Re: [tied] Re: Uni (was: Odin as a Trojan Prince)

But .. who did steal from whom?
Juno (variation Juni- in Junius) <=> Uni
Janus <=> Ani

In both cases there was a drop of the J-. It's more likely to say that
Etruscans borrow Latin names and drop the J- than to say that Romans borrow
Etruscan deities and put an J-.

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 7:10 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Uni (was: Odin as a Trojan Prince)


> --- In cybalist@..., "Alexander Stolbov" <astolbov@...> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <MrCaws@...>
> >
> > ...
> > > Yes, but the Romans stole even more from the Etruscans. Compare
> Roman
> > > Juno to Etruscam Uni.
> > ...
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> > Can not Roman Venus be produced from Etruscan Uni as well ?
> >
> > As far as I know, unlike the majority of Greek deities Aphrodite
> has neither
> > Aegean (Pelasgian?) nor IE, but the Semitic source - a variant of
> Astarta.
> > Thus, if we accept the Aegean (West Anatolian) origin of Etruscans,
> they
> > could not have an Astarta-related deity in their pantheon (if to
> exclude the
> > coincidence of the parallel borrowing). When Romans got a wish to
> have their
> > pantheon mirroring the Greek's one they had to "invent" a goddess
> > corresponding to Aphrodite. Some functions of the Uni image could
> fit it
> > well. So Etruscan Uni would be represented in the Roman mythology
> twice - as
> > Juno (~ Hera) and Venus (~ Aphrodite). IMHO.
> >
> > Alexander
>
> Isn't *w-n- "friend; desire" IE?
>
> Torsten
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