--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > carde: > > Tilak: > > > The Rig Veda describes the geography of Northern India, > so, I wonder why the Vedas don't mention a migration > from somewhere else. If the Aryan speakers came from > Siberia, wouldn't they have said something about it?
Maybe so, but for instance the expression "sapta sindhavaH" (seven rivers) might refer to Siberia. There are no seven rivers found anywhere down in Mahaaraashtra, or anywhere else in India, for that matter! > > "Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European > Origins" > by Colin Renfrew > Cambridge University Press; 1990 > > > The Airyana Vaejo is the first created happy land and > > the name signifies that it was the birthland (Vaejo = > > seed, Sans. bija) of the Aryans (Iranians), or the > > Paradise of the Iranian race. > > > > [...] > > > > Vendidad, Fargard 1 > > > > 3. The first of the good lands and countries, which > > I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the Airyana Vaejo, by > > the good river Daitya. > > Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and > > he countercreated by his witchcraft the serpent in > > the river and winter, a work of the Daevas. > > 4. There are ten winter months there, two summer > > months; and those are cold for the waters, cold for > > the earth, cold for the trees. Winter falls there, > > with the worst of plagues. > > > > -------------------- > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendidad > > > > --------------------- > > > > Some food for thought: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eire > > > > Largely discredited etymologies > > > > Other explanations for the etymology of Éire are: > > [citation needed] > > > > * Derived from a root word Ara (also spelt Arya, > > Aire or Aera) meaning noble, as in 'Aryan'. Among > > the very many poetic names for the island of Ireland > > was Mág Ealga meaning plain of the nobles. > > > > ------------------- > > > > Hmmm...when the Aryans left the "North Pole", some > > of them obviously went by the sea down to Ireland, > > heh heh... > > >
