Re[2]: [tied] Jubar

At 2:07:38 PM on Tuesday, February 18, 2003, alex_lycos wrote:

> Glen Gordon wrote:
>> Piotr:
>>> The suggestion expressed in the article you quoted --
>>> that Venus may have been more 'hairy-looking' or
>>> comet-like in the past -- sounds like some Velikovskyan
>>> nonsense

>> It certainly gives a whole new spin on the goddess,
>> doesn't it? <:S (ick!)

> wasn't Venus the name of Greek, Aphrodita? If yes and if I
> remember right, Aphrodita was the godess of love. I have
> no ideea what has "hairy" to look for here, but "iuba"
> like gothic form of the word or slavic or other forms are
> related to "love".

Are you sure that you aren't misreading and thinking of
Goth. *<lubo:> 'love', <liufs> 'dear, beloved', OHG <liob>
'dear, beloved', OCS <ljuby> 'love', etc.?

Brian