Re: [tied] Origin of Demeter

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:

> >what the
> > hell is *de:?!
>
> It is not clear. A different suggestion is that it is for Demo-

meter,

> nothing to do with earth at all. There is no independent evidence

for da:

> meaning "earth" in Doric or elsewhere.
>
> Peter

Demo-meter? Sounds like an instrument.
Demos is a word in Gk. meaning "people" is it not? There was
a "Deimos", panic as opposed to "Phobos", fear.
Anyway "Dewa" and "Demo" may have the same meaning if you'll consider
Japanese.

Loreto