From: Glen Gordon
Message: 8586
Date: 2001-08-17
>But .. who did steal from whom?I thought Juno => Uni. Juno is supposed to be ultimately derived
>Juno (variation Juni- in Junius) <=> Uni
>Janus <=> Ani
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>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 -----
>From: <tgpedersen@...>
>To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 7:10 AM
>Subject: [tied] Re: Uni (was: Odin as a Trojan Prince)
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> > --- 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.
> > > ...
> > > _____________________________________________
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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