Fresh Batch #182: Ancient Particles
Pi, Phi, Py, Pu, Affixed to Amonian Radicals, Pachamama, Priapus
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Jacob Bryant wrote (Analysis Anc. Myth. pp. 118-19.), “Together with the words above mentioned (the Amonian radicals thus far) are to be found in composition the particles Al and Pi. Al or El, for its differently expressed in our characters, is still an Arabian prefix: but not absolutely confined to that country; though more frequently there to be found. The Sun אור (aur), was called Uchor by the people of Egypt and Cyrene; which the Greeks expressed Αχωρ, Achor. He was worshiped with the same title in Arabia, and called Al Achor. Georgius Monachus describing the idolatry, which prevailed in that country before the introduction of the present religion, mentions the idol Alachar. (Beyeri Additamenta to Selden de Diis Syris. P. 291. Achor near Jericho. Joshua. c. 15. v. 7. Remember that Gilgal is a stone circle, consisting of twelve placements, likely the key portions of the Zodiac.)
“Many nations have both expletives and demonstratives analogous to the particle above. The pronoun Ille of the Romans is somewhat similar: as are the terms Le and La of the French: as well as Il (Italian) and El (Spanish) in other languages. It is in composition so like to Ηλ (El, the root of Ήλιος; Elios), the name of Ήλιος, the Sun, that it is not always easy to distinguish one from the other.
“The Article Pi was in use among the ancient Egyptians, the Cuthites, as well as other nations in the east. The natives of India were at all times worshipers of the Sun; and used to call themselves by some of his titles. Porus, with whom Alexander engaged upon the Indus, was named from the chief object of his worship אור (aur), Pi-Or, and P’Or; rendered by the Greeks Πωρος (Poros), Porus (Latinized). Pacorus the Parthian was of the same etymology, being a compound of P’Achorus, the Achor of Egypt: as was also the city Pacoria in Mesopotamia, mentioned by Ptolemy. (Lib. 5. c. 18. p. 164.) Even the Grecian Πυρ (Pyr, seen in the root of fire and wheat: pyros) was of Egyptian or Chaldaïc original (Which was it? This is an uncertain claim.); and of the same composition (P’Ur) as the words above: for Plato informs us (in Cratylo. P. 410.), that πυρ (pyr; fire), ύδωρ (hudor; water), κυνες (kynes; dog), were esteemed terms of foreign importation. (Probably Celtic given the Amonian radicals Bryant already listed, at least with the word for dog and its affinity to Celtic words for priest, knowledge, king, etc.) After the race of the Egyptian kings was extinct, and that country came under the dominion of the Grecians, the natives still continued to make use of this prefix; as did other nations, which were incorporated with them. (See Kircher’s Prodromus Copticus. P. 180. and p. 297.) They adapted it not only to words in their own language; but to those of other countries, of which they treated. Hence there is often to be found in their writings, Πιζευς (Pizeus), Πιμαρτυρ (Pimartyr), Πιμαθητης (Pimathetes), πισωμα (pisoma), πιλαος (pilaos), Pidux, Picurator, Pitribunus (Ibidem, and Jameson’s Specilegia. c. 9. § 4.): also names of persons occur with this prefix; such as Piterus, Piturio, Pionius the martyr, also Pior, Piammon, Piambo; who are all mentioned by ecclesiastical writers, as natives of that country. (Pionius. Euseb. Hist. Ecclesiast. L. 4. p. 173. Pior Monachus Ægyptiacus. Socratis Hist. Eccles. p. 238. Piammon. Sozomen. H. E. p. 259. Piambo, or P’ambo. Socratis Eccles. H. P. 268. It was sometimes expressed Po, as in Poëmon Abbas, in Evagtius. In Apophthegmat. Patrum. apud Cotelerii monumenta. Tom. 1. p. 636. Baal Peor was only Pi-Or, the Sun: as Priapus was a compound of Peor-Apis, contracted. It is also found in one of the most important rivers of ancient Italy, the Po River, and is the root of the Etruscan word for purple: Puni, sometimes Pone, taking the form of Pœni (Latin), or Phoenicians, as well as another name for Buddha: Po.) This article is sometimes expressed Pa: as in the name of Pachomius, an abbot in Egypt, mentioned by Gennadius. (Gennad. Vitæ illustrium virorum. L. 7. Pachomius, a supposed worker of many miracles. I suspect this is connected to Pachamama, the Inca version of the Virgo Marina. Some found it controversial that it was incorporated to Vatican events, or ceremonies, but those of you familiar with the universal system taught in Spirit Whirled, there is no controversy at all. It is depicted as yoni and linga symbolism.)
“A priest named Paapis is to be found in the Excerpta from Antonius Diogenes in Photius. (Antonius Giogenes in Photius. Cod. 166.) There were particular rites, styled Pamylia Sacra, from Pamyles, an ancient Egyptian Deity. (Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. V. 1. p. 355. Paamyles is an assemblage of common titles, Am-El-Ees with the prefix. Hence the Greeks formed Melissa, a sacred name: as of Ham El-Ait, they formed Melitta, the name of a foreign Deity, more known in Ionia than in Hellas.)
The use of the Etrusco-Phoenician Ait would be something I’d use to support my case for this system being Italian, as “Malta was claimed by the Greeks to be named after Melite, the nymph who begot Hyllus with Hercules. However, it was named after the Phoenician Melita, meaning a Place of Refuge, or Sanctuary, as it was the Phoenician sanctuary between Tyre and the Strait of Gibraltar.” (Holy Sailors.)
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