Dear listmembers, I recall a harsh discussion on the origin of the Celtic- speaking "peoples" occurred on this list last year. A correspondent claimed the...
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ceisiwrserith
Sep 4, 2006 6:46 pm
In a message dated 9/4/2006 1:40:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, frabrig@... writes: I recall a harsh discussion on the origin of the Celtic- speaking...
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xthanex
Sep 5, 2006 11:52 pm
Admittedly, I'm no expert on all issues Celtic, but I was pondering the etymology of the name Daghda, which I have seen expressed as: Dhago-deiwos (Dagodevas...
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lusitano_romano
Sep 7, 2006 5:36 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perun Take a look at the symbol named «Gromoviti znaci». Now, look at Taranis' wheel: ...
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ceisiwrserith
Sep 12, 2006 1:06 am
In a message dated 9/5/2006 7:53:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, xthanex@... writes: Now *IF* one were to temporarily ignore all the Noddens connections...
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ceisiwrserith
Sep 12, 2006 1:39 am
In a message dated 8/31/2006 9:39:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, xthanex@... writes: The issue I have with this possibility, is the general lacking...
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ceisiwrserith
Sep 12, 2006 1:39 am
In a message dated 8/19/2006 8:50:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, xthanex@... writes: The rest of the info is gathered in the rather long winded word doc...
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xthanex
Sep 12, 2006 2:20 am
... connections and ... Ok, that's a valid point. Willful denial does seem silly. The reason I ponder it however is because the Nuada situation seems ...
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xthanex
Sep 12, 2006 2:27 am
Ceisiwr, Thank you for that response and catching my blatant linguistic mistake. I'll try to respond further in a week or so (my schedule becoming crazy in the...
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xthanex
Sep 19, 2006 10:05 am
I thought I'd take a break from scholarly attempts and stray into the realm of pure theoretical discussion --- What existed before the gods? What created/is...
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kurvanas
Sep 19, 2006 9:58 pm
This is all neatly covered in the books of Michael Moorcock. The Multiverse exists in a myriad of incarnations of creation, all individually as a varied...
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xthanex
Sep 20, 2006 9:46 am
... void); or something akin to Rta (perhaps they arise/evolve out of Rta just as certain Chinese gods arise from the Tao?) ... the gods. ... Cosmic Order??...
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xthanex
Sep 20, 2006 10:05 am
... the gods. ... Cosmic Order?? Now we can only propose Chaos or the Void. ... creation hymns. ... I'll see if this can somehow be taken further and delve...
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kurvanas
Sep 21, 2006 12:49 am
Thank you. You are welcome. Laughter is the best medicine and all that. What applies to Moorcock might also be said of Tolkien. In his Silmarillion he...
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ategnatos
Sep 21, 2006 1:13 am
Greetings! The idea of evil ( as a fundamental reality, or an original evil being (a "Satan" or an "Angra Mainyu", comes from the worldview created by the...
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xthanex
Sep 21, 2006 2:03 am
... being ... by ... I ... Thank you for chiming in Belenios! Agreed, I simply started from that point as most of us were raised in Abrahamic faiths, and thus...
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kurvanas
Sep 23, 2006 10:14 am
Are the Vedas thus identified as the very oldest and most elaborate existing PIE theological treatises still in existence? Thomas...
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xthanex
Sep 23, 2006 7:06 pm
... I don't think the Vedas can be considered PIE per se, rather they reflect the Vedic Indian branch, and when compared alongside the Iranian Avesta (earliest...
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xthanex
Sep 24, 2006 3:05 pm
Ceisiwr, I wanted to ask you again about the etymology you provided on "Themis": You reported that "the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture" gives the root...
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ceisiwrserith
Sep 26, 2006 4:21 pm
In a message dated 9/19/2006 6:05:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... Order?? Now we can only propose Chaos or the Void. Yet how can Chaos give rise to...
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ceisiwrserith
Sep 26, 2006 4:41 pm
In a message dated 9/23/2006 6:14:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... existing PIE theological treatises still in existence? Not PIE; all PIE is reconstructed....
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ceisiwrserith
Sep 26, 2006 4:44 pm
In a message dated 9/20/2006 10:04:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... I like the term *nxrtom, "that which has not been ordered," which is a neuter past...
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ceisiwrserith
Sep 26, 2006 4:45 pm
In a message dated 9/20/2006 6:06:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... rather monotheistic concept of "good & evil" is replaced by a more reconstructionist...
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xthanex
Sep 27, 2006 10:07 am
... Cosmic Order?? Now we can only propose Chaos or the Void. ... within itself the seeds of order, or even itself; otherwise it would be limited, would be...
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xthanex
Sep 27, 2006 10:12 am
... the time of the spread of Indo-European branches across Europe, ... period? ... LR, Nice job noticing that! I'd guess that either the Gromoviti is either a...
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xthanex
Sep 28, 2006 10:13 am
So I've been really pondering what Ceisiwr said, and my follow up, and have revised/extended things slightly: The first initial state is Khaos (Greek,...
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endymion_pan
Sep 28, 2006 3:11 pm
Posted by: "A." xthanex@... ... I don't think that the Ancient Greeks have had any notion of "nothingness" or "emptiness" as we may have today. At least...
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xthanex
Sep 29, 2006 1:59 am
... of "nothingness" or "emptiness" as we may have today. At least that's what has been crammed into my head since the first year of my philosophy course at...
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mkelkar2003
Sep 30, 2006 4:54 pm
""English schoolchildren are taught that their history really begins with the Roman invasion of 55 BC and Caesar's defeat of the Celtic tribes who opposed him....
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mkelkar2003
Sep 30, 2006 5:05 pm
Myths of British Ancestry http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7817 Thanks to M. Danino for the link. There is support for Renfrew's...