Re: [tied] Helios

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

>
> There are two different names, if they are linked, it's not certain:
> Helle:n "Greece, Greek", cf. Hellas (-ad-)
> Hele:ne "Helen", usually compared to Sele:ne "moon" < *Selasna:.

Since the IE myth of Celestial Twins is usually linked to a "Sun-Girl"
(cf. Saule+Dievo Suneliai, Surya:+As^vina:, Helene+Dioskouroi;
Helene+Agamemnon and Menelaos; Helene+Theseus and Peirithoos), the
relation of Hele:ne to *sH2wel- seems plausible.

>

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yes, the 'Divine Twins' seem to point in that direction?

ric kemp