Re: [tied] Sanskrit question

From: glen gordon
Message: 39809
Date: 2005-08-28

Aydan:
> Surely the meaning fits, but interestingly, Tvastr's
> daughter gives birth to the first truly mortal twins
> Yama and Yami.

I've seen Yama linked with Norse Ymir to justify
the reconstruction of an entity called *Yemos "twin".
I don't know what the current state of IE mythology
is like and whether these are all outdated theories.


= gLeN




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