From: João S. Lopes Filho
Message: 9650
Date: 2001-09-21
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From: Joseph S Crary <pva@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 2:08 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Apollo
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> Returning to the Late Bronze Age Apollo-Apollon; Appaliuna:
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> I think I tracked down one of the alternative names for the
> Tyrrhenian moon goddess Lusan, Leukothea.
> It appears Leuko-thea, is not Tyrrhenian, but what else Ionic, leuko
> (light, bright, pale gold, silver) and thea (to see, spectacle). Tana
> another name for Lusna appears to be from the Hellenic, Tanaos,
> meaning outstretched. This could be a reference to a full moon, just
> as the sources say Tana is the full moon aspect of Lusan.
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> Also Aplu, Apulu, and Aplun is the name of the Tyrrhenian Storm God.
> I can't find a reference to Apulu as a Hurrian god or a Hurrian word.
> It seems that Apulu-Aplun and Apollon are derived from Appaliuna.
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> JS Crary
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