Re: [cybalist] Re: Easter

----- Original Message -----

From: Glen Gordon

To: cybalist@egroups.com

Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 11:32 PM

Subject: Re: [cybalist] Re: Easter

Piotr:
>   I agree with Sergei. While a river spirit may be promoted to
> >pantheon-member status as a god or goddess associated with a >particular
>river, the reverse is typologically unusual -- rivers are >not normally
>named after (autonomous) deities [...] the noun "river" >implicit but left
>out: "the Running", "the White", "the Dark", [...]
>
>   But *danu- IS found in continental Celtic rivernames. Apart from
> >Danuvius, another well-known example is *Ro-danu- (the Rhone). Any
> >etymological suggestions?

But why does *danu- have to signify the name of a goddess rather than simply
"river"? If *danu- is simply "river" then the goddess name just simply
derives from the word, and likewise the river names would not be named after
the goddess. No? Am I missing something?

- gLeN

I don't say it's a goddess's name. Anyway, read the more recent postings on *danu- by Chris, John, Sergei and me.

 

Piotr