Re: [tied] Religion

What were the bases for this pair *Nepo:t and *Pexwrgnnos ? What IE gods
were the reflexes of these two PIE gods?
India :
Scandinavia:
Celts:
Greeks:
Slavs :
Persia:
Roma:

Joao SL

----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Religion


>
> 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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