Re: Semitic influences in Greek Mythology

There are pnly a few "real" names.

For the gods and goddesses, their 'names' are simply popular epithets.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Semitic influences in Greek Mythology


> Perhaps Poseidon was originally an epithet, rather
> than a name e.g. Christ for Jesus
>
>
> --- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
> > To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 6:59 AM
> > Subject: Res: [tied] Semitic influences in Greek
> > Mythology
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Linking Nahar to Ne:reus allows an assumption that
> > perhaps the original
> > aquatic brother of Zeus was him instead of Poseidon.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > I think that may be an unwarranted assumption.
> >
> > Why should the PIE's not have had a 'river god'
> > named Poseidon _while_ the
> > Semites had a 'river-god' named Nahar?
> >
> > Nahar will have been originally the brother of
> > Ba'al.
> >
> > As Nereus, he is an addition to not a replacement
> > for Poseidon.
> >
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
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