Re: Etruscan Divine names
From: Ivanovas/Milatos
Message: 1704
Date: 2000-02-27
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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
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<DIV>A.J. Pfiffig in his book 'Religio Etrusca' writes sub 'Maris':</DIV>
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<DIV>"Ein wesentlicher Zusammenhang mit dem italienisch-roemischen Mars ist
ausgeschlossen. _Maris_ ist auch keine etruskische Umformung des griech. Ares.
Ein kriegerischer Charakter des Maris ist derart schwach ausgeprägt, dass
keineswegs von einem Kriegsgott gesprochen werden kann." p. 249</DIV>
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<DIV>He believes the connection to Mars has been secondary (because of the
similarity of the name) and doesn't see any linguistic connection between Lat.
_Mars/Martis_ and Etr. _Maris/Marisl_. He seems to be Menrva's son.</DIV>
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<DIV>At the moment I haven't got the time to look up all the others, but it
seems obvious from this that similarities are not as easy as they seem to
be...</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes</DIV>
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<DIV>Sabine</DIV></BODY></HTML>