
(Gemini),
Taurus,
Cancer,
Leo
and,
climbing
up
from
the
east
Sirius.
Above
Orion
is
the
point
of
intersection
of
the
Milky
Way
with
the
plane
of
the
ecliptic
(the
path
of
the
sun
and
moon
and
all
the
planets).
The
stars
reach
the
highest
point
in
their
path
across
the
sky
there
and
seem
to
travel
from
east
to
west
in
an
arc
above
Waden Hill
Look! I see her with my own eyes,
The Mother Queen of the West,
Look! I see her silvery hair,
The Mother Queen of the West,
I see her, in her arched home,
The Mother Queen of the West.
I see the three legged raven who serves
The Mother Queen of the West.
Poem by Ssu Ma Hsiang Ju China cira c. 2150 bp
Bearing
in
mind
that,
because
of
the
effect
of
the
precession
of
the
Equinoxes,
all
the
stars
in
this
part
of
the
sky
have
seemed
to
have
risen
slowly
higher
and
higher
for
13,000
years.
It’s
possible,
by
using
an
astronomical
computer
programme,
to
see
where
they
were
in
2500
BCE.
At
that
time
Orion,
followed
by
his
dogs
Sirius
and
Procyon
(Canis
Minor)
appeared
to
walk
over
the
top
of
Waden
Hill
and
his
foot
Rigel
“landed”
on
Silbury.
As
he
moved
forward
to
the
west
Taurus,
the
Bull,
backed
down
into
the
earth.
Over
his
head
arched
the
Milky
Way,
which
could
be
seen
as
the
Wild
Hunt
or
the
path
of
souls
into
the
west.
All
of
this
would
have
been
a
magnificent,
nightlong,
ceremonial
spectacle for people in the south circle at Avebury.
However,
much
more
can
be
discovered
high
above
Orion
where
the
twin
stars
of
Gemini
shine
brightly
and,
at
midnight
are
horizontal.
These
were
known
by
at
least
two
ancient
cultures
as
eyes.
In
the
Norse
tradition
they
are
the
eyes
of
Thiazi,
a
giant
from
the
beginning
of
creation.
In
pre
Vedic
India
they
were
the
eyes
of
Aditi.
This
area
of
the
sky
is
known
in
Indian
astrology
as
Punarvasu,
the
mansion
of
Aditi.
She
was
one of the very few Godesses who were prominent in the Vedas.
She
is
“the
Wide
Eyed
One”,
“Infinity”,
the
“Unbounded
Sky
Goddess”
and
is
described
in
the
Vedas
as
having
her
legs
spread
wide
to
give
birth
to
the
Gods.
If
the
Gods
are
seen
as
related
to
the
wandering
planets
then
they
all
visit
Her
from
time to time as they traverse the line of the ecliptic.
Aditi
shares
many
attributes
with
Durga,
the
first
Goddess,
who
was
brought
into
existence
to
act
as
champion
for
the
Gods
who
were
losing
their
battle
with
the
demons
at
the
beginning
of
time.
She
arrived
riding
on
a
tiger
and
defeated
the
leader
and
last
of
the
demons,
who
had
taken
the
form
of
a
buffalo,
by
forcing
him
into
the
ground.
The
piece
of
sky
we
are
considering
is
flanked
by
the
constellations
of
Leo
and
Taurus
and
Taurus
appears
to
sink
back
into
the
ground,
under
the
hand
of
Aditi
or
the Goddess, as the stars turn to the west
Drawing based on
primal serpent goddess
from Crete circa 1600 BC
She is a dark woman unto herself,
She is as beautiful as Dawn,
She is as beautiful as a full moon,
She is a dark woman with four faces.
Her hips are as wide as the valley,
Her breasts are as full as the hills.
She is a dark woman with four arms,
On them she wears bracelets and bangles
Of brilliant jewels, emerald and sapphire.
She is dark as a thundercloud.
She is the bearer of all blessings.
Indian Mahabharata
Virata Parvan
These
ideas
lead
naturally
to
a
direct
observation
of
the
midwinter
night
sky
at
midnight
when
Castor
and
Pollux
are
horizontal.
As
soon
as
one
looks
up
at
the
stars
of
Gemini,
with
the
concept
of
eyes
in
mind,
the
majesty
of
a
giant
figure
with
arms
outstretched
stands
above
and
looks
back
down
at
you.
The
hand
on
the
right
is
marked
by
Capella,
above
the
head
of
Taurus,
which
is
the
only
part
of
this
figure
which
remains
visible
throughout
the
year.
The
hand
on
the
left
is
Procyon,
also
known
as
Canis
Minor.
The
breasts
are
clear
to
see
just
rising
above
the
“foam”
of
the
Milky
Way
draped
across
her
body.
Her
wide
skirt
reaches
down
past
Orion
her
child
and
the
“Hunter”
to
her
feet,
the
star
Rigel
and
the
horizon
here
above
Silbury
Hill.
