tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post2656596376345070212..comments2024-03-28T06:30:58.474-07:00Comments on Old European culture: Navoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-53779093376156414062020-01-03T10:15:18.247-08:002020-01-03T10:15:18.247-08:00http://www.suduva.com/virdainas/protobaltic.htm
...http://www.suduva.com/virdainas/protobaltic.htm <br /><br />The Old Prussian word for a dead corpse „nowis”, reflects my expanded etymology for PIE ” *nāu- ” hewn log vessel, – via the alternate use of it as a hewn log coffin for the dead.<br /><br />and more and other interesting insights ...jaroplhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990551426350663371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-59022886045429491842019-12-31T06:50:57.795-08:002019-12-31T06:50:57.795-08:00I think you've successfully touched upon this ...I think you've successfully touched upon this subject several times before on the blog, and it surely warrants more digging into it. Some useful details we gathered over time include the widespread belief that storks bring babies, which is very common in Serbia. Even the Serbian name for a stork is related to the myth of birds bringing souls as reincarnation (Рода - *roda from the verb Rod: kin, family, birth, etc.)<br />Then there is the natural observation Slavs could have had - birds migrating south (in their eyes to the "underworld") and returning in Spring to bring new souls back. <br />Other detail is the Serbian name for the bird Garrulus Glandarius - сојка/sojka. From the verb сој - *soj, meaning origin, kin, family, etc. It could also be possible that they believed that more powerful birds reincarnate strong warrior souls, i.e give birth to strong sons. There is the common comparison here in Serbia, comparing strong sons to falcons. ("Два сина, два сокола - Two sons, two falcons).<br />Then there is the shady character of Veles, his connection to hair and its importance in Slavic world...the keeper of souls that roost as birds in the great tree? So many questions, and so little answers. Keep it up!Alexnoreply@blogger.com