Re: Ducks and Souls

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Ben McGarr" <celteuskara@...>
wrote:

> --- 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?

Ignored mostly, I think. I'm afraid I can't help with the date, it's
been a while, but try searching for 'anas'; I must have used that.

>
> > I probably shouldn't mention Tagalog
> > anito "spirit".
>
> Probably not! ;o))

And then I thought: hm! no, this is too silly. But: lo and behold at
the bottom of

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/An.html

Ducks there too!


Torsten