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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Alexandru Moeller <alxmoeller@...>
> between the germanic Himmel and thracian-Dacian Gemele-/Semele-
> The "l" you spek about .. should be a kind of diminutival suffix?
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> Alex
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I. The single root that 'could match' for Semele is k^em- 'hornless'
Semele - is in this case 'The Young Deer / The Young Woman / The Virgin' ( Greek kem'as 'young deer' English hind etc...)
This could be validated also by the following myth (even is not necessary to justify the semantism)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semele
" Gaius Julius Hyginus, or a later author whose work has been attributed to Hyginus,[11] said Zeus created mead out of Zagreus's heart, which he gave to Semele to drink, and that this was how she became pregnant.[12] "
II. So Semele was a kind of Arthemis :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis
"[Arthemis] was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, child birth, VIRGINITY, fertility, the hunt, and often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.[2]. THE DEER and the cypress were sacred to her"
III. On the other part, I don't see how this can be further link with Himmel semantism...or with Zamolxis/Gebeleizis' one.
Marius