Talk:Rosmerta

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[edit] Disputed etymology

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An alternative[citation needed] etymology based upon the University of Wales' reconstructed Proto-Celtic lexicon suggests that the name could be ultimately derived from the Proto-Celtic *roud-smertā, a word with the semantic connotations of ‘the red-glimmering one.’ She would then personify warming, homely firelight and as such would be comparable to the Roman Vesta and the Greek Hestia.[citation needed] However, this etymology is at variance with the attributes of Rosmerta in iconography.

Here. Its been sitting there a while, as pointed out its both linguistically suspect and at variance with the iconography. The dubious etymology seems to be unique to this wikipedia page; I have not found it in any printed discussion. It is therefore original research. --Nantonos 10:39, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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She hated marriage, and yet she was married? Tough break... --Angr/tɔk tə mi 8 July 2005 21:27 (UTC)

I think the 'hated marriage' was fictitious, since there is no surviving mythology this could have come from. The existing evidence consists of Gallo-Roman sculpture, primarily depicting her holding a conucopia and paired with mercury, and inscriptions. --Nantonos 9 July 2005 17:10 (UTC)

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