Re: Deva?

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_...>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:33:25 -0800

At 01:05 PM 1/30/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Greg Stafford wrote:
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>> Sartarite Wyters are not generally spirits, but are devas (aka daimones).
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>Is Deva a Sartarite word for a daimon?

It is an experimental HW term for minor godlings, because of the considerable protest about the word daimone. Yes, it is taken from the Hindu word for "god" and from the ancient Persian word for "demon."
For information sake: the prehistoric branches of "Indo-european" of the [modern] Persian and Hindu used the same words for "god" and "antigod," but reversed their meanings.

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