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Swap Mutations in The Pentagram List
Swap Mutations in The Pentagram List
*VATIR → VATI
Faðir ↔ *VATIR
Abstract
In the growing dictionary of the pentagram words we may observe two similar words in which two
or three letters had been swapped. These peculiar constructs already had been found in the names
for the sky-gods DIAUS which may be transformed into DIAUS and TIVAR, respectively VIDAR
(Víðarr - son of Odin).
In this essay three new swap constructs are described:
• for the couple ThEMIS (the 1st consort of Zeus) and METIS (the 2nd consort of Zeus),
• for the links VANIR (House of the Wise) and VIDAR (Víðarr - son of Odin), which also may be
linked to the sky-god (TIVAR),
• for the PIE-swap construct Old-Norse FAÐIR o-o Sankrit PITAR.
These pentagrams may have helped the druids to manage the religious name-givings. The priests did not
need an alphabet to organize the words as each sound may be defined by an object or a name.
The pentagrams
The pentagrams are defined in Sepher Yetzirah as five sources to prduce sounds, which did lead to 5
categories of letters. In this paper the Latin alphabet is defined as linguals: D, Þ L, N, T, palatals:
C, G, I, J, K, Q, X , the gutturals: A, Ε, H, O, Y, labials: B, ϝ - V, M, P, U, W and the dentals: Z, S, R.
Depending on the produced sound some symbols such as the “Y” may be categorized as a labial U
(in “gumnasion”), an guttural E in “gemnasion” or a palatal Y in “gimnasion”. Therefore I decided
to categorize as a central “E” in “gemnasion” between the I and U.
Pentagrams may have been preferred for very important words, which were considered as fundamentals. A
perfect pentagram contains 5 letters, representing all 5 categories. T he name DIAUS PITAR contains 2
perfect pentagrams.
The swap constructs between PIE-sky-gods *TEIWS, DIAUS (PITAR) → *TEIWS
In the PIE-vocabulary the name DIAUS PITAR is defined as the standard sky-god. Inside each
pentagram the letters may be rearranged, which easily allows to construct variants or new words.
We may choose a word such as DIAUS and create a new name such as the Gothic name TEIWS. In
which the letters I and E were swapped.
Another swap for A and V allows us to intriduce a new name TIVAZ, which represents the Proto-
Germanic deity *Tīwaz.
And finally we may swap the T or D and V to generate VIDAR (Víðarr, the son of Odin). In the
following table the arrows indicate how the transformations may have been initiated.
The Gothic name TEIWS is rather young. Therefore I defined arrows from Dyáuṣ Pitṛ ṛ (DIAUS
PITAR) towards *TEIWS and from DIAUS (PITAR) towards *TIVAZ and from here to VIDAR.
Metis
Metis is the Greek goddess personifying prudence, first consort of Zeus, from Greek
Mētis (METIS), literally "advice, wisdom, counsel; cunning, skill, craft," from PIE root
*me- (2) "to measure."1
Metis was the first great spouse of Zeus,[3] and also his cousin.[1] Zeus is himself titled
Metieta (Ancient Greek: Μητίετα, lit. 'the wise counsellor'), in the Homeric poems.
To acquire enough wisdom Zeus swallowed his consort Metis. He was too late: Metis had already
conceived a child. In time she began making a helmet and robe for her fetal daughter: Pallas
Athena, who leaped from Zeus's head, fully grown, armed, and armoured.
Themis
Themis is the Greek goddess of law and justice, the name means "custom, right,"
literally "that which is laid down or established" (by custom); also "laws, ordinances,"
but closer in sense to Latin IUS (see jurist) than to lex (see legal); related to thema
"proposition; that which is placed" (see theme) 2.
Her symbols are the Scales of Justice, tools used to remain balanced and pragmatic.
Themis means "divine law" rather than human ordinance, literally "that which is put in
place", from the Greek verb títhēmi (τίθημι), meaning "to put." The word Themis was
used by Homer in the 8th century BCE. The only consort for Themis mentioned in the
sources below is Zeus. One of her few children was called Natura, the Greek goddess of
the forest.
