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3 pages of results. 51. KA [Books]
... 9 . Gk. ara, prayer, or curse. Q-CD vol 12: KA, Glossary 308 seven Eg. seb, gate; cf. Gk. hepta, Lat. septem; seven planets, seven-gated Thebes. shade Etr. hia; Gk. skia; cf. Hi. siu, god. shepherd Gk. poimen; Finnish paimen. sign Heb. oth, pl. othoth; cf. Gk. ototoi Alas! Aesch. Ag. 1072; Gk. sema; Lat. monstrum. Gk. otobos, a startling noise, e.g . din of battle, thunder, rattle of chariots, noise of pipes. sin Heb. chata, ...
52. KA [Books]
... a piper; Russian sopetj, to puff quietly, and soplo, a nozzle. Lakhuth, libation; Greek lekuthos, oil flask. Kathesa, jug; Greek kados, Hebrew kadh. Capesar, shoemaker; kupassis, in Lydian, is a kind of footwear. Breseus is a Lydian name for Dionysus. Albanian vere is wine. Finnish veri is blood. Dionysus is Baki in Lydian, Pakhies or Pakheis in Etruscan. PakEhisa is the Hittite for a stick. The thyrsus? Spel, Etruscan for cave, resembles Lydian pel. Elfaci is best explained by Albanian ill, star, and pashi, vision. The Hebrew argaz is a box or chest. I suggest ...
53. The Cosmic Mountain [Books]
... the central sun atop such a pillar, which was the "axis of the Universe." (205) Among Altaic races the central pillar often receives personification as a towering figure supporting the heavens. The celestial column becomes "the Man-Pillar of Fire," (206) or "the iron pillar man." (207) The Finnish supreme polar god was Ukko, invoked in the Kalevala with the words "O Ukko, god on high, supporter of the whole sky!" (208) Mithraic shrines depict Mithras in the form of Atlas, supporting the vault of heaven. "From the moment of his birth Mithras held the globe as Kosmocrator (ruler of ...
54. A Fire not Blown [Books]
... is probably the same as the goddess Britomartis, who is associated with hunting.They and Artemis seem to be variations on an electrical theme. Solinos sad that the name Britomartis meant Sweet Maiden. It is worth asking why she should be called sweet. The Hungarian bor is wine. Albanian vere is wine. Hungarian ver is blood. Finnish veri is blood. Egyptian irp is wine. Lydian Breseus' is a name of Dionysus. In the above examples the reversal of rp to vr or to br is noteworthy. The Greek damart- is a wife or maiden. Q-CD vol. 13, A Fire Not Blown, Ch. 6: Ariadne 33 It is likely ...
55. Night of the Gods: Polar Myths. The Pole Star [Books]
... ,107 one would rather have had his own authority here. It will be shown lower down how the pivot, Polestar, and terminus are connected with the Chinese Tai-Ki or Great Extreme of all things. With reference to what is said at p. 367, I find that Mr. Crawford's Kalevala (p . xv) gives the Finnish name of the polestar as taehti. The Greek word for a nail would at once give an adjectival form. It is strange that we might thus get a purchase upon all the resemblant divine names, similar to that which Karlis the key(stone) has already so often given us in this Inquiry, upon the divine names that ...
... . Ohlmarks, A. Heimdalls Horn und Odins Auge. Lund-Copenhagen, 1937. Ohlmarks, A. Stellt die mythische Bifrost den Regenbogen oder die Milchstrasse dar? Medd. Lunds Astron. Observ. ser. II, no. 110 (1941). Ohrt, F. The Spark in the Water: An Early Christian Legend — A Finnish Magic Sound. FFC, vol. 65 (1926). Olcott, William Tyler. Star Lore of All Ages. New York-London, 1911. Olrik, Axel. The Heroic Legends of Denmark, L. M. Hollander, trans. New York-London, 1919. Olrik, Axel. Ragnarok: Die Sagen vom Weltuntergang. Ubers ...
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