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From: Marcel Bas <roepstem at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2007.06.05 (01) [A/E]

Hi John, you wrote:

"Wildebeeste" means THE wild animal, and Ger. "tier" THE animal became
"deer" like wildebeeste. Of all the great animals, why are deer /antelope
viewed as THE animal of the wild? Could this relate to ancient ritual where
goats represented the gods of Babylon, and Brahmin priests? "

As usual, I tend to think of a more down-to-earth explanation for the
symbols and names that you mention, but "wildebees" is named for its wild
jumps, and since it is a buck (a bovine) the link with an ox (bees) is
easily made. I don't think that the Boer culture was still in touch
with common Indic and European religious rites and castes in order to
remember Brahmanic ideas. After all, after the Reformation swept across
Europe, a host of interesting cultural and non-christian religious
'memes'  were been destroyed.

I think the importance of cattle among Indo European tribes lies in its use,
and its value. Wildebeests are game, and goats are as valuable as money. A
family that owns  a lot of cattle is rich (hence the twofold meaning of
Latin 'pecunia'  and Old English 'feoh' = cattle, money).

Best regards,

Marcel.

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