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> In a message dated 3/10/00 8:39:55 PM GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> writes:
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> > Neptune was a cognate figure with the
> > Irish Nechtan.
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> This sounds an intriguing juxtaposition - could you give a run down on the
>
> etymology of the names (and the Welsh cognate _Nwython_)? Does this have
> any
> connection with the river name NOVIVUS?
>
I will dig up my copies of Dumezil and Ford and get back to you
ASAP.
Francine Nicholson
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