Re: Etruscans

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

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "kishore patnaik"
> <kishorepatnaik09@> wrote:
> >
> > The Livthuvians could be having such multiple set of influences too,
> with one of the predominant progression could be from India, which may
> not be really direct.

The Vedas have the most complete collection of Gods not the Lithuanians.

http://www.omilosmeleton.gr/english/documents/DIET.pdf

As far as "Indo-Europeans" they are good to "think with", these were
not a real people. The idea of PIE is not necessary (Trubetskoy).

M. Kelkar

>
> The parallels between Lithuanian and India's languages and mythologies
> are exclusively due to their common IE provenance. And, in several
> respects, Lithuanian is certainly closer to the proto-form than Hindu.
>
> > but you cant deny that several things that have come from India are
> not accepted to be so.
>
> Which are they?
>