Re: Dumezil, Trito and Athena: MY IE main Gods

From: John Croft
Message: 3330
Date: 2000-08-21

Joao wrote

> I think the couple Lord Moon and Lady Sun was a North European
Pattern (Germanic, Slavic, Baltic, maybe Celtic) and not an IE
heritage. However, it was ever difficult for me to define the IE Moon
gender.

The Hittite sun was feminine too Joao. Masculine sun's seem to be
Umero-Akkadian in origin originally. It goes through into modern
Arabic I understand (Dennis can you help here?). It would seem that
the further away from the Mediterranean and Middle East you go, and
the further back into the past you go, the more sun is feminine.

Regards

John Croft