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DPCrisp
In: Bedfordshire
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| So if Curno = Kernow then Cornwall has nothing to do with corn=horn, but more to do with Curno = Crown = Krona. The Crown being a golden coin and used in Norway, England, Iceland etcetera....... Krone, Krona, Crona, Crown...........??? |
Yes, crown, horn and corner are the same pointy thing.
| ouaille sounds very like ewe |
Yes, "wall = ouaille = flock, as in ewes" is how I read the French bit, too. And a flock being the sheep penned in together makes sense -- in a W = V = P, wall = palisade kind of way; which is not supposed to be the sense of Wal/Gaul/Welsh foreigner... although separatism is a theme they have in common. Cornwall = the divided-off corner? Which in effect means Cornwall = peninsula?
| If Corn = crown, then I thought maybe Cornwall = Kingdom of Wallace. |
But Wallace does mean Welsh. Kingdom of the Welsh is almost exactly what they do say Cornwall/ Cornouaille(s) means.
| 'Vallis' sounds like valley (French final 's' being silent) and we talk about Welsh valleys |
The valley is the divided off bit, surrounded by valley walls, so it's all the same.
| I don't suppose it means Shorn-Wool??? |
| if Pulp's right that 'corn' refers to gold, Cornwall is the gold valley. |
Vellus means fleece. Cornwall = the Land of the Golden Fleece? Ireland and Wales are known for their gold: how about Cornwall and Brittany? (200+ Roman or "Roman" gold mines all over... um... Gaul, I think...)
| The 'Cornouailles' flag shows a sheep with golden horns and hooves. |
The Ceryneian Hind (an embodiment of the Seasons or the fleeting of time...) had golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves and Heracles captured her by pursuing her to the extreme West. That's the CeRyNeian Hind.
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DPCrisp
In: Bedfordshire
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| on the Isles of Scilly there is Porthcressa......... Cressa comes from the Greek word for Gold |
By the S = T rule, Cressa = Crete?
What does Crete mean? And what do we know about the Curetes, kratos and kratis...?
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Hatty
Site Admin
In: Berkshire
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| And what do we know about the Curetes |
Wiki says the Curetes are also known as korybantes:
The Korybantes (Ancient Greek: Κορύβαντες) were the crested dancers who worshiped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. ..These male dancers in armor, kept time to a drum and the rhythmic stamping of their feet. The dancing is understood to be an inititation ceremony, the transition to or celebration of manhood, but seems to have had a protective role (hence various myths about watching over infant Zeus/Dionysus). Maybe 'crested' refers to a headress?
| Cornwall = the Land of the Golden Fleece? |
Or the Golden Horn? Phrygia again perhaps?
| The Ceryneian Hind (an embodiment of the Seasons or the fleeting of time...) had golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves and Heracles captured her by pursuing her to the extreme West. That's the CeRyNeian Hind. |
Her two most remarkable characteristics appear to be her speed and her antlers. Robert Graves apparently thought the Ceryneian Hind referred to reindeer, the female of the species being unique in having antlers. She was supposed to be part of a team pulling Artemis' chariot, which has shamanistic overtones relating to hunting, flying and healing (the hind had to be brought back unharmed).
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Ishmael
In: Toronto
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| DPCrisp wrote: | | The 'Cornouailles' flag shows a sheep with golden horns and hooves. |
The Ceryneian Hind (an embodiment of the Seasons or the fleeting of time...) had golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves and Heracles captured her by pursuing her to the extreme West. That's the CeRyNeian Hind. |
Whoah. That's pretty wild.
I was thinking this also:
If Gaul is two syllables then it becomes Ga-ul. Ga-wl or Ga-wall?
And G, as we know, is cognate with K. Ka-wall. Ca-wall or Co-wall?
It's a bit much but you can just barely make Co(rn)wall out of Gaul, if you really try.
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Ishmael
In: Toronto
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| DPCrisp wrote: | By the S = T rule, Cressa = Crete?
What does Crete mean? And what do we know about the Curetes, kratos and kratis...? |
Sounds like we've also found the origin of the word "crazy".
"Gold lust"?.
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Ishmael
In: Toronto
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| Hatty wrote: | | Maybe 'crested' refers to a headress? |
I suspect it refers to the state of frenzy experienced by the dancers.
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