Europe

l'Europe (FR N-M) Europe, large geographical / social / political area. Phoenician religious lore calls the full moon »broadface« or »europe,« but if the word is divided into two stems »eur« + »ope,« it means »good for willows,« that is rich in water. Fertility rites throughout the European continent were often performed in willow groves, and Zeus ravished »Europa« in a willow grove on Crete. »Europa« was the mythical mother of Minos, lord of Crete, thus the mother of the most ancient branch of…