Re: Teliya Nevashi Grammar beginnings

Funny that - I noticed Capricornus a couple of nights back (well, alpha and
beta Cap, anyway - that's all you get from my observatory!). On that
subject, do any of your concultures have names for constellations that are
different from traditional ones?
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: Teliya Nevashi Grammar beginnings


> Quoting Michael Poxon <mike@...>:
>
>> "Oannes" - wasn't he the god who came from the sea in the form of a fish?
>> One of the culture bringers common to many mythological systems (cf.
>> Osiris
>> in Egypt).
>
> Oannes is indeed (the Greek name of) a Mesopotamian culture heros who rose
> from
> the Persian gulf in the shape of a fish-like creatures.
>
> The Mesopotamians named a constellation for him: probably either the
> modern
> Capricorn or Piscis Australis.
>
> Andreas
>

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