Re: [tied] Backward Etruscan

From: Cyber Kuryber
Message: 6288
Date: 2001-03-02

> >Apulu - > Apollo). Apollon > Apullu
> Greek Apollon "destroyer" (/apollyo/ "destroy")

1) nope, "apollumi" is destroy;
Apollo is created through haplology : *apo-pellw (O
grade of apophony for the nomen actionis)therefore
Apollo "the one who refutes". Take care of oldest
inscriptional material: Apollo muxios (on the
fields), "the one who refutes the mice".


> I assume that Apollo is associated with
"destruction" ironically because of his ability to
heal.

Iliad I, the oldest inscriptions: Apollo delivers the
plague. I do not see much of irony. It is more of a
functional ambivalency; what made you sick will make
you healthy again.

He
> is clearly the extension of the IE fire god even
> though he has been
> transformed into a "sun" god in this instance. Sun,
> fire, same diff. Anyways, the IE fire god is the one
who helps and yet also destroys, just like fire
itself. Knowing this, Etruscan Apulu must
> be loaned from Greek, not the other way around.

Probably.

Best regards,
Andrej

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/