I am interested is it possible to connect old slavic word for horned
cattle 'blago' (now treasure) with 'veles'/'volos'/'voloh' and all
that with 'Vlachs' as cattle breeders.
Origin of 'blago'?
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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
wrote:
> There are theories galore about this obscure deity. Volos "the
cattle god" is mentioned as a witness in 10th century treaties
concluded between Rus and Byzantium, The form "Veles" appears
somewhat later, in "Igor's Campaign", for example. In Czech sources
from 15th/16th c. "veles" is just a euphemism for "the devil", as in
the exclamation "k velesu" '(go) to the devil'. The sources say next
to nothing about the god himself and his attributes. The only thing
that seems certain is his association with cattle (more
conjecturally also with poetic inspiration). The connection proposed
by some scholars with the Slavic word for "ox", *wolU- (a *u-stem),
is difficult to test, as the "ox" word itself is of uncertain
origin. It seems to me Veles/Volos may plausibly be related to
*volja 'will' *velEti 'to order' and of course to PIE *welh1- (Latin
velo, English will, etc.).
>
> Piotr
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: João Simões Lopes Filho
> To: cybalist@egroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 3:50 AM
> Subject: [tied] Velesu/Volosu
>
>
> What's the etymology of Slav god Velesu/Volosu? Any link with
Vo"lsi and Vo"lsung?
>
>
> Joao SL
> Rio