Chris G:
>I am still a bit shaky on what you are saying about *Pexwr-G^ene:s'
>connection to *PerkWonos - can you clarify/restate it a bit?
>
>Are you saying that the names *Pexwr-G^ene:s and *PerkWonos are
>linguistically related, or simply that they are alternate names for >the
>same god? Or am I simply confused.
I'm not sure exactly. :) The more I revisit this idea, the more I discover
new aspects, none of which give me ultimate illumination on the matter but
damned if they aren't interesting. It certainly seems like one name is a
mutation of the other but I'm not sure what's what yet. The epithet "Fire
Born" must signify something in IE myth because it obviously appears to
reoccur over and over as we've seen. I'm not sure how it might have
described the storm deity *PerkWnos however.
Obviously, lightning is not "born of fire", nor is a storm, unless perhaps
this truely describes the roar of thunder that follows a flash of lightning.
(Of course, if *PerkWnos is simply "storm", then he is both "lightning fire"
AND "thunder", so... does "Fire Born" imply an "autogenesis"?? Argh, no
comprendo, se�or!)
Yet, on the other hand, I don't understand why there is a connection between
oak trees, lightning and this storm deity which underlies the accepted name
*PerkWnos. It would almost seem that the connection is on an abstract level,
caused by a linguistic pun of an earlier *Pexwr-G^ene:s, corrupted by other
similar words like "to strike" and *perkWos "oak" giving the deity
additional aspects and purposes that had never existed before in the
original EuroAnatolian protomyth with the "Baal"-ish counterpart.
Yet, on a third hand (lended to me by a friend :P), how does "Fire Born"
relate exactly to IE myth? Am I correct? Is it simply his thunderous roar
being "born" from lightning? Does it perhaps have something to do with the
story of Odin and his Christly self-sacrifice on the tree? Somehow born from
fire? Born from ashes? Born from a tree's ashes?? Is a tree struck by
lightning considered a holy event where *PerkWnos is metaphorically "nailed"
to the tree, only to rise to the sky (via the smoke of the blazing tree) and
become reborn?? I don't know. I'm still exploring, trying to arrive at the
most sensible theory.
Summary: I think the two names are both from an IE level and
related by religious wordplay.
I'll get to the other messages soon. I have to sleep now and save my
strength to fight the new year. Nighty night and may everyone have an
ordered lifespan under the sun of the 3rd millenium... We probably won't
live to the next millenium, so we better make this one good... That reminds
me, I must invest in bioengineering companies... [wink wink] :)
- gLeN
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