[tied] Re: tr / Phenicians in Brazil

--- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:

> Well, the main sources were the books of L. Schwennhagen, an

Austrian who

> lived in Brazil, and wanted to prove that Phenicians settled in

Brazil.

> According to him, the Phoenicians called themselves "Karu People".

He wanted

> to prove that the defeated people of Trojan war fled to South

America. These

> theories became so popular in Rio de Janeiro : the Pedra da Gavea,

a great

> mount in Rio has a peak superficially similar to a bearded head,

it's said

> there are Phenician letters graved in it, and secret tunnels.
> The city of Tutoia in Northern Brazil was etymologized by him as
> "Tur-Troia", and he relates Tupian oca "house" to Greek "oikos",

Tupian poti

> "river" to Greek potamos .As you can see, just sure etymologies.

But I like

> to confront these odd theories with the current knowledge.
> Other base for Schwennhagen's theories was the Amerindian tales of

bearded

> cultural heroes, like Tupian Sumé (whom the jesuites identified to

Sao Tomé

> [Saint Thomas]), Aztec Quetzalcoatl and Mayan Kukulkan.
>

Ah, great stories. I think I'll grow a beard and go to South America.

Torsten