Re: Swiftness of Indra

Francesco,

why would a foreign name be more prestigious?


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:21 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Re: Swiftness of Indra





--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

> As the Indo-Aryans passed through Central Asia, it's possible they
> picked up new deities.


Not necessarily new deities. More probably, they may have simply
picked up new (and more "prestigious"?) _names_ for some of their old
deities.

Regards,
Francesco