METIS
ΘEMIΣ
Table 3 The swap construct between METIS (Mind, wisdom) o-o ThEMIS Themis (justice)
1 Metis
2 Themis
Themistocles
Themistocles name of great Athenian political leader, from Greek Themistokles,
literally "famed in law and right," from ThEMIS "custom, law, right" (see ThEMIS) +
-kles "fame," a common ending in Greek proper names, related to kleos "rumor, report,
news; good report, fame, glory," from PIE *klew-yo-, suffixed form of root *kleu- "to
hear."
The Germanic swap construct VANIR o-o VIDAR
The introduction of the names VANIR and VIDAR had been triggered by the following quotation
from Chapter X of Hamlet's Mill - The Twilight of the Gods3. This citation combines both
pentagrams in one episode, which seems to describe a catastrophal abolisition at the endphase of the
elder gods. The new god is the most powerful son (VIDAR) of Odin, who is determined to take
revenge for Odin's death. In contrast to Odin's badly deteriorated name (probably from another
pentagram such as WODIS?) the name VIDAR is still a perfect pentagram.
The pentagram WODIS correlates with the sky-god DIAUS and DIS, which is found in Julius
Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico4. Chapter 17 and 18 focuses on the divinities the Gauls
believed in and Dis, the god which they claim they were descended from.
All the Gauls assert that they are descended from the god Dis, and say that this tradition
has been handed down by the Druids. (Latin) 5
Even if that generation of gods has perished, the younger ones remain: Balder and
Hoder, also the two sons of Thor, and VIDAR the son of Odin. The House of the Wise
VANIR is not affected as a whole, even if Freyr fell in battle. As the VANIR belong to a
past age, this crisis apparently does not concern them. There is in fact a certain
perversely nightmarish or neurotic unreality about the tragedy as a whole. The Wolf's
fetters were made of nothing but he was able to snap them only when the time came,
when Odin and the Sun had to be devoured. The next instant, young VIDAR kills the
monster simply by thrusting his shoe down his throat (he has one shoe only, just like
Jason). It is guilt and the ensuing chaos, more than actual forces, which dragged down
the Establishment once the appointed time came, as decreed by fate and sounded on the
Gjallarhorn.
3 Hamlet's Mill - An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmission Through Myth by
Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend
4 Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War
5 Source: Commentaries on the Gallic War by Julius Caesar Book 6, chapter 8 Translation based on W. A. McDevitte
and W. S. Bohn (1869)
The PIE-swap construct FAÐIR o-o PITAR
In Old-Norse and Sankrit the words for father swap thier vowels A and I. Therefore
we may note the PIE-swap construct Old-Norse FAÐIR o-o Sankrit PITAR.
In German dialects some children use classic petnames for their parents VATI (“Father”) and
MUTTI (for “Mother”), in which the vowels A respectively I of VATI conserve the original correct
spelling for the pentagram *VATIR and the old Norse FAÐIR.
Also note that „Mutti“ can be used when you mean the Federal Chancellor of Germany „Angela
Merkel“. The letter “u” however does not match the pentagram's rules and should be.
Most of the words Vati and Mutti are found in the northern6 (and eastern?) regions of German
languages.
*VATIR → VATI
Faðir ↔ *VATIR
As you can see „Opi“ and „Omi“ are very rarely used. The same applies to „Vati“ and
„Mutti“ (See Ngramm).
The most common names for „Vater“ and „Mutter“ are just „Papa“ and „Mama“. But
it’s just a matter of taste and every family handles it differently7.
6 Mama, Mutti und Frau Mutter | Wissen - Frankfurter Rundschau
7 How are "Vati" and "Mutti" used? - German Language Stack Exchange
12 Aug 2017 ... Yes, „Vati“ and „Mutti“ are two of many different pet names for „Vater“ and „Mutter“.
The extension “-I” also may be interpreted as a diminutive, which should be understood as “little
grandfather” for “OPI” instead of the standard “grandfather” (“OPA”).
The following map describes the statistics for the German pet-names for “grandfather” :
8 Numa is said to have built a temple to Fides publica; Source: fides in William Smith, editor (1848) A
Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology
# Pentagram P Information Definition Language
45.
