Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)

From: Jacques Guy (jguy_at_alphalink.com.au)
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:38:46 +1000

benlizross wrote:

> Conclusion: Annedotos does occur in Berossos (or as close as we can get
> to him).

As close as ten-foot pole will allow.

> The plural, however, is spurious. Annedotos is a name attached
> to the first of the sea-creatures that taught the Sumerian kings, not a
> name for the whole lot of them, hence not a synonym for Apkallu. And the
> notion that it means "repulsive ones" (in some language) is a bit of
> loon-lore.
 
> As for "Musarus", it looks close enough to Greek musaros "foul,
> loathsome, abominable", but I don't see any language like this in
> Berossus. The sea-thingies are described as "beasts", but not as
> repulsive or disgusting. I think it's probably a gloss by a later writer
> (Apollodorus?).

Perhaps we are getting somewhere. But no thanks to our fellow
scholars for whom it is beneath their hallowed dignity to
stoop to quoting sources. I'd be curious to see the original
Greek. Rather, the many Greek manuscripts from which that was
pieced together.

In the meantime, we should go back to discussing how Sumerian
is Austronesian, eh? I can see a direct link. Oannes is
equated with Ea. And Ea is pretty close to Tahitian i'a "fish",
and even closer to Lehali /E/, same meaning. (I shouldn't have
written that. Some imbecile is likely to take it at face
value. Oh well, we shall soon be entertained by another
loony website!).

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