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