F FIETS P Origin uncertain. Maybe from “vietse” bicycle Dutch
‘running’; etymology from fiets (rijwiel)
46.
ΦΦ FILOS P Filos, bijvoorbeeld in Filosoof love Greek
L ΦIΛOΣ P ΦIΛOΣ Greek
L LIEF(S) P Dutch
LIeBES - German
47.
F FINAR P finar to die Spanish
48.
F FRANC P Frank vrij Dutch
FRANK P
49.
G GAUTR P Runen-Sprachschatz (Runen woordenboek, wise man Icelandic
German)
50.
G GENUS P genus (GENUS, “kind, sort, ancestry, birth”) Family, pedigree Latin
51.
I IANUS P Janus -god van het begin, einde, poorten, Janus Latin
J JANUS P dualiteit, tijd, en doorgangen. [1]
52.
I IOU-piter – Jupiter (D)IOU(S) JOU-piter Latin
*DJOUS P (*DJOUS PATĒR)
53.
I ISLAM P Islam – "submission [to God]" Islam English
54.
I ISTÆV P Tacitus's Germania (AD 98) – Istvaeones ISTÆV – Latin
55.
J JANUS P Janus Janus (godheid) French
56.
J JUDAS P Judas Judas Dutch
57.
J JULES P Jules Jules (naam) French
58.
J JURAT P Jurat in Guernsey en Jersey Jury (rechtbank) French
59.
J JURON P juron curse French
60.
J JUSTE P Just "just, righteous; sincere" just French
JUSTO P Spanish
61.
J JUTES P Jutes People of Jutland English
62.
K KAUTR P Related to (runes) “Kuþlant” (Gotland) and wise runic
“Guth” (God)
63.
K KOTUS P Kotys (war, slaughter) war, slaughter Greek
64.
K KRAUT P Kraut / cruyt – Gothic *krûþ (genitive *krûdis), herbs Dutch
K KRUID – neuter, might be taken for krû-da German
C CRUYT - Indo-European references are unsecure.
65.
L LACUS P the l-rune (OE lagu, ON lǫgr/laugr (i, k, l, m ) water in some Latin
LAGUZ Laguz form Old-Norse
LAUGR
66.
L LAPIS P Stone - May be connected with Ancient Greek lapis Latin
λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), from Proto-
Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”)
67.
L LEVIS P Levis, light (not heavy), quick, swift . Fickle , Levis (light) Latin
dispensable , trivial, trifling , easy (e.g. food)
68.
L LEWIS P Lewis (Louis, Clovis) Lewis English
69.
L LIBAR P libar suck Spanish
70.
L LIBER P Liber - free, independent, unrestricted, free Latin
# Pentagram P Information Definition Language
L LIURE P unchecked (→ freeman) Old
L LIBRO P Old Occitan: liure ; Provencal libro Occitan
L LIVRE P Portuguese: livre Provencal
L LIBRE P French: libre Portuguese
French
71.
L LIBRA P libra Pond Spanish
P Libra Libra (astrology)
72.
L LIBRA P Libra scales Latin
73.
L LIBRE P libre (adj.) free Spanish
74.
L LIEF(S) P Lief – crefte lieuis ‘de krachten van het lieve’ Love Dutch
[10e eeuw; W.Ps.]
75.
L LIMES P Limes (border) border Latin
76.
L LII MOS Limos starvation Greek
77.
L LIVER P liver liver English
78.
L LIVES P lives lives English
79.
L LIVRE P livre book French
80.
L LOCUS P Location – Latin locus is ontstaan uit Vroeglatijn Location Latin
stlocus ‘id.’, verdere herkomst onzeker;
misschien verwant met → stal. (loco-.)
81.
L LOUIS P Clovis (Chlodovechus) (Ch)LOUIS Clovis French
82.
L LOUIS P Louis (Chlodowig) - LOUIS Louis French
83.
L LUGAR P lugar {m} location Spanish
84.
L LUIER P luier (kinderdoek) diaper Dutch
85.
M MANUS - Manus - (मनस):—[from man] m. man or Manu man, mankind Sanskrit
(the father of men)
86.
M MEDIR P medir (algo) {verb} measure Spanish
87.
