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18(whence Russ. Tiflis), Georgian Tbilisi, Kevin Tuite, p.c.)4. The PIEs and the Sumerians share some very ancient features, suggestingeither a IE element near to the oldest Middle Eastern Sumerian centers, ora Caucasian (northern) origin for the Sumerians (which they themselvesclaim). Note the rapist, En-lil, god of air and the storm, and Sos (≤ IE*kJwés- ‘breath’).5. The storm god myth was the paradigm for heroes, for heroic tales, and forthe warband ideology.6. His origins may have been as a hunter (Narts, Finn, Iranian kingly hunt,Russ. ‘Hunter’ Dobrynya)7. With the exception of the forehead mark the sequence in the myth isfairly clear.8. Hence we have a proto-myth and may fairly rechristen ComparativeMythology as ‘Historical Mythology.”Appendix: Marginal Indo-European1. First wave IE languages seems to have had a system *tN, *t, (*d), etc., aswith Germanic, Sicel, Tokharian, and perhaps Lepontic (whence Keltoi *két(é)l-oi, rather than Goidel).2. Bangani (Abbi) is just such a first wave language still surviving in India:Bangani QngnQ, “unknown”, ≤ IE *n-gno-, E. unknown, Skr, ajna-,Gk *a-gno-t-ia.3. `Tw(o)-astr “two-stars” an old variant of the Divine Twins, (or a folketymology within Circassian?)4. Skr Tva-str, father of Indra, is borrowed from a first wave IE language;derivation from tvak-tr make-er, is a folk-etymology.References:Abbi, Anvita (n.d.) “Debate on Archaism of Some Select Bangani Words,” webdocument from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
19Ardzinba, Vladislav G. 1985. Nartskij sjuzhet o rozhdenii geroja iz kamnja. B. B.Piotrovskij, V. V. Ivanov, and V. G. Ardzinba (editors), Drevnjaja anatolija..Moscow: Nauk. Pp. 128-168.Barber, Elizabeth Wayland and Paul T. Barber (2004) When They Severed Earthfrom Sky. Princeton.Colarusso, John. 2006. The Functions Revisited, A Nart God of War and ThreeNart Heroes. JIES 34: 27 – 54._________2002. Nart Sagas from the Caucasus. Princeton University Press.Fortson, Benjamin W. , IV. 2004. Indo-European Language and Culture. Oxford:Blackwell PublishingGeorge, Andrew. 1999. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Penguin.Gregory, (Isabella) Augusta, Lady. 1998. Irish Myths and Legends. Phila.,Running Press (reprint of 1910 John Murray, London, edition).Klimov, Georgij A. 1994. Drevnejshie indoevropeizmy kartvel’skix jazykov. Moscow.Knipe, David M. 1967. “The Heroic Theft: Myths from Rgveda 4 and theAncient Near East,” History of Religions 6: 328 – 360.Watkins, Calvert. 1995. How to Kill a Dragon. Oxford University Press.
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