Re: Tor/Tur/(e)

From: Daniel J. Milton
Message: 29639
Date: 2004-01-15

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "bagoven20" <bagoven20@...> wrote:

>> It is possible (unless you correct me) that 'Saturn' is actually
> either 'seven heavens' or 'seven mountains'. The latter you
> have 'tur-' actually 'turnus'. Well you have 'Turanic' people all
> the way from central Asia.
>
> Loreto
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Puhvel suggests that Sa:turnus/Saeturnus (also Mercurius) is
Etruscan in name, "despite the folk-etymological echo
of 'satus "sown" for a harvest deity". I suspect this may be based
just on the sound of the word -- I don't know that there's evidence
that the Etruscans worshipped any God of a similar name.
Anyway, I have a hard time seeing "seven" in Saturn.
Dan