M MELIS P Melis (honeybee, → [Telling the bees]) Melis (name) Dutch
88.
M MENSCh P man (person) Man (person) Dutch
89.
M MERIT P Merit (Christianity), Merit (Buddhism), Merit English
MARIT P Variants: Maret (Estonia)/Marit (Swedish). (Name)
90.
M METIS P Metis (personified by Athena, pag. 2-59) Mind, wisdom Greek
(ΜΗΗΤΙΣ) P wisdom. She was the first wife of Zeus.
91.
M MIDAS P Midas (/ˈmaɪdəs/; Greek: Μίδας) is the name of Midas Greek
one of at least three members of the royal house
of Phrygia.
92.
M MILES P Latin mīles (“soldaat”) ; Myles (given name) mīles (“soldaat”) Latin
93.
M MINOR P minor (“less, smaller, inferior”) minor Latin
94.
M MINOS P Royal Name Minos Linear A
(Cretan)
95.
M MITRA P Mitra (Godheid in de Rigveda) Mitra (god) Sanskrit
96.
M MÓÐIR P Móðir - mother mother Icelandic
97.
M MΑRKT P markt (from Mercatus?) (market) market Dutch
# Pentagram P Information Definition Language
98.
N NĪRAṂ P Nīraṃ water Sanskrit
99.
P PANIS P Pānis (bread, loaf ) bread, loaf Latin
100.
P PATRIE - vaderland Fatherland French
101.
P PEDIR P pedir algo {verb} request Spanish
102.
P PIeTER P Pieter (symbolic “PITER” or “PITAR”, because Pieter Dutch
the E indicates a long I vowel)
103.
P PILAR P Pilar (Catalan, Norwegian Bokmål, Nynorsk) pillar Catalaans
Noors
104.
P PILAR P short for "Maria del Pilar" and a popular Pilar (name) Spanish
Spanish given name
105.
P PITAR P Pitar (father) Father Sanskrit
106.
P PITER P Initial Name Sankt-Piter-Boerch (Санкт-Питер- Saint-Piter- Russian
Бурхъ) for Saint Petersburg (from Geschiedenis) Borough
107.
P POLISh P from Latin polire "to polish, make smooth; To polish (E) English
P POLIRE - decorate, embellish;" , ontwikkeld uit Latin polieren (D) Latin
P POLIS P polīre ‘gladmaken’, van onbekende herkomst. polijsten (NL) French
108.
P POLIS P ancient Greek city-state, 1894, from Greek polis, polis Greek
P PTOLIS - ptolis "citadel, fort, city, .." from PIE *tpolh-
"citadel; .. high ground; hilltop"
109.
P POTIS P Potis - (able, capable, possible) Potis Latin
110.
P PRAChT P Pracht (splendor) splendor Dutch
111.
P PRANG P Prang (nose clip) nose clip Dutch
112.
P PRONG P Prong ([Fish-]fork) (Fish-)fork English
113.
P PYOTR P Pjotr (name) Peter Russian
114.
P PĒNIS P Penis ; Old Low German root: *PISA penis Latin
115.
Q QUERN P quern (n.) quern English
116.
Q QUR'AN P Quran – het heilige Boek van de Islam Quran Arabic
117.
R RIJPΕN P Rijpen (met onzekere etymologie) ripen Dutch
R RIPΕN P ripen English
R REIFΕN - reifen German
118.
R RIVΕT P Rivet Rivet English
119.
R RUÏNΕ P maybe from Latin verb ruere ruin Dutch
R RUINA P (plural: RUINÆ) Latin
120.
S SABIN P Sabijn [member of an Italian tribe] {1625} Sabine Etruscan
S SABIJN P etymology: ‘kin’ sabijn
121.
S SIBYL P sibyls are female prophets in Ancient Greece. sibyl English
122.
S SILVA P Silva (wood, forest ) Silva Latin
123.
S SIMLA P Simla (Stad in India) Simla (stad) Indian (?)
124.
S SIMON P simon simon Dutch
125.
H (HI)SPANIA - Spain Spain Spanish
S SPAIN P English
S SPANIA - Phoenician
# Pentagram P Information Definition Language
126.
S SPILE P Spile wooden fork Lettish
127.
