Re: [tied] Bakkhos etymology

From: alex
Message: 37406
Date: 2005-04-27

david_russell_watson wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>> david_russell_watson wrote:
>>>
>>> I see no necessity to relate 'Janus' and 'Enyalios' though.
>>> What has a Greek god of war to do with a Roman month besides
>>> the sequence 'ar' in both of their names?
>>
>> do you belive then in a coincidence here?
>
> No. For there to be a coincidence something ought to
> actually coincide.
>
>> There are 3 languages, not far away from each other, having each
>> a name for the month january which coincidentaly appears to look
>> appropiate?
>
> What am I missing here? Is 'Enyalios' the name of a
> month? Besides the Latin 'Januarius', the only other
> name of a month that you've mentioned is the Romanian
> 'Gherar'. What is the third language?
>
> David


I just think at Joao who mentioned the Mycenian word should be read
"Enuwarijo" as well as "enuwalijo".

Alex




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