Proof Gordynia Was A Macedonian Place Name (Den = Day)

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Proof Gordynia Was A Macedonian Place Name (Den = Day)

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Gordynian, Gordion, Bogorra
compare "beltaine" (may day - fire day) to gortynia, aka Gordynia. it seems that 'tyn' is a synonym for 'den' = day or don = ?
gor = upper; fire MK
denes = day in MKphrygian-Macedonian linguistic similaritiesHeadword: Γορτύνη
Adler number: gamma,404
Translated headword: Gortyne, Gortyn
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A city.[1]
Also [a] Gortynian, [named] after [the] place.
Greek Original:
Γορτύνη: πόλις. καὶ Γορτύνιος, ἀπὸ τόπου.
Notes:
[1] In Crete; best-known for its lawcode. On both place and code see generally OCD(3) p.643.
There is also a Gortyn in Makedonia: given as 'Gordynia' in Emathia by Claudius Ptolemy; and cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.gora = upper, height MK
GORDON "great hill" or "hero" (Celtic). From a surname. Gordon is a place name in England.-----------------------------------------------
Beltaine = Bel Den (White Day)
Posted by: mk
Posted on: Thursday, 11th November 2004

Message: Beltaine = BEL DAN (denes = day in MK) bel dan = white (fire) day Bel-dan Bel-taine Beltaine Belinos gave his name to Beltaine, May Day, a Fire festival marking the coming of summer. Early Christians gave the festival and the hilltop beacon sites to St. Michael to watch over. As late as the nineteenth century in parts of Scotland this name was used for Whitsunday. (white sunday?) ATG a heraklid???? myth??? Baal A Sun god, 'Baal of the Phoenicians' is equated, by most authorities, with the Greek God Herakles / Hercules
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