S SPINE P spine (thorn, backbone, needle) Thorn, back English
S SPĪNA P spīna (thorn, backbone, needle) Needle Latin
S SPINÁ P spiná (спинаṛ, back) backbone Russian
S ΣΠΊΛΟΣ - σπίλος (spílos) (rock, reef, cliff) cliff Greek
E ESPIÑA - espiña spine Galician
S SPELD - speld, diminutive form of SPINE needle Dutch
128.
S SPINA P Spina - Etruscan city at the mouth of the Po- Spina (city) Etruscan
river
129.
S SUTHI P Graf tomb Etruscan
130.
T TAMIS P tamis sifter French
131.
T TAPIR P Tapir Tapir English
132.
T TAPIS P Tapis, rug French
T TAPIS P Byzantijns-Greek byz-Greek
T TÁPĒS - Tápēs, Greek Greek
133.
T TERUG P terug (backwords) backwards Dutch
134. nd
T ThEMIS P ThEMIS – After METIS the 2 wife of Zeus Themis (justice) Greek
(ΘEMIΣ) P
135.
T THIUS P Thius (Late Latin) uncle Thius Latin
From Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).
136.
T THUIS P thuis (at home) thuis (“at home”) Dutch
137.
T TIBER P Tiber (name) Tiber as a river Latin
138.
T TIEUS P TIEUS (Tieu) plural of - A surname, borrowed Tieu(s) Vietnamees
from Vietnamese Tiêu, from Chinese 蕭.
139.
T TIMOR P timor (Latin) awe, reverence. fear, dread. timor Latin
140.
T TIVAR P Plural for the deity týr gods Old-Norse
141.
T TIVAS P *Tīwaz deity Proto-
Germanic
142.
T TIWAS P Tiwaz Sun (as a deity) Luwian
143.
T TIWAZ P Rune (ᛏ) for the deity Týr Týr rune
144.
T TJEUS P nickname to define the JEU-sayers Val Medel Surselvisch
(Suisse)
145.
T TRIBΕ P Tribe (stam) Tribe English
146.
T TUROG P Locale pagan deity in Sussex Turog (god) Celtic (?)
147.
U ÛÐIRA P uier (melkklier) udder Germanic
U UIDER P
148.
U UNIRΕ P ūnīre (to join, to unite, to put together), ūnīre Latin
149.
U URINA P from Latin urina "urine," from PIE *ur- (source Urine Dutch
U URINΕ P also of Greek ouron "urine"), variant of root sperm (source: Latin
*we-r- "water, liquid, milk, sperm" urine) English
150.
U UUATIRO – water (in watrischafo [709; ONW]) water (vloeistof) Dutch
W WATRIS – Old-Irish uisce ‘water’ (zie ook → whisky); Dutch
U UISCE - Old-Irish
# Pentagram P Information Definition Language
151.
V VAÐIR P vaðir (from váð; piece of cloth; garment) Clothes (plural) Old-Norse
152.
V VANIR P Vanir- House of the Wise (group of gods Vanir English
associated with health, fertility, wisdom, and
the ability to see the future. )
153.
V VENUS P Godess for love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, Venus Latin
prosperity and victory
154.
V VIDAR P Víðarr - son of Odin Víðarr Old Norse
155.
V VIRAL P Viral viral English
156.
V VLIES P vlies (vel, membraan) membrane Dutch
157.
V VRAChT P Vracht (freight) freight Dutch
158.
V VRIJEN P (1): “het VRIJEN”: vrijen (verkering hebben; 1: To court Dutch
minnekozen; (1240). Originally: “to love” 2: The free people
(from: vriend in Etymologiebank). (“the FRANKs”)
(2): “de VRIJEN”: the “free people”
159.
W WETEN - “To have seen” - to wit (v.), weten To know Dutch
W WISSEN - weten (German) German
160.
W WHIRL P whirl to go round, spin English
161.
W WIJZEN P wijzen (aanduiden) wijzen Dutch
(aanduiden)
162.
W WIZARD - Wizard – (originally): "to know the future." (?) philosopher English
163.
W WRANG P Wrang (sourish) sourish Dutch
164.
W WRONG P wrong wrong English
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