Mitra/Varuna > Sun/Moon?

From: Joao
Message: 34388
Date: 2004-09-30

I want to discuss some ideas:
1- Could the Dumezilian PIE pair Terrible-Sovereign and Lawgiver (let´s call them Mitra-Varuna) be originally  Moon and Sun God? Any relation to Sumerian Sin and Utu?
2- Sanskrit Varuna = Mitani Arunash. Indo-Aryan *Varunas or *Arunas?
3- Njördr-Freyr-Freyja = Sin-Utu (Shamash) -Inana (Ishtar) ? I know that it would be an odd link, probably just a coincidence, but there are some interesting parallels.
 
Joao SL