Re: Hebrew/Latin spirit taxonomies
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 25, 2003, 4:25 |
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Erich Rickheit KSC scripsit:
> 'deus' (cognate with Greek 'theos', I always assumed)
Nope, that's one of those false cognates like "haben" and "habere" in
German and Latin (both meaning "have" in English). The true Latin cognate of "haben" is "capere".
Similarly, "deus" in Latin becomes "Zeus" in Greek; its English equivalent
is the "Tue" in "Tuesday". "Theos" is probably non-IE.
> The demotion of the Greek gods to devas is also a Christian invention,
Are you thinking of daemones?
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