Re: Vanir

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

> --- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
> >
> > And this because I suspect
> > (just a suspicion, but that's how it always starts, that the As
> > people knew some kind of monotheist(?) religion based ultimately

on

> > Aton and Adonis ("Lord"). So the traditional connection of Odin
> > with *wed-/*ud- "anger, fury" would then be a folk etymology.
>
> I have to admit that I don't understand most of what you post,

that's a shame; sometimes it causes a commotion for reasons I can't
understand, so somebody must understand at least part of it.

> but you mention the As people in whom I'm interested so I have
> to ask you why you think that they knew a monotheistic religion.
> V. I. Abaev describes the As people's ancient religion in his book
> "The Pre-Christian Religion of the Alans". I can find no evidence
> of monotheism in his description. Can you share where you got this
> information? Maybe we're thinking about different people. Are

they

> Sarmatians? Maybe Scandinavian Asses have there own unique beliefs.

> -David

I wonder what type of Scandinavian Asses you mean ;-)

I have no information about the As people I must admit. But several
Scandinavian researchers have commented on the Asian aspects of Odin,
that he was a god of the ruling elite, and that he seemed out of
place in the Norse pantheon. There are very few "Odin" place names
here; "Thor" is much more popular. Obviously, the Norse religion is
not monotheistic, the As one might not have been, but that doesn't
exclude the possibility that Odin might have been borrowed from one
way back.

Torsten