... Didn't have time to do that when I initially responded (I was being called away). I'll very likely get back to this thread this afternoon, though. ;o)...
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DionisiosM
dionisios_mi...
Mar 3, 2010 11:51 am
Dyeus Phater or Sky Father is the reconstructed chief deity of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon. Jupiter means Zeu Pater or Zeus the Father or God Father....
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DionisiosM
dionisios_mi...
Mar 3, 2010 11:54 am
... I think it is possible....
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Aldrin F.T.
ah.aldrin
Mar 3, 2010 1:38 pm
Wasn't the planet named after the god and not the other way around? If I were to simplify the deities in a naturalistic formula, I'd say *Dyeus Phater is the...
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Richard Black
romanphiloso...
Mar 4, 2010 4:36 pm
It comes from the Romans, they had 7 visible wandering stars (aka Planets) that moved in the sky at a rapid pace, while extrasolar system objects in the sky...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Mar 13, 2010 3:38 pm
In a message dated 1/25/2010 10:52:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... asvasya kravîs.o... svarau svadhitau riptam asti "what of the horse's flesh is smeared...
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Wade
macmorrighan
Mar 15, 2010 5:20 am
Hey guys, is anyone else familiar with this tract of faerie-lore? It was apparently set down and published by some gent named Thomas Crofton Croker back in...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Mar 15, 2010 5:35 pm
... Let me clarify what H.-P. Schmidt says in this regard. He says that Geldner's translation of the term s'amitr.- in RV 1.162.9 as "Zurichter" (English...
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Laura Mollett
lcmollett
Mar 15, 2010 10:35 pm
The Asvin's learn from Dadhyanc how to put the head back on the sacrifice. It seems rather like it has to be cut off to become complete by being put back on....
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Mar 15, 2010 11:50 pm
In a message dated 3/15/2010 6:35:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... sacrifice. It seems rather like it has to be cut off to become complete by being put back...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Mar 16, 2010 6:33 am
... The view of archaeologist David Anthony is that the ideology about the horse exemplified in this Vedic mythological motif may be reflected by some burial...
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Sarah
bhmsympatico
Mar 16, 2010 5:49 pm
I'm including some notes on IE horse sacrifice practices. I've found the following characteristics amongst the various traditions: -purifies -wealth -growth ...
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Sarah
bhmsympatico
Mar 16, 2010 5:50 pm
Celts 12th century Donegal ritual Giraldus Cambrensis reported where the new king mated with a white mare which was then sacrificed and fed to all. -chariot...
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DionisiosM
dionisios_mi...
Mar 20, 2010 12:59 pm
... According to Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon By Francis Peters, the divinity of heavenly bodies is and old one among the Greeks. Socrates...
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Sarah
bhmsympatico
Mar 25, 2010 12:59 pm
The Roman example of the horse sacrifice had a processional element to it. Does the Indic and Iranian tradition have a processional component? In the Indic...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Mar 31, 2010 11:06 pm
... I don't know about a processional component in Iranian horse sacrifices. As a matter of fact, there does not seem to be direct evidence for horse sacrifice...
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JackDaw
cronnekdhu
Apr 27, 2010 3:29 pm
Hi Folks I have just been reading Endo-cannibalism in the making of a recent British ancestor by Graham Harvey, published in Mortality, Volume 9, Issue 3...
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slag310
May 8, 2010 10:30 pm
Yatra or Pilgrimage I have a suggestion for an activity that everyone could participate in as they have time, and that I think would be helpful. Yatra is the...
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slag310
May 17, 2010 11:27 pm
I have opened another new page on my website, this one at: http://pierce.yolasite.com/albanian See what you think! It is still very introductory, but it has...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
May 24, 2010 2:53 pm
In a message dated 5/8/2010 6:30:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... goddesses in any one of the particular language-speaking areas of the Indo-Europeans. Just...
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slag310
Jun 6, 2010 5:00 pm
**I just realized that I had answered this on ADF PIE, whereas, I would prefer to discuss it here. From: "ceiserith@..." <ceiserith@...> To:...
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Aydan
xthanex
Jul 2, 2010 12:07 pm
Recently I've been in a bit of an existential funk, and have been pondering Viktor Frankl's view that humans generally need some form of cause to serve. A...
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Aydan
xthanex
Jul 5, 2010 4:46 pm
I haven't been posting much, been too busy with personal and professional issues to really engage in my love of Indo-European religion. But... I recently had a...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Jul 5, 2010 11:52 pm
In a message dated 7/5/2010 12:46:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... book on comparative IE mythology, since Puhvel. Actually, I think it's slightly better...
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Yngona Desmond
yngona
Jul 9, 2010 4:23 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHz92bXpsM...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Jul 11, 2010 9:37 am
... Does anybody here have an e-copy of this book to send me? ... I can send an e-copy of this one to listmembers who contact me off-List. Regards, Francesco...
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slag310
Jul 20, 2010 4:35 am
I have a new page on my website in time for Lammas and Lughnasadh (more or less August 1st). It is a list of Songs to Celebrate the Harvest, especially the...
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Wade
macmorrighan
Sep 3, 2010 6:35 pm
Hey guys, I was wondering if I could ask for some help. At the moment I am writing something dealing with magick potions associated with deities in world...
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Francesco Brighenti
frabrig
Sep 6, 2010 9:33 am
... Tantric traditions of sorcery and black magic, which are always associated with the propitiation of female deities, abound with elements such as love...
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Wade
macmorrighan
Sep 7, 2010 3:32 am
Awesome finds!!! Thank you sooooo much! Nothing annoys me, more, than when I cannot find a complete fact and only have a piece of information to go on with a...
