Vajra was a powerful thunderbolt weapon of Indra. I am not familiar with the processes that could turn sound H into V.īut “vrt” means “rotating” and there is another Sanskrit word that proves it. Indeed, G and H sounds are interchangeable. South Slavic (as well as all Slavic languages) also had the word “gradina” in their dictionary. Personally, I disagree with this opinion.
Wiktionary, however, relates it to Latin “hortus” – garden. Most of the Slavic linguists will say that this word, first attested in the 12th century is of unknown etymology. Only the South-Slavic languages have the word “ vrt“, meaning “garden”. The verb “ vrteti” means “to turn” (around its axes), “to spin”.īut this is not all. Again, this word is quite familiar in Slavic languages. His name was Vritra, meaning “the one who encircles”, ” the enveloper”. The early Vedic mythology also had a dragon. Of course, the meaning of “immovable” is still valid in this case. For example in virtually all Slavic languages, from Proto-Slavic “ dervo“. However, this Indo-European word could also relate to the word “tree”- “drvo”. “Immovable” as the tip of the earth’s invisible axes ends here. In India, the name for the polar star is Dhruva – a word that means “constant”, “immovable”. But which constellation represented the “golden apples of the Hesperides”? There are not many constellations left inside of the circle, so perhaps it was the Ursa minor? This idea is similar to the Biblical narrative of the snake and a forbidden apple tree. He guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides. Perhaps the most famous example comes from Greek mythology. This was a common view of many ancient cultures. The rotating garden of Edenĭraco, as the name suggests, represents a dragon. And inside of this eternal circle, defined by the rotation of the earth’s axes, there are two constellations – Draco and Ursa minor. A few thousand years are sufficient for a dramatic change. We are very “lucky” to have such a bright star marking North, as this was not always the case.
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