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

But I'm still prefer to believe Sun was a god among IE, not goddess. But I
can't discart the influence of Sumerian. I think the Anatolian Sun-Goddess
was the origin (or a strong link) of Greek Hestia.
Sun had a charriot, and was born of Dawn, when she was raped by his father
Sky (or brother Waxtnnos, cf. Brahma and Ushas). The Sun-child was raised by
sister of Dawn, the Night.
Maybe I'm influenced by the masculine gender of Sun in Portuguese and
another Latin languages.

Joao SL
Rio

----- Original Message -----
From: John Croft <jdcroft@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 10:16 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Dumezil, Trito and Athena: MY IE main Gods


> Joao wrote
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> > 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.
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> The Hittite sun was feminine too Joao. Masculine sun's seem to be
> Umero-Akkadian in origin originally. It goes through into modern
> Arabic I understand (Dennis can you help here?). It would seem that
> the further away from the Mediterranean and Middle East you go, and
> the further back into the past you go, the more sun is feminine.
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> Regards
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> John Croft
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