Re: [tied] Re: Ancient female figurines (was Medieval Dragons, dog/

Really interesting! Ouranos-Ge has Asia Minor and Mesopotamia counterparts,
but a syncretism of this theme to the Primordial Bovine in PIE is a good new
direction to think about...

Joao SL

----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Ancient female figurines (was Medieval Dragons,
dog/snake, GreekDragons)


>
> Cort:
> >The way I see it, Ge parthenogenically gives birth to Ouranos,
> >represented as you say by the bull of heaven. The bull of heaven
> >is ritually killed or castrated, representing the castration of
> >Ouranos. [...]
>
> Wow, interesting! I have to think about how that relates to the
> Indo-European myth.
>
>
> - gLeN
>
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