Re: [tied] Re: Dumezil, Trito and Athena: MY IE main Gods

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 3318
Date: 2000-08-20

Hi, Mark
 
I think the couple Lord Moon and Lady Sun was a North European Pattern (Germanic, Slavic, Baltic, maybe Celtic) and not an IE heritage. However, it was ever difficult for me to define the IE Moon  gender.
Vedic myths were a good base to define PIE gods, but in India Moon was a god, Candra. Sumerian Influence? PIE heritage? It's hard to find out. Maybe Pre-IE Great Goddess Durga-Kali absorbed the IE Triform Moon... Or maybe the Nornir/Moirai were the Triform Moon.
 
Yes, Helene was a Sun-Maiden. But I think PIE Sun-God had a daughter - Helene, Surya:/Tapati, Leukippides, that was loved by the Heavenly Twins.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Odegard
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Dumezil, Trito and Athena: MY IE main Gods

I don't know about Sky-Mother. In the early days of this list, I asked what gender sun and moon were in post-Anatolic IE. We know the sun is female and the moon male in Germanic. Lady Sun as consort to Lord Day-Sky, with Lord Moon having Lady Night-Sky has his consort?