[tied] Re: Creation > IE Astronomy

--- In cybalist@..., smvd@... wrote:

> I am not a linguist, but I study the history and mythology of the
> Balts. Here is my two cents. Vakarine might be a derivative, but if
> so you could also probably say the same about Ausrine and many
> others. It may not be mentioned as a worshiped deity in the

medieval

> sources, but it is definitely attested in folklore.

I never stated <vakari`ne. z^vaigz^de~le.> is non-existent. Sa'ugok
die~ve! It's rather a _standard_ designation for the evening Venus in
folklore. My point was that the romantic writers too often used the
pattern 'personified object = (automatically) deity' which, IMHO, is
absolutely incorrect methodologically. Males often personify a
certain part of their body which doesn't make 'him' a deity,
though. :))

> I do not currently have
> the appropriate literature at hand, so I cannot cite the specific
> source of this song, but it should be known to anyone living in
> Lithuania. It was rendered into modern pop music in a project by

the

> folk singer Veronika Povilioniene and the rap group ZAS.

At least neither my wife nor I are not aware of this specific song,
but the motif is no doubt a typical one.

> I think this
> is an artefact of polytheism in our folk culture (we have

_hundreds_

> of such as well).

I don't follow here.

Sergei