Re: [tied] Persephone

Persephone < *perso-gHwon- ???
sheaf-destroyer?

Could be...

I prefer to see Perse- as Pre-Greek, cognate of Perseis (Helios' wife), Perse:s (Hekate's father, also name of a Helios' son), Perso: (=Hekate)

The variants Persephone, Periphona, Phersephatta, Persephassa, Phersepone, Perrhe-, point to an original *Phersephon-.

Perhaps *phon means "daughter", Pherse-phon, daughter of Perses, an epithet of Hekate.

tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> escreveu:

--- In cybalist@... s.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@.. .> wrote:
>
> Tuisto < *twi- "two, twin", was the same as Norse Ymir, the
Hermaphrodit Primordial Giant (PIE theme, akin to Indian Purus.a,
Greek Eros Protogonos).
> Irmin = *Ermunaz, -inaz = Odinn
> Istvo = Istwaz, -an = Thorr
> Ingvo = Yngvi-Freyr
>
>
> Joao SL

I found these on the net on Persephone. I think you'll enjoy them
http://pages. unibas.ch/ klaphil/idg/ persophatta/ home.html
http://pages. unibas.ch/ klaphil/idg/ persophatta/ comments. html

and a NWBlock cognate (from Kuhn), in un-Germanic p-:
19. *p u r s - "Pors",
in dem norddeutschen und nordischen Namen der myrica gale
(auch Gagel genannt
altn. pors,
mnd. pors post).
Es ist ein Strauch, der zeitig im Frühjahr durch seine kräftig
rote Blüte auffällt.
Sein Name wird zu gr. purrós pursós "feuerrot"
und pursós "Fackel"
(zu idg, *pu:r "Feuer") gehören.
Die echt germanische Entsprechung ist ags. fyrs,
engl. furze "Stechginster" .
In Ostdeutschland ist pors auf ledum palustre übergegangen.

http://www.uni- graz.at/~ katzer/engl/ Myri_gal. html

Today its berries are mainly used to spice up schnaps.

Torsten

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