From: MrCaws@...
Message: 7814
Date: 2001-07-05
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> > I saw a theory that Poseidon somes from *potis - da: = "lord
> > "lord of the earth", which is the wrong way round for IE becauseit is
> > an over-literal loan-translation of a Semitic god name "Ba`al`Ars." =
> > "lord of the earth", the name being because he was blamed forcausing
> > earthquakes by some such method as jabbing with his trident at thehttp://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> > underwater slopes of the islands.
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