Re: [tied] The Gaia Hypothesis

It's not impossible. I've already suspected a link between Gaia, Audhumla
and Aditi/Dhenu. PIE seemed to have a couple Primeval Bissexual Giant *Yemos
(Ymir, Purusha, Eros?,Gayomars, Remo (humanized) cp. Chinese Pan-Ku ) and
Primeval Cow or Bovine.
Other possibility: Gaia < *Ghmya "earth" from *dheghem-, through another IE
dialect.
Gaia have features of Tiamat (Mother of monsters, Primeval Mother).
The strongest possibility for me is Sumerian Ki, unless of the name Gaia.

Let's continue
Joao SL
Rio

----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 2:22 AM
Subject: [tied] The Gaia Hypothesis


> Joao, a couple of messages back...
> >What are the etymologies of Titans' names? ( I found an interesting >clue
> >(coincidence?) - Yoruba (Western Africa) have TITAN "shining" (Titan?),
> >GIGAN "guilt, sin" (Gigantes?), IRIN "moisture" (Iris?), >couple of gods
> >ORUN & AYE (Ouranos & Gaia? An & Ki?)
>
> While I'll avoid the Yoruba connection for now, I want to know more about
> the origin of Gaia. Has this been discussed before? Is there a solution?
>
> Would I be crazy to suggest that it is perhaps from IE? Like maybe
> *Gwo:u-aya "Aunt Cow"? I know that the Hindus have Go-Mata "Mother Cow"
who
> provides plenty of milk on tap for the universe. (Got milk?)
>
> Of course we could go nuts with this title. We got "Aunt Cow", "Mother
> Cow"... Why not "Grandmother Cow"? In IndoEuropean, that would be
> *Gwo:u-xanos or *Gwo:u-xanax, or maybe just *Gwxnax for short (cf.
Sanskrit
> gana, Gr. gyno-, etc). Just a thought. Carry on.
>
> - gLeN
>
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