From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 6534
Date: 2001-03-11
--- In cybalist@..., MrCaws@... wrote:
Veles, Volos, Vala are all 'horned god"
> types, related to the forest, the serpent, death. Veltha/Voltumna
is
> so similar in both name and spheres of influence that I have to
draw
> the connection. Veles and Volos are Slavic(and Baltic)and Vala
> appears to be old Indo-Iranian.
A relation between Old Russian (I am not aware of this form in other
Slavic languages) VolosU:VelesU (nom. prop., skotIjI bogU 'god of
cattle' according to PVL) and Baltic *veln- 'devil' is problematic.
Even the Proto-Slavic form is hardly reconstructable. Old Russian
VolosU points to *VelsU or VolsU, while VelesU points to *VelesU (at
least if the developement was normal).
Sergei