Re: Lithuanian planets' names

I don't know what is true etymology, but I think Selija (Sëlija) can
be compared with Baltic tribe name Seliai (Sëliai), which was
mentioned by Herodotus as Sali. There are many versions about
origins of name Seliai (Sëliai). Some of them are: Lithuanian word
SIELIS, meaning RAFT; Lithuanian word SIELA, meaning SPIRIT, SOUL,
HEART; Lithuanian word SHELO (SHËLO), meaning WAS STORMING, WAS
RAVING. Pietro Umberto Dini compares this name with Thracian tribe
name Seleti. There is Lithuanian name Indre (Indrë), which, some are
suggesting, comes from Baltic word INDRE (INDRË), meaning REED,
CANE. Word NENDRE (NENDRË) in Lithuanian language means REED, CANE.

Regards, Aigius

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
wrote:

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> http://www.mythinglinks.org/wintersolstice~2000.html
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> ...As the female head of the heavenly family, Saule is
> the mother of the planets. Among Her daughters are: Vaivora

(Mercury),

> Ausrine, (Morning Star or Venus), Zemyna (Earth), Ziezdre (Mars),

Selija

> (Saturn) and Indraja (Jupiter). Thus, according to some scholars,

Lithuanians

> named the planets during a matriarchal age. i.e. earlier than the

Romans.

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