Re: The Solar Goddess.

Hello Alexander and Stephanie,

I've discovered that the etymology of :
"isidae" is [NL, fr. Isis, type genus (fr. Gk, orig. Egyptian goddess of
motherhood and the family + "-idae"]: a family of gorgonians having an
axis composed of alternating horny and calcareous joints.

and

"isiac" is [fr. L isiacus, fr. GK isiakos, fr. Isis, orig. Egyptian
goddess of motherhood and the family whose cult spread through the
Mediterranean world in Hellenistic times.

So whether "isiac" or "isidae" qualify as Egyptian goddesses, I'll
leave that decision to you.

Sincerely,
Gerry


Alexander Stolbov wrote:

> Stephanie,
> I'm grateful for the information and the referencies.
>
> The most interesting for me aspect of the problem is the reflection of
> large
> ethnic groups history in mythology.
> For example, we can consider Ashtar-'Ashtart-Ishtar as different
> variants of
> development of the same "native" Semitic goddess. Almost like we
> consider
> Akkadian, Canaanite and South Arabian dialects as different variants
> of
> development of the same Proto-Semitic language. (Or you think that I
> simplify
> the situation too much?) When speaking about "genetic relations" or a
> "native"
> goddess I mean in this case that she was not borrowed from ,say,
> Sumerian
> religion (although influences of different kind defititely took
> place).
>
> Do you agree that we can reconstruct (approximately) the image and the
> name of
> such a goddess on the Proto-Semitic level?
> The next question: Was it a proper Semitic creature or a result of
> development
> of a more ancient Proto-Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) diety? To accept
> the second
> variant we have to find a "relative" of her in Berber, Cushitic,
> Chadic or
> Egyptian pantheons and to prove that she was not borrowed from or to
> there. The
> only candidate for such a comparison I could find was Egyptian Isis
> (Isida).
> What is your opinion about the probable common origin of Ashtar and
> Isis?
>
> Alexander
>
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