Tom Terrific
October 21st, 2011, 09:18 AM
This is something I have been wondering about for some time. Perhaps someone has investigated this already, or has additional light to shine upon it.
This concerns the origins of the goddess Tana. I ran across this webpage about a year ago: http://draeconin.com/database/migrations.htm. As well as drawing an etymological link between Tana and Dana (and many similar variations), the author also links Tana with the Hindu goddess Tara, the latter of whom seems--if he is correct--to have been spread throughout the world in ancient times. At http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess_tara_white.htm, a different writer suggests that there could be evidence of Tara in Finland as much as five thousand years ago.
I contacted the author of the first page, above, asking him for his sources, but received no reply. So far, I haven't been able to find any discussion of this idea anywhere else.
Interestingly, the name "Tara" means "star" in Sanskrit. She manifests in 27 forms (3 x 3 x 3), sometimes appears as a young girl, is widely loved today in the East as the Mother Goddess, and appears to be an important figure in Shakti Tantra and Shaktism in general.
Accepting that the Italian Strega inherited Tana from the Etruscans, where did the Etruscans find her? Did she come to them directly from India or perhaps through an intermediate culture (such as the unknown culture from which the Etruscans themselves came)?
Any thoughts would be welcome.
This concerns the origins of the goddess Tana. I ran across this webpage about a year ago: http://draeconin.com/database/migrations.htm. As well as drawing an etymological link between Tana and Dana (and many similar variations), the author also links Tana with the Hindu goddess Tara, the latter of whom seems--if he is correct--to have been spread throughout the world in ancient times. At http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess_tara_white.htm, a different writer suggests that there could be evidence of Tara in Finland as much as five thousand years ago.
I contacted the author of the first page, above, asking him for his sources, but received no reply. So far, I haven't been able to find any discussion of this idea anywhere else.
Interestingly, the name "Tara" means "star" in Sanskrit. She manifests in 27 forms (3 x 3 x 3), sometimes appears as a young girl, is widely loved today in the East as the Mother Goddess, and appears to be an important figure in Shakti Tantra and Shaktism in general.
Accepting that the Italian Strega inherited Tana from the Etruscans, where did the Etruscans find her? Did she come to them directly from India or perhaps through an intermediate culture (such as the unknown culture from which the Etruscans themselves came)?
Any thoughts would be welcome.