Re: Marduk = Marut = Marutash ?

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 55478
Date: 2008-03-18

You might want to ask what or if the Semitic meaning
of Marduk is, and see if it's compatible to Storm God
activities

--- "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> What's the relation between Sumero-Babylonian
> Marduk, Cassite Marutash and Indian Marut ? All were
> Storm or Wind gods, but who influenced who?
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> Marduk < *Maruta-ka ? Was Marut a Pre-Indo-Aryan
> storm god that Proto-Indians adopted and assimilated
> to Indra/Parjanya or Vayu?
>
> JS Lopes
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