From: João S. Lopes Filho
Message: 9685
Date: 2001-09-22
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From: Joseph S Crary <pva@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 2:48 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Greek Gods I : APOLLO
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> I think two points can be made at this juncture. First, the majority
> of the evidence indicates that initially Apollon was not an IE god.
> Second, Apollon was initially both a solar and lunar deity. However,
> this solar-lunar deity is discrete from the Hellenic Silenos. I've
> read that the Etruscan Apulu-Apulun was a storm god. On closer
> inspection I found that Apulu-Apulun was actually a sun god that was
> closely associated with Losna-Lusna-Louna. The names of these two
> gods often appear together on Etruscan ritual mirrors, reflective
> symbols of solar-lunar deities. The Etruscan Apulu-Apulun.
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> Still if one looks at the single largest early source of information
> about the nature of the Apollonian cult, the Iliad, its clear Apollon
> is a bowman, destroyer, and a god of pestilence. Its also clear that
> Apollon's early totem animal was the wolf. Interestingly, In the
> Early Hellenic period Apollon is often associated with a Syrian
> deity, Reseph. As you know Reseph is called the plague-bringer and
> depicted with arrows and quiver. The Ras Shamraian Keret text has
> Reseph gathering a fifth of his "onto himself," clearly a reference
> to death by plague. Reseph in the dragon-slayer Ugaritic myth is
> similar to Apollon in the Delphic myth of Python. In the Ugaritic
> Text 1001, Reseph's arrows defend Baal during the battle with a giant
> dragon. Reseph's arrows eventually kill the dragon and rescue Baal. I
> believe the Anatolian counterpart to Reseph is Yarris.
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> JS Crary
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