... I think you would have to add serpents/dragons and Giants in there as well. ... Thanks for posting that URL....interesting site. ... That's an interesting...
In a message dated 7/3/2003 2:54:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... By Thracians. Whether in Thrace or somewhere else is still open to question. I lean towards...
... to ... Cernunnos; he was ... would have to ... cauldron. The ... Celts who ... Ok Thanks for pointing that out. It had not crossed my mind before...I see...
From a question at b-net....is there any connection between the Irish Goddess Tailtiu and the Roman Goddess Tellus? For some reason I cannot get to the Pokorny...
I've looking in my books, and haven't seen anything to either suggest or to deny a connection. Hopefully someone else on this list has other resources that do...
Greetings.....on another forum I saw a link to "Our Troth Online" http://www.thetroth.org/resources/ourtroth/ The scholarship seems reasonably good...I admit I...
... [snips] ... Several thoughts: 1) I have no idea if it is still like that, but when it was started, the Troth maintained high (Western) academic standards,...
In a message dated 7/22/2003 2:28:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I haven't heard of this before, but it is an interesting idea. I am, however, usually...
In a message dated 7/22/2003 2:28:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... One more thing. Serpents in IE mythology either live in the water or under the ground, not...
... when the ... that the ... researchers ... water or ... the flying ... I lean towards the water explanation myself, representing the waters, like the...
... There is a reference to flying dragons in the Greek lore: Helios gives Medeia a chariot drawn by flying dragons. That's the only thing I could find ...
... That's true....I could not think of a single sky serpent until Belenios posted that ref an email back. The link I posted aboput tornados in western Asia...
... Like I said elsewhere, I don't really buy into this explanation myself but it is interesting...as far as Tornados go...we have had four warnings here in...
There's some mention of the Tailltean Games in Graves' "White Goddess": 136. Graves thinks that the games were named after what he calls an "agricultural...
In a message dated 7/24/2003 5:32:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... The politest thing that can be said about Graves' etymologies is that they are crap. He was...
... I didn't say that I necessarily agreed with Graves' opinions - I was merely reporting them. As you imply, his opinions have indeed been called into...
Howdie folks, I just threw together a homepage for the mail list. If anyone has any suggestions or would like to contribute something, I am all ears. If you...
... Goddess Tailtiu and the Roman Goddess Tellus? For some reason I cannot get to the Pokorny index today so that is out. I checked my Watsons dictionary and...
... that she lifted this idea directly from Alexei Kondratiev...so I think it is a pretty safe one. Thanks for your reference. Without it, I might have sat ...
... From: "Fionnuala Bloom" <nualabloom@...> ... reference. I thought to myself -- Damn, I'd have looked so much more educated if I'd referenced Alexei...
... Alexei is a treasure of NYC, especially for Celts. But I don't recognize the name of Mara Freeman... you don't seem to approve of her work, can you explain...
... From: "Mark DeFillo" <ategnatos@...> ... the ... Mara Freeman is more of a new agey type of author IMO...but to be honest, I only have her website...
... honest, I ... I like her all right, although I wouldn't generally be comfortable accepting her as a sole source on something. She's "new agey" in a ...
Deep Green: The convergence of Earth and Sky by Rory Dubhdara We solemnly hearken back to that old Roman tradition that was once celebrated on the holy day of...
I recently received the first edition of "Gods of the Blood : The Pagan Revival and White Separatism " printed by Duke University and written by Mattias...
Hi, I saw Ken's posting on one of the Slavic lists I'm on, so I thought I'd pop in. Just a short intro. My name is Marija, and I live in Canada. As of a month...