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

*Yamas in Indo-Iranian played the role of "king of dead" and "first man",
and become brother of Manu.

Joao SL

----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
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Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Ancient female figurines (was Medieval Dragons,
dog/snake, Greek D...


>
> Joao:
> >The Indo-Iranian *Yama was substituted in India by Purus.a,
> >while his name was confused with *Manus, so Yama became in India the king
> >of the dead, and played a similar role in Persia,
> >although slightly different.
>
> What evidence that *Yamas took over the role of *Manus?
>
>
> - gLeN
>
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