The true origins of the name of the mythical Greek ferryman carrying the souls of the dead, Charon
In Finniс mythology, the one who accompanies into the Kingdom of the Dead, to the underground river Toonela, is Toonekurg - the heron, the stork - Est. kurg, kure, Fin. kurki, Lapp. guorga, Nenets χǝŕo, Selkup. k͔ara, Matori körüh - “the marsh crane, heron, stork” - which corresponds to the Eng. heron, Welsh garan, Old French hairon, Dan. heire.
It is noteworthy that in Egyptian mythology there was a heron named Bennu, which personified the resurrection from the dead, and was depicted on a boat with an oar.
In Slavic languages the verb associated with burial is хоронить, horonit’ - “to bury”; while the newborn children are believed to be brought back by a stork.
Charon, Χάρων is not a Greek name, but was incorporated into the Greek myths from older myths and believes. The Greeks already depicted him as a man, thus loosing the memory of the shamanistic connections to animals in Old Europe.
For more - read FINNO-EGYPTIAN CULTURAL ORIGINS OF THE OLD WORLD, by Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa, 1936 (346 MB) https://cloud.mail.ru/public/FPLa/n6nkSZWH2
По-русски: https://anti-fasmer.livejournal.com/572304.html
It is noteworthy that in Egyptian mythology there was a heron named Bennu, which personified the resurrection from the dead, and was depicted on a boat with an oar.
In Slavic languages the verb associated with burial is хоронить, horonit’ - “to bury”; while the newborn children are believed to be brought back by a stork.
Charon, Χάρων is not a Greek name, but was incorporated into the Greek myths from older myths and believes. The Greeks already depicted him as a man, thus loosing the memory of the shamanistic connections to animals in Old Europe.
For more - read FINNO-EGYPTIAN CULTURAL ORIGINS OF THE OLD WORLD, by Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa, 1936 (346 MB) https://cloud.mail.ru/public/FPLa/n6nkSZWH2
По-русски: https://anti-fasmer.livejournal.com/572304.html