Penelope etymology

Penelope fem. proper name, name of the faithful wife in the "Odyssey," from Greek Pēnelopē, Pēnelopeia, which is perhaps related to pēne "thread on the bobbin," from pēnos "web," cognate with Latin pannus "cloth garment" (see pane (n.)). But Beekes suggests rather a connection with pēnelops "duck or wild goose with colored neck." Used in English as the type of the virtuous wife (1580) as it was in Latin.From etymonline.comrelatedly:pane (n.)mid-13c., "garment, cloak, mantle; a part of a ga...

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hawse (n.) From etymonline: "part of a ship's bow containing the hawse-holes," late 15c., from Old English or Old Norse hals "part of a ship's prow," literally "neck," from Proto-Germanic *h(w)alsaz, the general Germanic word (source also of Gothic, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German hals), cognate with Latin collum (see collar (n.)), from PIE root from PIE root *kwel- (1) "revolve, move round; sojourn, dwell." Respelled with -aw- 16c.

Origin of Sin the moon god

The Origin of Sin and the Queen of Heaven The history of the Moon God and his consort in successive Near Eastern Cultures from Sumeria through Canaan to Sa'aba and Harran. Dedicated to my namesake and alter-ego...

Lugh (person) by Tlachtga - Everything2.com

Lugh (person) by Tlachtga Lugh Lamhfada "Lugh of the Long Arm" aka: Samildánach (CMT), Lug Lonnannsclech (CMT), Lug Laebach (Gwynn, III, 7) God of arts, warriors, and sovereignty. Etymology The origin of "Lugh"--and that of his Gaulish counterpart Lugus--is still a matter of debate. It may derive from *lug- "oath, pledge", which would fit with his role as a first function god in a Dumezilian structure. Alternately, it has been derived from the Proto-Indo European *leuk- "light", here perh...

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The Vikings' Conversion to Christianity - Norse Mythology for Smart People

The Vikings’ Conversion to Christianity "Ansgar Preaches the Christian Doctrine in Sweden" by Hugo Hamilton (1830) The traditional tales of the Vikings’ conversion to Christianity are sleek dramas full of zealous missionary saints, kings, and clerics who Christianize entire populations in a few heroic actions that are hardly short of miracles. As is the case with most medieval hagiography (a genre focused on recounting the lives of saints and other holy men and women), the historical real...

Icelandic Analogues to the Northern English Gawain Cycle

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