Re: Djilas

From: ualarauans
Message: 58110
Date: 2008-04-27

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "gknysh" <gknysh@...> wrote:
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "ualarauans" <ualarauans@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > --- ualarauans <ualarauans@> wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > for he knew
> > > > both Rosomoni (which are absent as such in Nordic
> > > > sources) and the
> > > > swan etymology of the sister's name (which in Gothic
> > > > sounded most
> > > > probably as *Sunja-hildi "truth-battle" or even
> > > > *Sôna-hildi "atonement-
> > > > battle", i.e. had nothing to do with a swan).
> > >
> > > GK: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........
> >
> > ??
> >
> ****GK: Just means I have nothing to add. The editor of the PVL
> concocted his theory on the basis of various sources. Clearly his
> Lybed'=swan (Lebed') notion had Scandinavian affinities, while the
> Rosomon connection was borrowed from Gothic lore (he doubtless saw
> the Jormunrekr/Hermanaric connection). The previous editor
(Nestor)
> only knew the legend of the "three brothers".****

OK, that's clear. Thanks. Can I access your book (Tajemnytsja
pervisnoji Rusy v Kyjevi) via Internet?