Re: [tied] More on IE myth

--- In cybalist@..., Omar Karamán <diogenes@...> wrote:

>

> > As for the dog, dogs are guardian animals. The land of the dead is
> > often displayed as actual property of the god of the underworld,

and

> > the metaphor could be extended to having a dog to guard the

property

> > (and the cattle, symbolic of the "wealth" of the death god).
>
> Are you thinking about a connection between Underworld powers and
> wealthies?
>
>

Yep. Pluto for instance, or Slavic Veles/Volos. Hermes, as an
underworld figure, was also sacred to merchants and commerce in
general.