Re: [tied] Re: From Scythia to Camelot

There's also a Gaulish goddess ARTIO, a bear-goddess.
Was Artemis name surely linked to bear or just a folk etymology?

Joao SL
Rio

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From: Rex H. McTyeire <rexbo@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied] Re: From Scythia to Camelot


> "John Croft" includes (re Arthurian links to the east):
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> >and "Arth" is seen as linked to the word for Bear in a number of IE
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> "Artemis" shares a bear link early (even in mainland Greece), before stags
> and bulls occupy her symbology. She was also a "female slaughteress".
What
> better animal symbol for a slaughteress (in Europe) that is also
affiliated
> with childbirth..than a she bear protecting cubs.
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> La Revedere;
> Rex H. McTyeire
> Bucharest, Romania
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