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> From: JOHN DAVIES [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sorry to be so thick but please could you explain why this jogs us out of > our IE mindset? > Occasionally it seems that we tend to approach the subject of water veneration from an Indo-European--or perhaps I should say, Western European--perspective. What struck me about this essay is that the practices are so very similar to those I've been collecting from Ireland, but the Votes are a Baltic-Finn people, not an I-E group. In this respect, the article reinforces the universality of water veneration, right down to the use of cloths and tossing heads into the water. Francine %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%