From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60935
Date: 2008-10-16
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From: "raucousd" <raucousd@...>
>
> A group of deities have long been identified as related (I suppose
> that means cognate) in the Semitic languages including Ishtar, Isis,
> Astoreth, etc. which are thought to be related to the Asura/Aesir
> deities of the IE.
> RaucousD
>
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Most Egyptian "gods" are originally names of _places_, not "gods".
Osiris, Isis and Hathor are places where something religious was done.
They meand "The place for X"
Their "godification" is a long process in Egyptian history.
For that matter the connection between Isis and IE asura is absurd.
Arnaud
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