Re: [tied] Dumezil, Trito and Athena: mystery solved the gLeN way

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 3290
Date: 2000-08-19

Why *Xedhnos? What are cognates from these name?
Joao SL
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Dumezil, Trito and Athena: mystery solved the gLeN way

 
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Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Dumezil, Trito and Athena: mystery solved the gLeN way
 
Let's be serious: Odin cannot be *XedHnos for the very good reason that he is the same god as Wotan and Woden: *wo:d-an-a- contains the same element that we find in archaic wood 'mad, possessed' = OHG wuot, Gothic wo:ths (cf. Modern German wütend, Wut 'wrath'), and also in Latin va:te:s, OIrish faith 'prophet, seer' < *waxt-, with further Germanic, Celtic and Indic cognates that have to do with madness, poetry and magic.
 
Piotr