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Ariadne

The goddess Ariadne, wife of Dionysus. While some have claimed Ariadne is non IE(!), we suspect that her Hermesian link (as in certain vases) connects to the Iranic daenA & in turn - we believe - to the H goddess aramati. As the great vasiShTha states:

pra vo mahIm aramatiM kR^iNudhvam pra pUShaNaM vidathyaM na vIram |

In that sUkta too she’s flanked by the marUt-s with rudra’s wife & puShan

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