> 2. Arkugal's claim that Venus-Mars links only go back to
the "Hellenic
> Period"...
>
> Sorry Arkey dude, the Ugaritic myths go back to at least 1400 BCE.
The myths
> include Athtar, Venus, son of Ashera (aka Astarte). The Battle of
Mot
> provides a link between Athtar and Baal. This is already at the
very start
> of any Hellenic period.
Glen Gordon, what are you talking about? What I said was that MARS
had no connection neither with the Underworld nor with VENUS. I was
speaking about the Latin Deities. Now, you insist on arguing that in
Semitic tradition this and that, etc., but that is, literally, beside
the point. You assume that the IE mythologies are determinated by the
Semitic ones and that's final. Well, all your statments are good
indications that the Semitic influence is far less important than
some people say. Because, in fact, MARS and VENUS are two IE Latin
Deities, and ASTARTE, and BAAL, etc., are Semitic. That's all.