Wind god

Lee Berman · 09 Nov 2010, 14:28 · from 2010-November.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:28:24 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wind god
Message-ID: <SNT123-W242F79FE4EC6E0B6754DF5CF300 at phx.gbl>

>Stanislaus B.- I suggest reading Dumezil, especially on Varuna-type gods including 
>Odin, and their servant creatures/people, such as luperci, centaurs and 
>Gandharvas. Without Dumezil Pan etc is imposssible to understand.

In the biography, Wikipedia notes:

>Many themes of Dum?zil's work have continued influence in ancient religious studies: for 
>example, his impulse to comparative study, and his basic insight that polytheistic gods 
>must be studied not simply by themselves, but in the pairs and ensembles in which their 
>worshippers grouped them.

Thanks Stan. Yes, this is EXACTLY what I am finding in RttW as a unifying theme which 
extends back to  the subtext of BotNS. I find the general concept confusing but focusing 
on the things (gods) Wolfe seems to be focusing on is at least allowing a vague explanatory 
model to appear, for me.

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