Yama's buffalo

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 5115
Date: 2000-12-18

Is there some PIE concept at Yama's buffalo?
I'm thinking on several possibilities...
 
1) The buffalo represents an older concept, maybe a bison? aurochs?
 
2) The pair Yama-buffalo is a reflex of PIE pair "Primordial Giant" - "Primordial Bovine" (Ymir-Audhumla; Gayo M@...@tan-G@... Urvan).
 
3) The pair Yama-buffalo represents an association between the "king of the dead" and his cattle; cf. Hades's cattle; Geryon's cattle; Minos and Minotaurus(?).
 
 
Joao SL
Rio