Joao:
>Varuna has a night aspect to oppose Mitra's day aspect. The duo
> >Varuna/Mitra have many oppositions, like yin/yang, but it's hard to say
>if it's a typical Indian development or an IE basis.
Let's see what I can come up with here. If Varuna is simply a rehashed
*Nepo:t then Mitra would be the derivative of *Pexwrgnnos (War). The two
figures are paired in the Underworld (like *Dye:us and *Wa:tnos in the
Overworld). *Nepo:t and *Pexwrgnnos represent the Underworld and the warrior
caste, respectively.
- gLeN
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