Re: [tied] Re: Ianus - PIE Origin?

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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 8:02 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Ianus - PIE Origin?


> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
> > "Inakhos, a king of Argos, founded a city which he
> > named for the moon, Io, for that is what Argives call
> > the moon. He also had a daughter Io; Pekos who is also
> > Zeus abducted her and fathered a daughter,
>
> Aha. Pekos = Zeus Bagaios ? The Slavs don't seem to be the only ones
> who think God is a baker (or distributor).
>
>
> Torsten

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Patrick:

More likely to be related to Latin pi:cus, 'woodpecker'.

The hammering of a woodpecker on a(n oak) tree was supposed to summon the
storm of the Weather-God, which, of course, was Zeus.

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