From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 2330
Date: 2000-05-03
>What came first, the pancake or the wheel ;-)
> >During spring rites, Russian Slavs would fire up the wheel and let it >roll
> >down the hills - it was also a symbol of sun. Quite often >Christianity
> >had to adapt the old traditions to avoid the resistance >and gain
> >acceptance. It made things more colorful!
>
> ... and very deliciously pagan. But this raises many important questions. Is
> there a mythological connection between the sun and the wheel amongst the
> IEs, I wonder, or... :) the pancake? In fact, how old is the pancake? Is
> there an IE term for pancake? Perhaps we could reconstruct *pangagos. Can
> crepes be used in place of pancakes to accomplish this symbolism? Could
> there also have been a connection between the sun and gulabjamun or do these
> connections restrict themselves to Western foods?
>
> - gLeN
>
> PS: Very sorry, I just couldn't stop myself. :)
>