The Core Moon-Based Metaphor

“The energy (Mana) of M-N- sounding monikers and meanings, I think, goes back to the Ancient Ukrainian/proto-Indo-European word for the Moon (meh1n-ot). And the light illuminating the moon (meh1n-ot) is what I call the main moon-based metaphor that underlies much of Indo-European language, including the name - human - we as Germanic-language speaking humans use for our species, our minds, and even the structure of early Roman contract law that’s still immanent in our Common Law system (that which has my Mana in it is Mine).”

Source: The M-N- Sound · Manuscript Section 5 / Substack “Saint Moninne”

The fullest single-paragraph statement of the core thesis: *meh1n-ot to Moon to Human to Mind to Law. Covers the entire semantic chain.

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