Re: Vanir etc.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

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

.

> > That >
> > The Vanir also married their sisters. The kingdom of Vani is
> Colchisthe people of Colchis were of Egyptian descent was proved to
> > Herodotus by the fact that both peoples alone in the world

allowed

> > sibling marriages.
>
> But gods frequently engage in sibling marriages! Are you

suggesting

> that the Greek gods are therefore Egyptian? Sibling marriage is

not

> unknown amongst royalty. It can be tricky to check the details, as
> I understand Athenians could marry their half-sisters, and clearly
> Herodotus can't have counted that as sibling marriage.
>
> Richard.

That is very possible. In fact it was Herodutus himself who suggested
that most Greek deities came from Egypt.

But sibling marriages are not unique to Egypt or some parts of Greece
and palestine (see story of Herodias), the Incas and Hawaiaan
royalties practice them also (and they're worlds and time apart).

The most logical conclusion of course is that these traditions arose
indepentdently of each other. But if one tries to be different and
see possible connections he/she should study things outside IE such
as Mesoamerican or Austronesian. Perhaps also ancient politics and
ancient human psychology. But of course this is IE.

Loreto