Ducks and Souls

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> That must have been me. Halstatt artefacts often carry images of
> ducks, Latin anat-, German Ente, Danish, Swedish and. I had the

idea

> this might be an image for the (released?) soul, Latin an-imus,
> Danish ånd, Swedish ande, from *an- "breathe" (Latin an-helare,

Dansk

> ånde, Swedish andas).

That's it! Do you remember when exactly it was? I'm having a little
trouble with finding it all in the archive. I think I had to go away
before the end of the discussion, so I don't know if any conclusions
were arrived at, or judgments made. Was it generally well received,
or simply regarded as unverifiable?

> I probably shouldn't mention Tagalog
> anito "spirit".

Probably not! ;o))

Ben [sorry for mistaking Alex's German translations as Rumanian!]