Cort:
>The article mentions that Apollo's favorite number is 7, a rather
>unusual Hellenic number. So I propose that this Hyperborean name is
>referring to Apollo's identification with the primeval male
>principle, Ophion.
Hold on. "Six" and "seven" must have had some importance from early
on since these two numerals have been borrowed from a Semitoid
language into IE. They also are borrowed into other languages
like Kartvelian and Basque. However, I'm skeptical of a specific
connection between serpents and "seven"... Can you further
substantiate that association? Am I missing something?
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