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>More surprising is the fact the words fomorian and mouro come from the same etymon. The numerous spellings of the first, and his meaning, suggest the eclipsis of an initial m-, from latin majorem, "great, ancestor": the suppression of the radical sound, by prefixing another sound of the same organ, like f-, doesn't occurre in writing, where both sounds are retained in Irish ortography. But in Welsh the sound eclipsed disappears in writing: maur, mor, vor, "great", from latin majorem. And in Galicia the word mouro, "giant, ancestor", from latin majorem, retains this odd meanings in folklore in spite of another identical word: mouro, "dark, moor", from latin maurum (1)
>The tripartite scheme of the Irish and Galician theogony, chthonic titans (fomorians / mouros), heavenly gods (Tuatha Dé Danann / christians) and human beings or heroes (descendants of Míl Espáine) appeared first time in the Theogony, a greek poem by Hesiod (7th century BC). This fact suggests that the celtic mytholohy and the greek one came from a common old european heritage
>(1) Recent advances in population genetics of the Iberian Peninsula show the highest level of DNA from North Morocco in Galicia; at last the etymological relationship betwen fomorian, mawr and mouro cames from latin maurus, "darkskinned"
>More surprising is the fact the words fomorian and mouro come from the same etymon. The numerous spellings of the first, and his meaning, suggest the eclipsis of an initial m-, from latin majorem, "great, ancestor": the suppression of the radical sound, by prefixing another sound of the same organ, like f-, doesn't occurre in writing, where both sounds are retained in Irish ortography. But in Welsh the sound eclipsed disappears in writing: maur, mor, vor, "great", from latin majorem. And in Galicia the word mouro, "giant, ancestor", from latin majorem, retains this odd meanings in folklore in spite of another identical word: mouro, "dark, moor", from latin maurum (1)
>The tripartite scheme of the Irish and Galician theogony, chthonic titans (fomorians / mouros), heavenly gods (Tuatha Dé Danann / christians) and human beings or heroes (descendants of Míl Espáine) appeared first time in the Theogony, a greek poem by Hesiod (7th century BC). This fact suggests that the celtic mytholohy and the greek one came from a common old european heritage
>(1) Recent advances in population genetics of the Iberian Peninsula show the highest level of DNA from North Morocco in Galicia; at last the etymological relationship betwen fomorian, mawr and mouro cames from latin maurus, "darkskinned"
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