box- a woman's womb and/or vagina
As we learned in the "
Da Vinci Code", artist's and stoytellers of old often referenced a woman's womb as a precious vessel. Much like a vessel or jar (think
Egyptian burial jars), one of the most famous jars or Greek Mythology often misinterpreted as a "Box" was
Pandora's Box. According to legend, Pandora is the first woman and was created by the gods to punish men for stealing their secret fire. When this beauty opened her box (unsealed her jar/lost her virginity) soon after being married, she quickly unleashed all the evils onto the world. For the first time a society of solely men had experienced troubles, burdens, sickness and death. Once all of the evils escaped, the only thing left in her "box" was Hope forever sealed away from men (and presumably inside of her) in the box (jar). All women born after her would possess this power and all men, whether with a woman or not, would suffer the punishment. Therefore today, women should be much more appreciative and protective of her most dangerous and
precious gift...her jar which will later will be known as her Box.
Example:
"For she brings with her a
jar which contains
toil and sickness which brings for death to men, diseases as well as many other pains..." note after the 1700's jar translates
to box.