Re: [tied] Hinduism as the 'true' IE religion.

From: Christopher Gwinn
Message: 7605
Date: 2001-06-12

> Your Celtic god of hell, the equivalent of "the eater of the dead",
may be Samhain (according to the Irish name), but that I'm not too
sure about.

There is no such Irish god (and please don't confuse Irish
with "Celtic"). The Old Irish Samain is simply the name of the
harvest festival which falls on Nov. 1st, and literally means "summer
(time)". The notion that Samain referred to a god of the underworld
comes from modern Evangelical Christians who know very little about
Irish history, no less the Irish language - it's a complete lie.

- Chris Gwinn