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PHOL. 227
Balder ; in that case the still surviving name has itself proved a
fountain, whence the myth of Balder emerges anew. 1
But the name of Phol is established more firmly still. A
Heinricus de Pholing frequently appears in the Altach records of
the 13th century, MB. part 11, a Eapoto de Pkolingen, Phaling, in
MB. 12, 56. 60 ; this place is on the left bank of the Danube below
Straubingen,
between the two convents of Altach. I doubt if the
Polling in other records (and there are several Pollings in the
Aminer country) can be the same word, as the aspirate is wanting
and the liquid doubled. Pfullendorf or Follendorf near Gotha is
in docs, of the 14th century Phulsclorf. A Pholenlieim in Schannat,
Vinci, lit. coll. 1, 48. 53. Not far from Scharzfeld, between the
Harz mts and Thuringia, is an old village named Polde, called in
early records and writings Polidi, Palidi. Palithi, Pkolidi (Gramm.
2, 248), the seat of a well-known convent, which again may have
been founded on the site of a heathen sanctuary. If a connexion
with the god can be established in this case, we at the same time
consonant in his name.
gather from it the true value of the varying
Of Phol so many interpretations crowd upon us, that we should
be puzzled if they could all be made good. The Chaldaic lei or lal
seems to have been a mere title pertaining to several gods : bel=
Uranus, bel= Jupiter, bel=Mars. The Finnish palo means fire, the
OK Ictt, AS. lael rogus, and the Slav, pdliti to burn, with which
connect Lat. Pales and the Palilia. Of phallm we have already
spoken. We must first make sure of the sounds in our native
names for a divinity of whom as yet we know nothing but the
bare name (see Suppl.).
On the question as to the sense of the word
itself, I set aside the notion one might stumble on, that it is merely
a fondling form of Paltar, Balder, for such forms invariably preserve
the initial of the complete name ; we should expect Palzo, Balzo,
but not Phol. 2 Nor does the OHG. Ph seem here to be equivalent
1 Greek tradition tells of Herakles and Zeus: <pa<ri
^evra zv^aardai TO Atl rrarpi eViSei^at ai>r&>
TOV HpaxAea 8
fJUKpav At/3a5a. 6 8e
CLVTOV Kararpu^eo-^at, pfyas Kepavvbv dvedooKe piKpav Ai/3u8a, f)v 6ea(rdp.fvos 6
Hpa.K\f)s KOI ovon/my els TO 7rAov<na>repoi> eVoajcre (pep eo"$al (Scholia in II. 20, 74).
This spring was Scamander, and the \ij3ds HpaK\f}os may be set by the side of
Pfolesbrunno as well as Pfolesouwa, Xifido iov being both mead and ea and
;
does not the Grecian demigod s pyre kindled on Oeta suggest that of Balder ?
2 So I explain the proper name Foh from Folbreht, Folrat, Folmar, and
the like ; it therefore stands apart from Phol. [The Suppl. qualifies the sweep
ing assertion in the text ; it also takes notice of several other solutions, as
Apollo, Pollux, foal, &c.]