Re: [tied] Soma -- It's not that difficult

Glen Gordon wrote:

> What does that have to do with soma? Everything because
> the key concept here is "lifeforce". The gods are in control
> of this lifeforce (to give us life or to take it away) just as
> mortals have the power to give life in the form of offspring.
> So there can very well be, as Peter says, a strong parallel
> between soma (the divine ambrosia) and semen/blood (the
> human ambrosia). The former the double-axe, the latter the
> horns.
> = gLeN

That is maybe of no help but just for info. There is a word in Rom.
which can be used for "soup" , for "sap" or for "semen" and this is
"zeamã".

Alex