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

Dear Thorsten & Chris,

Have you considered a religious pilgrimage to the holy land by a newly
Christianized Irish priest or monk in the fifth or sixth centuries when
Ireland was isolated from Rome by the German conquests of the direct routes.
A boatride south down the coasts of Gaul and Iberia could have been the route
to the Mediterranean and North Africa.

Best regards, John Piscopo

In a message dated 8/16/01 5:21:42 AM Central Daylight Time,
tgpedersen@... writes:

--- In cybalist@..., "Christopher Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:
>
> > > > 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.
> >
> > That dog name
> > http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/kur.html
> > is all over the place too. Where dogs can go, so can words. If
> there
> > was no migration, at least there was travel. Which means the
> origins
> > of a domestic animal *is* relevant to linguists.
>
> But you should re-read the thread - we are talking about the
movement
> of peoples here, not linguistics. It is quite obvious that if a new
> type of animal (or a new product) is introduced into an area, there
> is a very high probablity of the receivers borrowing the name for
the
> animal (or product) from the providers.
>
> - Chris Gwinn

I *have* read the thread. My point was that, since there must have
been contact, and since the recipients so to speak have declared
their willingness to borrow words from that source, then besides 1
piece product and 1 piece corresponding word you might expect also
other words to have have travelled the same route.

Torsten