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Quintus Pomponius Atticus wrote:Both stem from the Indo-European root "p@ter" ('@' standing for schwa), leading to "pater", "father", "Vater", "père", "padre" etc., including even the Sanskrit "pita".
M Moravi Horati Piscine wrote:Language alone does not determine culture, and so what we have with IE language is many different ethnic groups and different cultures adopting IE as a language at different stages of their development, to where no one has any idea of what may have been the culture or ethnic group in which IE language first developed.
My idea is that even the earliest Indo-European tribes were mergers of other peoples or may have had differing sub-groups that are impossible to trace now.
Draco: How are we aware of this matriarchal sea-faring society? What do we know of them?
Yes, I've heard about the Central Asian theory for the origins of the Indo-Europeans. It seems to me that Central Asia is the source of all human life after all, IIRC the Huns, Avars, Vandals, Ostrogoths, Magyars, Visigoths, Mongols, Turkic peoples, Slavs, and just about every other people seem to have originated there...
Curio and then Lupus wrote:Draco: How are we aware of this matriarchal sea-faring society? What do we know of them?
Yes, I'm interested in this as well, don't tell me we're dealing with the infamous Hyksos here !
Many cultures also associate the sky with a god and the earth with a goddess, Egypt being one exception. It is perplexing how different cultures have similar ideas and even some of the same myths, where cultural transmission cannot explain it.
It is perplexing how different cultures have similar ideas and even some of the same myths, where cultural transmission cannot explain it.
For those who have read (I've only read small bits and pieces), isn't there something about this in "The Golden Bough" by Frazer, concerning all mythologies having a mother-earth-goddess ? I think he used the myth of Attis and Cybele as an example.
Equally can we be sure that originally Indo-European society wasn't matriarchal?
Marcus Scribonius Curio wrote:Could these not just be Indo-European words? After all, if the Indo-Europeans did originally live in the Black Sea area, then that would explain the maritime similarities.
Marcus Scribonius Curio wrote:Equally can we be sure that originally Indo-European society wasn't matriarchal?
Quintus Pomponius Atticus wrote: Myth shares with language the following characteristics:
1. It's made of units that are put together according to certain rules.
2. These units form relationships with each other, based on opposites which provide the basis of the structure.
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