From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 55239
Date: 2008-03-15
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:33 PM
Subject: Res: [tied] Semitic influences in Greek Mythology
What I meant to say is that this pair of brothers Ba'al and Yamm (Nahar) was
represented in Greek Semitic adstratum by Zeus and Nereus. Later, Nereus was
replaced by Poseidon (Poseidahon, Potidahon) as Zeus's brother. I'm not
saying that Greeks picked Poseidon from the Semitic myths
Ugaritic At_iratu (As^erat), Lady of the Sea would be related to Do:ris, or
to Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife. Perhaps amph/Itrite: < *At_iratu. Other
possibiliy is that Te:thys represented this old marine creatress. Or Rhea?
Could be originally a sea or river--goddess?
----- Mensagem original ----
De: Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Sábado, 15 de Março de 2008 9:09:44
Assunto: Re: [tied] Semitic influences in Greek Mythology
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@... com.br>
To: <cybalist@... s.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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