Re: [tied] Re: Odin as a Trojan Prince

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From: Christopher Gwinn <sonno3@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 12:03 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Odin as a Trojan Prince


>
> > I've already references in books about dog breeds, that Celtic
> terriers
> > could have been a Egyptian origin, relating them to the
> Egyptian "teckel", a
> > small, short-legged dog, usually considered to be ancestor of German
> > dachshund, Welsh Pembroke Corgi, and even Maltese bichon.
>
> The origins of a domestic animal (which could have easily been spread
> far and wide via trade) has no real bearing on the ethnicity of the
> people.
>
> - Chris Gwinn
>

Surely I know this, I was just sugesting that maybe there's some link
between Egyptian and Irish dogs. I don't know its origin, perhaps trade via
phoenicians, or some kind of Afro-Asiatic substratum in Ireland.