Talk:Thracian mythology
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According to Jane Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, Zemelô is a Phrygian term taken from a Phrygian inscription:
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- de diôs Zemelô
- me Zemelô ke deos
- deos ke Zem(elô)
- me Zemelô.
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Harrison agrees it is a Phrygian form of Semele, but it is not attested as Thracian, AFAIK. Alexander 007 19:14, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
- Seltman claims that Dionysus was a Thracian god, appealing to his mother, Semele, "a name almost certainly taken from Thraco-Phrygian religion, because in the language of that region the word ‘Zemelo’ meant Earth. In fact, she was an earth-goddess whose cult must have come to Bœotian Thebes with that of her son, and there been built into local legend."
- But of course he probably assumed that the Thracians were kinned with the Phrygians. bogdan ʤjuʃkə | Talk 19:19, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Kotys and Cottyto
Are they the same goddess ? If so, we have duplicate articles bogdan ʤjuʃkə | Talk 19:31, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm 99% certain those are variant theonyms for the same Thracian goddess, though I don't have a quote available that specifically says so. Alexander 007 19:32, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
- Everything2.com: Cotys. And this link has some more info, too. bogdan ʤjuʃkə | Talk 19:37, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Then we do have duplicate articles. Alexander 007 19:49, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Actually, a triplicate article. See: Cottytus. Alexander 007 21:51, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
