the Wheel and Dating PIE

[Stanley Friesen]

At 05:48 PM 2/8/00 +0100, Eduard Selleslagh wrote:
>They were sacrificed though: see e.g. G. Dumézil (La religion romaine
>archaïque) : Equus October in Rome, As'vamedha in India. (note also Brahman
><> Flamen). Usually (I don't know in this case) at least parts of sacrificed
>animals were eaten.

Quite possibly.  But animals that are *primarily* food animals are rarely
sanctified.

A subtle, but important distinction.

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