Re: [tied] Re: dracones

The explanartion is simple: the Devil is depicted as a Red Dragon in
Apocalypsis, and the serpent and the dragon became symbols of Christian
Devil, helping to absorb pre-Christian myths of dragon-slayings gods and
heroes. That's why Saint George is so popular, he was a synchretic character
that inherited the popularity of pagan gods and heroes like Thor, Perseus,
Horus, Herakles, etc. Analogously, in Brazilian African cults, Saint George
was equated to Ogum, the yoruba god of war, smiths and fire.

Joao SL
Rio

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> > There are in Alb. dreq "devil" and drangon "snake"
> > For me, Alb. drangon (not dragon) is much later than Greek drakon,
> > or Latin draco, -nis. Loans aren't one way roads. We use to see ore
> > to look just in one way direction, as all words in other languages
> > are loans from one much early documented languages
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> > Abdullah
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> In rom. are too "drac"= devil and dragon= dragon.
> The word "dragon" is a neologism the ancient name for dragon is "balaur"
> almost like albanin balë.
> We have to remmeber about the dacian plants called "dracila" and the
> romanian plant caled too drãcila.
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