> [[katz-j]]. "Gods and Vowels". ## 1. Conference > Talk @ [[weciec24]]. 2012. > Abstract <img position="relative; top: 20px;" style="width: 1em" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwCAYAAABXAvmHAAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaeTAAACQ0lEQVRoge2Yz0tUQRzAP293rTRb09rMwl1UkFqQ9tAhKPDQrT8gTx5FCtFLvy4SnbJDoKQSdIjoEBoFEZ66RF7qaAgF4rLs0masWSIsbaTTYZR3eNX63sw2uzAfWN7Mm+/MfD/Mm/fePrBYlHDKBYi+TlGRmQV3nNn0DdVhQjpy8YtoaQOH6+Ji55jqWEYENkemEIeOaZEwIkBzK5vDk1okzAiANglzAqBFwqwAKEuYFwAlieoQgMAS1SMAgSSqSwA8EuXCI/8jJ8+kw2e1jVV9K+ATK2AaK2AaK2CamhcI9iA73g0j9936zxJk3sPzcVj7DB09cGnCbf+ah9dP4N2crPf0Qv9N77jjA5Bf9pVKsBUIh6EhCqEIZD9C8TukzsPQFET2QGi73QnBpyWItUP/Lejt2+4fke1bv2T/nV/ph+9U1F4lVnMweRkcB648gkQSuk9DqSjbV9IwMQixOIw+hQsD8GbW7b+8AA+uKqWgZw8IAV8yshw97G0vZKGQg/0Hofmolil3UFuBun0QPwkNByB5Rp7LL0HdXm9scUMem2Luua5TMDQty4UczNz2nYKaQGsCrj126/PPIPsBulLe2D99HquPQvyELIfDgVJQE9hYg7cv5TGzCOmFv8fWN8rj+qq7CovzyntATWC9AC/ulY9raYMj7fIy+rYiLztNVPYPTSwBg3ehIyVvna8egtjSOkVlBRqbIHlO3m7npuUe0Yy5r9O7xJlJ/zPHmn8XsgKmsQKmsQKmsQKmsQIWS43zG41eqcJmZbBOAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC">[pdf](https://ucla.app.box.com/v/weciec2012-katz) > This paper explores the relationship between the two nouns in my title, especially in Greece, in part building on but going well beyond my claim, put forth at an earlier UCLA Indo-European Conference, that the vocalic gamut A Ioue (i.e., aioue) at the start of Cicero’s youthful Aratea is a multivalent instance of the poetic and religious connection between sound and divinity in the ancient world. (See Proceedings of the 20th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, ed. by S. W. Jamison, H. C. Melchert & B. Vine [Bremen 2009], pp. 79-114, at 79-84.) In addition to reviewing what we know about the use of vowels in magic and kabbalism, I will consider the linguistic and religious status of vowels — the sounds themselves and their orthographic representations — in the Greek, Roman, and Indic traditions, as well as in Hebrew. Particular attention will be paid to patterns of sound in Archaic Greek poetry, above all in Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns, from which will emerge some thoughts about the Proto-Indo-European background of these hymnic effects and, I believe, a functional and phonetic analogue of the sacred syllable om. ## 2. Proceedings > "Gods and Vowels". Article in *Proceedings of the 24th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference*. > [buske.de](https://buske.de/proceedings-of-the-24th-annual-ucla-indo-european-conference.html) ## 3. Republished > "Gods and Vowels". Article in [[garcia-ruiz2013]]. > <img position="relative; top: 20px;" style="width: 1em" src="data:image/png;base64,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"> [canvas.uw.edu](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiigbO5t-P7AhXolnIEHUTACFEQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcanvas.uw.edu%2Ffiles%2F81201735%2Fdownload%3Fdownload_frd%3D1&usg=AOvVaw34_Sh5wqAyzNQt7JHm53QF) #link