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

I don't agree, but I can't discard your theory.
Joao SL

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From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Dumezil, Trito and Athena: MY IE main Gods


>
> >[...]
> >*ERYOMEN "Protector of Community; Weddings, Births" <Aryaman, Balder,
> >Eleuthia (female), Juventas(female)>
>
> Well, it makes more sense if "ERYOMEN" was the first human and thus
> equivalent to *Manus. In my mythological scheme, *XeryoManus is the
> representative of the commoner caste (*Xedhnos = priest caste, *PexwrGnnos
=
> warrior caste). As such a representative, he would naturally, therefore,
be
> a "protector of _community_" since the welfare of his human offspring
would
> obviously be of interest to him!
>