As thread Re: l,Hercules [was: a "Germanic" query]
--- tgpedersen <
tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> But on the same subject: Which "interpretatio" is
> Herodotus using
> when he mentions the seven gods of the Scythians, of
> which five have
> Scythian names but Heracles and Ares Greek ones?
*****GK: The Paralata had an EIGHTH divinity:
THAGIMASADAS (Poseidon, the Roman Neptune). Which is
an opportunity to request another etymologization.
What is the meaning of THAGIMASADAS, and the
undoubtedly related Scythian royal name OCTAMASADES?
THAGI- and OCTA- ("eight" possibly?) plus -MASADAS,
-MASADES ....? ********
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