Re: [tied] Re: Greek Gods I : APOLLO

And, since both Apollo and Hermes have traits of shepherd gods, perhaps
represents the substitution of shepherd-Apollo by shepherd-Hermes.

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From: Joseph S Crary <pva@...>
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Subject: [tied] Re: Greek Gods I : APOLLO


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> I think the Cattle Raid of Hermes is a myth about change, lunar
> eclipses and seasonal. Here Hermes plays the part of the underworld
> god. The bovines are lunar cattle that pull the cart that the moon
> and/or sun god drives. It seems that Initially, the myth was about
> the IE deity Silen-os. This is a name that can mean both moon and
> sun, as in solar. Later Silenos is reduced in status, while remaining
> the myth's main action figure. As the Apollon deity usurped Silenos
> by the time the myth was recorded, the former was simply inserted
> into the cattle raid story to explain why he also was a god of music.
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> This appears to be a primeval IE myth with Hemes the god of death and
> winter, and Silenos a fertility god. Whats interesting about this
> myth is that Hemes and Silenos have attributes also found in Lugh,
> Angus, Belenos, Ing, and Frey. This suggests that each deity within
> this later group represent the condensation or composite of several
> earlier forms.
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> JS Crary
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