From: alex_lycos
Message: 19519
Date: 2003-03-02
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From: "João Simões Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 7:02 PM
Subject: 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
I don't ask for the explanation. I ask for Latin text of the church
where the word "draco,-nis" is used as "devil".
The Rom. Word for dragon is "balaur" which is to corelate with the
albanian word "bollë"
The romanian word for snake is "Sarpe", the albanian one is "gjarpë".
None of these 4 words is becoming "devil". Devil is an another word and
this is in Rom. "drac", in Alb "dreq"
Is there in Romance any "drac-" as componet part for something which
means "devil"?
Or should it happen there is nowhere in Romance and Church Texts any
connection with the Latin word "draco,-nis" and the word "devil"?