Re: [tied] Re: Troy, Rasna and Turan

*Xastora could be related to Kastor?

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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Troy, Rasna and Turan


> --- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> > > Cort:
> > > > It is interesting that Aphrodite/Venus was strongly allied with
> > > >Troy and was the mother of Aeneas, isn't it? Could Troy also be
> > > >named after Turan?
> > >
> > > I don't think so. My own view now is that the name "Rasenna",
> > > the name that the Etruscans called themselves, is in fact derived
> > > from *Tarwésena ("People of *Tarwése"). *Tarwése would be the
> > > city of Troy. However, I like to fantasize that the name for Troy
> > > itself means "of Taru", of the Hattic god of storm.
> > >
> > > As for Turan, I feel that it derives from an earlier form *Xastora
> > > and is ultimately, strangely enough, of IE origin
> (*xste:r "star").
> > >
> > > Of course, I could be wrong...
> > >
> >
> > Perhaps this is relevant:
> >
> > http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/tr.html
> >
> should be:
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Hstr.html
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> > Torsten
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