Re: Tribe, part 1

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

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "A." <xthanex@...> wrote:
> > A quick and hopefully simple question.
> >
> > I believe I have read that Gallic Teutates, Insular Tuatha (de
> > Danaan), and Germanic Teutons all stem from a shared root that

means

> > something akin to the word "tribe"; is this correct?
>
> Word TAUTA in Proto Baltic language ment TRIBE, NATION.
>
> Baltic names Tautgailas, Tautginas, Tautgintas, Tautgirdas,
> Tautkantas, Tautmantas, Tautmilas, Tautminas, Tautrimas, Tautvaishas,
> Tautvaldas, Tautvydas, Tautvilas > shortened form Tautas > name
> Tautaitis, meaning "son of Tautas" > misspeling Teutates ?
>
> I' wondering where this Teutates was mentioned?
>
> Regards Aigius

Teutates is mentioned in Book 1 of Lucan's Pharsalia (aka Bellum
civile - the Civil war) on line 499.
The full quote is:
"And those who pacify with blood accursed
Savage Teutates, Hesus' horrid shrines,
And Taranis' altars cruel as were those
Loved by Diana (18), goddess of the north;"

Later a 9th century Berne scholar made additional remarks on Lucan's
work.

Early Romano-Celtic inscriptions have been found to:
Totatis - ring found in York, England
Mars Toutatis - Barkway, Hertfordshire, England
Mars Toutates Cocidius - Carlisle, England)
Apollo Toutiorix - Wiesbaden, Germany)

Sincerely,
Aydan