Res: [tied] Prthvi or Aditi

From Wiki:
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She is the wife of Dyaus Pita ('father Dyaus'). (The widespread belief that these two were originally a single deity appears to be mistaken. See Dyavaprthivi). She is the mother of Indra and Agni. According to a tradition, when Indra killed Dyaus Pita, she applauded and married him. She is associated with the cow. Prithu, an incarnation of Vishnu, milked her in the cow's form to get food from her.

Prithvi is also called Dhra, Dharti, Dhrithri, meaning that which holds everything. As Prithvi Devi, she is one of two wives of Lord Vishnu. His other wife is Lakshmi."

Maybe some of the gods were children of Prhtvi, other ones from Aditi... any idea?

In Scandinavia, Baldr, Ho,dr and Hermodr were Frigg's children; Thor and Austra were Jord's.

In Greece, Zeus had seven wives; in India the All-Father (Kas^yapa, Dyauh) have many.

The pair Sky-Earth could be as older as PIE, but could be from Sumerian (or any similar Middle East people) An-Ki.

JS Lopes

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De: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
Para: Cybalist <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Enviadas: Domingo, 30 de Março de 2008 20:08:01
Assunto: [tied] Prthvi or Aditi

In the Vedic mythology the Mother Goddess was ambiguously considered as Pr.thvi: (Earth Mother) or as Aditi (Liberty, Infinity) . Is this a reflex of two different mixed cosmogonies?
I began to text a hypothesis that PIE Dyeus (Sky-Father) had three different wives : an earth-Goddess (*dHg^Hom, *pltH2wi:, *h1er-(t)h2- ), an atmospheric one (cf. Aditi, Frigg, Dione) and a water deity (cf. Da:nu/Diti, Eurynome, Me:tis, Domnu). The "Air-Mother" generated gods, and the "Water-Mother" generated the "giants" (cf. Fomoire, Jo,tun, Rashasa, Asura).
I'm confuse about the parentage of Vedic gods like Varuna, Mitra, Agni, Surya, etc. Are they sons of Aditi or of Prthvi? Any specific god was considered only as son of Earth or of Aditi?

JS Lopes

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