Re: [tied] Fire-Born

Glen,

I don't object to fireborn deities as such, only to the formal aspect of you etymology of Perkunas etc. There is no legitimate way to derive this group of names from anything like *p(e)h2wr-g^enh1e:s (which is what the reconstruction should look like). Pu:ri:-gene:s is OK, of course.

Piotr

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From: Glen Gordon

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Subject: [tied] Fire-Born

Hidy-ho, folks. Scary stuff. I didn't know that "Fire-Born" had actual attestation in IE myths until now... If anyone had doubts about a *PexwrGnnos "Fire-Born" war deity (usually reconstructed as *PerkWnos), I just found Sanskrit Agnibhu meaning the same thing, one of the names of Skanda, god of war. One site mentions that the term is "applied to the Kshatriyas or warrior caste, whose ancestors were said to have sprung from fire". Imagine that! Excuse me, while I and my theories take a humble bow. It's further attested by Dionysus pet name, Purigenes, meaning (you guessed it!) "Fire-Born"! Well, carry on, now. - gLeN