Re: [tied] Re: AElf, Alb, Elf, Aelvor etc.

----- Original Message -----

From: Arasaille Alcarohtarion

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 11:14 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: AElf, Alb, Elf, Aelvor etc.

i'd say they were both smith-gods, but very different though. the
elven skill in smithcraft would be a different art i guess.... Egil
the Elf in Norse lore, was also said to be a giant archer.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mrcaws" <MrCaws@......> wrote:
> Interesting. I am tempted to look at dwarves as the smith gods-
Their
> functions seem to relate to smith(they forged many of the
treasures
> of the gods in norse myth, forged chain to bind fenris wolf).
Also,
> smith gods like Hepheastus are sometimes depicted as dwarves.
>
> Cort Williams
> 
>
>
>  depicted as smith gods-Hephaestus was depicted as a dwarf as
well. I
> remember an interesting thread from no
>
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
> wrote:
> > I think "elves"were originally the smith gods, cf. rbhu.
> > 
> > Joao SL
> >
> > Marco Moretti <marcomoretti69@...> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arasaille Alcarohtarion"
> > <lifeiscool86@...> wrote:
> > > There's this article about Elves I found on the Net titled :
> > > <<The True Elves of North-West Europe>>
> > > <<by Leonid Korbachev>>
> > > <<(The Unfallen Elves of J.R.R. Tolkien)>>
> > > It explains the original Germanic and Celtic view on these
mythic
> > > beings -- he suggests that elves were originally perceived
> > > as "tall", "superior to Men" and "supernaturally fair" beings -
-
> as
> > > evidenced by a host of Germanic names and old legends which
> pertain
> > > to the ancient description of elves.
> > >
> > > Well, is there an Proto-Indo-European etymology to the word
> > <<elf>>.
> > > As we know, it can be traced back to ancient Germanic cognates
> but
> > > does this word occur in Proto-Indo-European or just a
borrowing?
> > >
> > > sorry i've been awat for a while
> > > peace out
> > > phil
> >
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > Some think that Elves derive their name from IE /*albh-
/ "white",
> but
> > this is not sure. In some North Germanic dialect there are
similar
> > forms denoting locusts, even in the variant /alm-/.
> > Elves were originally perceived as "tall", "superior to Men"
> > and "supernaturally fair", but it is said that they also caused
> > leprosy, diarrhoea, gout and other infermities.
> > So their nature was somwhat ambiguous.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Marco
> >
> >
> >
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