Re: [tied] Nuada = Cloud Maker??

Joao,

Actually I'm just trying to understand why the temple of Nodens
(believed to be etymologically linked) has both solar and water
imagery).
As to Nuada himself, he is a figure very similar to the Teutonic Tyr
(whose name is derived from Dyeus -> *Tiwaz -> Tyr)

Sincerely,
Aydan


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
wrote:

> You're doing a kind of odd linking: solar = sky =
> cloud = water.
> But if we will find some secure trait of Storm-God in
> Nuada, we could try to explain his name as
> "Cloud-Maker", or something alike.
> Nuada < *noudHo-do:-nt ?
>
> Joao SL
>
> --- "A." <xthanex@...> escreveu:
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Joao,
>
> Depending upon how you look at things, Nuada *might*
> be a sky/sun
> deity. Likewise he may be some form of water deity if
> he is linked to
> Nodens (Roman Britain).
> Of course Nodens is not really clear as his temple
> displays definite
> water traits, and yet there is also solar imagery (the
> strongest
> being an apparent sun chariot) I personally wonder
> whether they may
> have linked the two (sun and ocean) after watching the
> sun set in the
> western sea for centuries.
>
> My thanks for the response and information, it is
> deeply appreciated.
>
> -Aydan
>
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes"
> <josimo70@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I understand the root *(s)neudH- "cloud", cf. Latin
> > nu:bes (>nubine> Portuguese nuvem)...
> >
> > Is there some trait in Nuada that make him a
> > "Cloud-Maker"?
> >
> > I've ever seen Nuada as linked to OE Saexneat, OHG
> > Saxnot < *Sahsa-nautaz.
> >
> > Joao SL
> > --- "A." <xthanex@...> escreveu:
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > My apologies if this is a bit of a dead horse...
> >
> > I know there are theories linking Nuada to the PIE
> > root *neud- "to
> > grasp for something / to acquire"
> > And Dumezil has attempted to link Nuada to the root
> > *nedh-, "to bind"
> > (Mitra-Varuna pg 99)
> >
> > But I have repeatedly seen the name expressed as
> > meaning "Cloud Maker";
> > can anyone explain the etymology of this specific
> > term??
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Aydan