Re: [tied] Re: The role of Earth Goddess in PIE Mythology

But...if this name is pre-Germanic and pre-Balto
Slavic? She could be a Pre-IE goddess *Ziwa, Siwa or
SiBa, "germanized" as Sibjo:, and "slavized" as Ziva,
Z^iva.
I think the meaning of Sif as "sibling" still
unexplained. All we know about Sif is that she was an
Asynja, was Thorr's wife and had golden-hair (actually
a golden-whig).

Joao SL
--- "A." <xthanex@...> escreveu:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes"
> <josimo70@...> wrote:
> >
> > "Ziva/Siva/Siwa/ Sieba/Zhiva/ Z'iva in the Baltic
> & Slavic "
> >
> > Another idea: this goddess could be linked to ON
> Sif? <*Sibjo:
> >
> >
> What would be the etymology of Cisa? Ziva seems to
> mean "life" <
> *gWiHwa:
> >
>
> Joao,
>
> I am not sure myself. I have also seen Ziva promoted
> as having
> meant "life"... while to my limited understanding,
> Sif is derived
> from "sibling".
>
> Feel free to bring the discussion over to the PIE
> religion group
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/
> as someone there might be able to answer these
> questions better than
> I can.
>
> Sincerely,
> Aydan
>
>
>
>
>

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