From: João S. Lopes Filho
Message: 9647
Date: 2001-09-21
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From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:57 PM
Subject: [tied] Greek Gods I : APOLLO
> 1) Sun (*Sxwe:l)
> - shining, beautiful god/goddess
> - has twins, with one of them being killed to form the
> earth
> - ORIGIN: Middle East, C.Asia, E.Mediterranean
I think IE Sun was male.
> 2) Earth, Vegetation & Fertility (*Yemos):
> - beautiful young god
> - seasonally reincarnated
> - associated with burial and death
> - owns a scary wolf-dog to guard underworld
> - a fine musician
> - ORIGIN: Middle East, C.Asia, E.Mediterranean
> 3) Hunting & Herding (*Manus):
> - valiant hero; archer/hunter/herder
> - battles herd-stealing water serpent
> - ORIGIN: E.Mediterranean
I don't believe the couple *Yemos/*Manus was the same as the Heavenly twins.
*Yemos is more a kind of giant than a man.
What's your source for depicting *Yemos as a musician? The Theban twins
Amphion and Zetho?
> 4) Health, Disease & Divine Medicine (*XegWnis):
> - mouse/rat/squirrel
> - conniving trickster
> - fire god
> - ORIGIN: Central Asia
Do not confuse the totemic animals of God of Health/Disease, mole (or
mole-rat) and mouse, with squirrel. The identification of messenger of gods
to a squirrel is nice, since there was ON Ratatosk, but I think there's few
solid traits to assure that. I can't see any squirrel-trait in Prometheus
and Agni. Loki, maybe, but he had many animal metamorphosis.
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