[[month]] [[divine-family]] [[night]] [[celestial-bodies]] *** # Moon [Wikipedia: List of lunar deities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List-of-lunar-deities) ## Biblio [[serith-menot]] [[vaiskunas2006]] ## Etymology - PIE mēnōt, mḗnōt, méH1-nōt (m.) "The Measurer" - [[matasovic2009-etymological]]122 - [[mallory2006]]129 ## Branches Norse [[skathi]] ## Attributes ### Gender m. - Indian Soma (m.) - Celtic (m.) - Germanic (m.) - The *Man* in the Moon - The f. moon of Greece and Rome seems to have been an eastern Mediterranean invention/influence. ### "The Measurer" - Etymologically means "The Measurer" - It measures space (sky) and time - In RV 10.85.18, the moon “portions the seasons.” - In “Alvissmal” 14 (Crawford, 2015, 135), the dwarf Alviss, "All-Wise," says that the elves call the moon “Year-counter.” ### Connected to the Mind/Thinking/Memory - Near homonym: PIE men- “think" - In RV 10.0.13, in the list of social and cosmic entities formed from the sacrificed Púruṣa, the moon comes from his mind. - Thinking after all is "measured calculation" and the moon means "the measurer". Metaphorical connection between measuring and thinking (as in “reckoning”). ### Indian - Soma (m.) ### Norse Norse [[skathi]] ### Tocharian *Meñ-* 'Moon' [[mallory2015]] ### Mari - *Tylyze* or *Tõlze* ### Turko-Mongolic Tengrism - In Turkic Polytheism and Tengrism Ay Ata (Turkish & Azerbaijani: Ay Ata, Cyrillic: Ай Ата; sometimes Ay Tanrı or Ay Dede, or Turkish: Ay Dede, Turkmen: Aý Däde, Azerbaijani: Ay Dədə) is a moon god. He lives in the sixth floor of the sky with Gun Ana (Turkish: Gün Ana), the sun goddess, who he is coupled with. While Gün Ana is symbol of warmness and hotness, Ay Dede is the symbol of cold. In Turkey, he is well known in modern times, Ay Dede is popular amongst children due to tales being told about him. The mythology is more common amongst Central Asian Turks, such as Altaians and Yakuts, who still have populations who actively practice Tengrism. Artwork is by Nurlan Kilibaev ### Phyrgian Mēn [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men-(deity)) ## Misc [[laoupi2006]] ## Web Resources https://www.indo-european-connection.com/words/moon [[rolinson2019-9-13b]]