From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60745
Date: 2008-10-09
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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Marduk = Marut = Marutash ?
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> On 2008-10-09 20:46, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
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>> Both you and M. Patnaik are confusing a word and its semantic content.
>
> I am not. What I'm talking about is Varuna's _name_ (that's why often
> prefer to use the word "theonym" rather than "god"). The _functions_ of
> gods are notoriously shifty and susceptible to external influences.
> Dyaus cannot be equated with Jupiter in terms of function, but they are
> certainly each other's cognates, formally. Varuna's _function_ as, let's
> say, the guardian of the law, may of course be as old as anything, but
> not in connection with the same theonym.
>
> Piotr
>
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ok,
The word "theonym" is a good suggestion.
Arnaud
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