The
figure
marks
the
limit
of
the
path
of
Venus
as
an
evening
star
and
is
visited
by
Mars,
Jupiter
and
Saturn
as
well
as
the
Moon.
During
the
summertime
the
Sun
invisibly
brushes
across
her
breasts
when
she
spends
time
in
the
underworld
in
the South, after joining him in the Spring.
At
Avebury
the
raised
horizon
created
by
Waden
Hill
ensured
that
the
Goddess
really
did
walk
on
the
earth;
and
in
more
ancient
times,
when
the
early
inhabitants
of
the
area
built
the
long
barrows,
she
would
have
been
more
firmly
rooted
in
it.
Her
“eyes”,
which
set
into
the
hills
in
the
west
just
as
the
sun
rose
in
the
east,
suggest
the
appearance
of
the
“Eye
Goddess”
images
from
the
Neolithic
era.
In
fact,
as
shown
in
the
accompanying
illustrations
by
Jamie
Blackwater,
many
of
the
archaic
images
from
across
Europe
and
out
as
far
east
as
Japan
show
this
woman of the stars.
Early 4th Millennium
Goddess figurines
Early 4th Millennium
Goddess figurine
It
is
not
only
at
Avebury
that
this
vision
of
the
Goddess
walking
on
earth
could
be
experienced.
Other
sites
in
southern
England
which
lend
themselves
to
it
are
at
Uffington,
below
the
white
horse,
Wilmington
over
the
downs
above
the
Long
man
and
over
the
Tor
at
Glastonbury.
There,
up
at
the
top
of
the
lane
which
leads
past
Chalice
Well,
the
view
to
the
south-south-west
did
and
does
reveal
the
image.
A
little
consideration
of
the
landscape
requirements
of
this
midwinter
ceremonial
experience
reveals
that,
for
10,000
years,
it
has
been
available
and
visible
to
people
anywhere
in
the
northern hemisphere right round the world.
Hail to the Goddess, the sky torch, the pure one.
Hail to heaven’s noble one,
crowned with great horns.
Hail to the moon’s oldest daughter, heaven’s greatest queen.
I sing of her greatness, her beauty, her nobility.
I sing of her brilliance in the evening sky.
I sing of her rising, to shine down on all our lands.
Babylonian incantation
The
changes
made
to
the
way
the
stars
in
the
south
were
seen,
brought
about
by
precession
over
the
last
12,00
years,
can
be
detected
in
the
way
the
depiction
of
the
Goddess
alters
in
time.
In
the
earliest
period
She
was
seen
as
much
squatter
or
sitting
down.
Later
She
was
seen
as
a
taller
standing
figure,
sometimes
with
outstretched
arms.
In
terms
of
the
development
of
the
mythos,
another
effect
was
that
the
stars
of
Orion,
always
a
male
figure,
only
became
visible
in
about
5000
BCE.
This
may
have
coincided
with
the
rise
of
patriarchal
dominance
in
religions.
As
the
stars
of
Orion
rose
so
that
he
stood
upon
the
earth
he
began
to
usurp
the
authority
of
his
“Mother”
and
took
on
the
role
of
the
hero,
bullslayer
and
god.
He
also
adopted
the
dogs
that
had
once
been
Hecate’s
companions
as
she
carried
her
torches
through
the
night
sky
to stand at the crossroads of the heavens.
At
many
times
throughout
the
history
of
the
world
the
constellations,
the
planets
and
the
Sun
and
Moon
have
provided
the
imagery
for
myth
and
religion.
Understanding
the
significance
of
this
is
vitally
important
as
it
opens
up
a
wealth
of
possibilities
for
a
greater
awareness
of
the
depth
of
ancient
symbolism
and
belief
systems.
It
is
difficult
to
believe
that
our
ancestors,
from
prehistoric
times,
did
not
respond
to
the
powerful
combination
of
visual
image,
significant
timing
and
location
of
this
long
neglected
group
of
constellations
on
the
galactic
plane
and
at
the intersection with the plane of the ecliptic.
Although
the
Goddess
is
harder
to
see
in
the
sky
made
dimmer
by
man’s
light
pollution,
those
with
eyes
to
see
can
still
look
up
to
Her.
The
best
time
is
during
November,
when
She
rises
in
the
east
after
sunset,
through
December
and
the
Solstice
and
January
when
She
rules
the
frosty
skies
of
midwinter.
Direct
personal
experience
of
Her
presence
changes
the
abstraction
of
dry
text
to
a
heart
warming
reality.
The
Goddess
is
universal,
common
to
all
cultures,
paths
and
times.
Clothe
Her
as
you
will
She
remains
“
the
Unbounded
One”
and
cannot
be
hijacked by any one spiritual, social or religious system.
Like the stars She is eternal.
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