The Sun: a female word...

[A.]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Grsartor at ... wrote:
>
> One explanation of why the sun is feminine in the Germanic tongues is 
that  
> for the north Europeans the sun is a gentle, nurturing thing. 


Gerry,
That is a great point. Another is that the goddess in general may have 
evolved out of the Dawn Goddess like Ushas and Eostre. Of course that's 
just speculation on my part.

-Aydan


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