Re: VMs: The Sun, The Moon and The Stars

["R. Brzustowicz" <brz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Ted Young wrote:

>
> One thing to note: the sun is personified as a woman, and the moon is
> personified as a man.  What religions considered the sun female and the moon
> male?  Most of the mythology I can remember identifies the sun as male.

In German (and related languages) Sun has feminine and Moon
masculine gender.  Many languages (and mythologies) don't follow the
Romance language gender assignments -- most aren't particularly
relevant to the VMS, however, while German might well be.

R Brzustowicz




>
> For what it is worth, I also compiled a list of the names of the stars.  At
> first glance, there is nothing too spectacular here.   Though, when sorted
> alphabetically, you notice that many of them have very similar names.  There
> is even an instance of two stars with the same name on the same page.
>
> I find it odd that the names of these stars are so short.  Perhaps this is
> further evidence of abbreviations.  European cultures name their stars and
> organized them into constellations.  Are there any cultures that used a
> different identification system (maybe numbers)?
>
> acphy        f68r3.X.7;H
> chdy.oky        f68r3.X.8;H
> cheorol        f68r2.S.1;H
> chocphy        f68r1.S.1;H
> chodar        f68r2.S.22;H
> cholar        f68r2.S.11;H
> cphocthy        f68r1.S.2;H
> darall        f68r3.X.9;H
> dcheoldy        f68r2.S.13;H
> dchol        f68r2.S.5;H
> dcholdal        f68r3.X.3;H
> doaro        f68r3.X.1;H
> dolchedy        f68r1.S.3;H
> oalcheol        f68r3.X.2;H
> ochory        f68r2.S.3;H
> ockhy        f68r1.S.4;H
> ocphy        f68r1.S.5;H
> octhey        f68r1.S.6;H
> octhyd        f68r3.X.10;H
> odaiin        f68r2.S.2;H
> odair.chol    f68r2.S.18;H
> odchecthy        f68r1.S.8;H
> ofcheody        f68r2.S.16;V
> ofcheor        f68r1.S.9;H
> oiinar        f68r1.S.10;H
> okcheody        f68r2.S.12;H
> okchoda        f68r3.X.11;H
> okchor        f68r2.S.8;H
> okeechor        f68r2.S.24;H
> okeeodal        f68r1.S.12;H
> okeor        f68r1.S.11;H
> okoaly        f68r1.S.13;H
> okodaly        f68r1.S.20;H
> okolchy        f68r3.X.6;H
> okoldy        f68r1.S.14;H
> okos            f68r3.X.5;H
> okshor        f68r1.S.15;H
> olcheesey        f68r2.S.7;H
> olor            f68r1.S.16;H
> opocphor        f68r2.S.20;H
> ordaiin        f68r1.S.17;H
> otcheodar        f68r2.S.17;H
> otcheody        f68r1.S.7;H
> otcsey        f68r1.S.23;H
> oteeeor        f68r2.S.14;H
> oteool        f68r2.S.9;H
> otochedy        f68r1.S.19;H
> otoeeo        f68r2.S.15;R
> otol            f68r1.S.21;H
> otolchcthy    f68r2.S.0;H
> otor            f68r1.S.22;H
> otory        f68r3.X.4;H
> otoshol        f68r2.S.21;H
> otydm        f68r3.X.12;H
> otydy        f68r1.S.24;H
> otykchs        f68r1.S.25;H
> otys            f68r1.S.26;H
> oydchy        f68r2.S.10;H
> shchy        f68r2.S.23;H
> shdar        f68r2.S.4;H
> todaraiily    f68r2.S.6;H
> toeeodcthy    f68r1.S.27;H
> ykchdy        f68r1.S.28;H
> ytchody        f68r1.S.18;H
> ytchody        f68r1.S.29;V
>
>
> So, I really did not come up with anything.  But, I will post this to the
> list in case it gives someone else an idea, or perhaps someone will see a
> pattern I am missing.
>
>
> Ted Young
>
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