Re: [tied] Re: Athena, Tritos and the painfully obvious origins of

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From: Rex H. McTyeire

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Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 5:42 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Athena, Tritos and the painfully obvious origins of IndoEuropean

Huluppa is usually identified as a linden-tree; its fruit isn't mentioned in the myth (the Sumerian 'oak' word was allaan, borrowed from Akkadian). "Huluppa > Olympus"? Not likely, nothing connects them except for vague phonetic similarity -- the most deceptive guide of all. Anyone who doesn't know what the Huluppa Tree motif is all about can check these links:

 

http://www.jelder.com/mythology/huluppa.html

http://www.airspeed.com/~shydavid/lilith10.htm

 

Piotr

 

 

 

Joao SL   offers:
> Olympos < Huluppu ?

In response to John Croft's:
> > apart as the Mayan Popul Vuh, on Japanese Mount Meru, the Cambodian
> > Phnon Penh (Sacred Mountain), The Sumerian "Huluppu Tree", and old
> > Yggdrasil itself.  It is even found in Maori myth.  So much for
> > Semitish influence there.

Tell me the Sumerian Huluppu was close to an oak, or that devotees ate the
fruit
(acorns or not) to share or communicate with the deity and I will get
genuinely excited.

La Revedere;
Rex H. McTyeire
Bucharest, Romania
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