Re: Class and case

Paul Edson wrote:
>Class 3 includes trees and things that spread (fire, smoke,
>etc...); certain body parts as well as the body itself;
>beings who act as instruments of a higher power (gods,
>saints, apostles); some nouns related to verbs; and a number
>of nouns with no discernable category (gravy, bag, door,
>month).
Gods are considered instruments of higher powers? What kind of cosmology are
we dealing with here? And is the same treatment afforded to, say, the
Christian God, who (from a Christian PoV) is THE higher power?

                                                   Andreas

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