Re: [tied] Re: Venus [was: Why borrow 'seven'? (was: IE right & 10)]

Loreto:

> Arabic tamania, tisa, ashra could be similarly derived if you
> consider Austronesian influence.

I won't. This is not tenable in the slightest.

> In many quasi-Christian Catholic cults in the Philippines

I can see where you're going astray. Do we really want to pursue
modern cults to give us a reasonable portrayal of ancient religion?
The ancient source of the divine trinity is clear thanks to not
only modern Catholicism but ancient Babylonian traditions recorded
in cuneiform. In contrast, what is your view based on?

> The names themselves have seemingly common linguistic themes in IE.
> It seems T-h-m/B-n versus *-p/b-t/d-.

When will people learn that this isn't how etymology is done. Look
up 'faux amis' and come back to me. I'm not interested in this
linguistic alchemy and only wastes everyone's time.

> Perhaps we find it (the duality) also in the yin-yang of the
> Chinese, Yoni-Linga of the pre-Vedics as well as the Buddhists.

It's similar. But related? That's another topic. Dual opposition is
most intuitive and can be arrived at independently by two seperate
cultures.

> I don't know but I always see the Austronesian number six "anim" as
> a continuum of the idea of 'moving', 'spirit'.

See what you will. Latin /animus/ has been long ago traced to IE
*xenx- 'to breathe', completely unrelatable to Austronesian. Please
read a book. Second of all, this obsession with IE and Austronesian
was pursued a hundred and fifty years ago by long-dead crackpots.

Why drudge up theories that don't work, especially in light of
decades and decades of knowledge accrued since then that shows the
opposite? Ah yes, it's a matter of faith. Perhaps you're forming your
own cult.


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