If we take a look at Kronos features we note two
contraditory characters:
1) The "Reaper", the Titan who separated Sky from
Earth (an Air God?), very similar to Hurrite Kumarbish, a mischievous ancient
god who castrated his father and was defeated by his offspring.
2) The "King of Golden Age", whose reign was
a period of peace and abundance. Any link with the IE "Mitrian" law-giving
kings, as Numa Pompilius and Yuddhis.t.hira? Or the First Man, king of dead,
*Manu-?
* Kumarbish is sometimes equated with Semitic Dagon
"grain, corn". May KRONOS < IE *g'r@... "grain, corn", as an addaptation of
Semitic name, through some non-Greek IE language?
Joao SL
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