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L O W L A N D S - L  -  05 June 2007 - Volume 06

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From: john welch <sjswelch at yahoo.com.au>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2007.06.05 (04) [E]

Marcel,
A previous comment linked ladybug with India. The "Danube" name persists
with its IE origin (in fact, most European words do!). "Chimere/ chamarre"
church-robe is seen in Brahmin "chamara" royal tassel of chamari deer-hair,
Ger. "gamsbart" of chamois, Skt. "camara" royal symbol of Genghiz Khan.
"..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 .."
Cows and oxen are not buck /boch, and do not jump. Cape Buffalo are "wilde
bees", but antelope are not bovine / bees. The inherent connotation of deer
/mountain goats / antelope is of attractive animals of the wild, the normal
hunted animal. So Bavarian "trachtenhuten" meaning a hunting costume (I
think - the word is too old for Germans to understand), has the chamois
gamsbart on the hat as a symbol of good hunting, today.
There are numerous modern religious rituals from ancient civilisations. We
are so used to them that these are invisible to us. When we speak, we are
"replying" to our IE ancestors with their words and semantics.
chimera

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