In a message dated 10/30/2006 8:23:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... taken from AA MacDonnell's "Vedic Mythology" entry on Soma. Thanks. I'm still looking....
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Nabarz
nabarz110
Nov 25, 2006 2:02 pm
Dear Friends, Hello This might be of interest to some here. We are pleased to announce the launch of Mithras Reader - An academic and religious journal of...
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Nabarz
nabarz110
Dec 4, 2006 12:07 pm
Hello, For your interest we have included below the `Abstracts' from: Mithras Readers: an academic and religious journal of Greek, Roman and Persian Studies....
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xthanex
Jan 6, 2007 11:48 pm
Happy New Year all, as the wheel of the seasons keeps turning (albeit I ponder the state of the axle - it was almost 60 degrees in Vermont today) I thought I'd...
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xthanex
Jan 6, 2007 11:51 pm
ugh... the addy for the updated site is: www.geocities.com/xthanex/...
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xthanex
Jan 14, 2007 7:07 pm
Regarding this Vedic horse sacrifice, does anyone know what Gods in particular, that it was dedicated to? -Aydan...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Jan 15, 2007 1:41 am
In a message dated 1/14/2007 2:10:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... particular, that it was dedicated to? In the Brahmanas, it's dedicated Prajapati, but it's...
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xthanex
Jan 19, 2007 1:50 am
Ceisiwr, Thanks for the speedy reply! -Aydan ... accepted that originally it was for Indra....
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xthanex
Jan 19, 2007 1:56 am
... Mars? Ares? Frey? And what evidence is there to support such an association?? Thanks hugely, in advance! Your faithfully inquisitive nerd, -Aydan...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Jan 19, 2007 2:48 am
In a message dated 1/18/2007 8:51:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... No problem. I think I've mentioned this before, but the IE horse sacrifice is an...
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xthanex
Jan 26, 2007 11:03 am
So despite my attempt to set things aside, I've been plagued by thoughts of a very Dumezian triad (quad) of deities: Atmospheric, Earthly/Watery, Underworld ...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Jan 26, 2007 8:20 pm
In a message dated 1/26/2007 6:06:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... Taranis, Teutates, Esus (but where does that leave Cernunnos?) Dagda,...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Jan 26, 2007 11:44 pm
... Fine for the dedication of the horse to Prajapati in the Braahman.a texts, but its ealier dedication to Indra is disputable. It appears more likely that...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Jan 27, 2007 12:08 am
Dear List, I wish to integrate my previous post on the asvamedha with some details on IE horse sacrifices discussed in a book written by the anthropologist...
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xthanex
Jan 29, 2007 10:50 pm
... Shortly after this point Ceisiwr reminded me to be more careful as I had mixed Gaulish and Irish deities together. Still.... I think the atmospheric and...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Feb 8, 2007 6:07 am
In a message dated 1/18/2007 8:58:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... Definitely Indra. Mars was, I'm convinced, originally the Roman Striker. He is connected...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Feb 9, 2007 8:04 pm
In a message dated 1/26/2007 6:45:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... texts, but its ealier dedication to Indra is disputable. It appears more likely that the...
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xthanex
Feb 11, 2007 2:36 am
... Roman Striker. ... colleges ... thrown down from ... Interesting possibility. As you probably know, I see Indra more as Zeus/Herakles. Zeus in replacing...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Feb 11, 2007 1:26 pm
... See, for instance: http://www.silk-road.com/artl/horsemyth.shtml Regards, Francesco...
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xthanex
Feb 24, 2007 4:40 pm
As things have been rather quiet, I thought I'd just toss out the following idea: We all know the Interpretatio Romana made Tyr the quivalent of Mars, and...
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C. L. Vermeers
whateley23
Feb 26, 2007 5:03 am
i can't document it clearly, but it seems very likely that the gods of the Norse/Icelandic peoples as we have come to understand them through early literature...
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mkelkar2003
Mar 3, 2007 1:33 pm
... sacrifice ... material, and I See section 4 of the following link: http://www.omilosmeleton.gr/english/documents/VMCI.pdf M. kelkar ... Berkeley. In ... ...
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mkelkar2003
Mar 3, 2007 1:36 pm
http://www.omilosmeleton.gr/english/en_index.html 'Diffusion of Indo-European Theonyms: what they show us' This paper was published in the Quarterly Journal of...
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xthanex
Mar 3, 2007 2:06 pm
... The problem with this conclusion is that Sanskrit exists in a manner that few other early IE languages do. If written texts in Proto-Balto-Slavic, or...
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xthanex
Mar 4, 2007 2:59 am
This sort of hit me rather..err totally.. unexpectedly: 5 Celtic trees = 5 titans who castrate Ouranos (Sky). 4 brothers grab and hold Ouranos while Kronos...
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xthanex
Mar 4, 2007 3:01 am
NOW for the Celtic part (snipped from a file I wrote a number of months ago): A Celtic representation of the Cosmic Order is seen in their own version of the...
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xthanex
Mar 4, 2007 3:03 am
Taken from a looong discussion on Beliefnet from years ago www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp? boardID=13978&discussionID=327731 "So… the primordial...
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William P. Reaves
asvinr
Mar 4, 2007 6:55 am
Hej Aydan, Here is an excerpt from my new book. It deals with comparative Indo-European mythology, examining and comparing the Rigveda, the Avesta, the Greek...
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Homer Makedonski
homermakedonski
Mar 4, 2007 1:18 pm
Hi I am Goce Janevski and I am calling from Macedonia I have been opserving your forum for a while,ang I hope that you wont mind mines "from time to time ...
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William P. Reaves
asvinr
Mar 4, 2007 2:32 pm
Hi Homer, Welcome. To find the book on Amazon, type in the words "Rydberg" and "Investigations" or, here is the direct link: ...
