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The Moon was also called Luban, Lubar, [Tilan?].
Ancient names of Fire --
This element had in many respects the same names as the Sun, the Deity of fire -- such as Aur, Ur, Pur, Phur, Vir, and with the aolic digamma [indecipherable]
It was also called Is, Ish, Atish, Atis. also Apha, Aphas, Aptha, Pthas and Ptha. also Asta, Astus, Hesta, Hestia, Vesta. Nec tu aliud Vestam, quam vivam intellige Flamman Ovid, Fasti. hence came aestas, astus, aestuo - and the like.
Ait was a name of fire; rendered sometimes Aith -- hence [indecipherable] etc --
It was often compounded with Ain, An, or En, which signifies a fountain -- hence Anait, the fountain of light or heat, a Deity worshipped in Persia, Media, Capadosia -- called Aneith, and contracted 'Neith in Egypt. It was sometimes reversed. Athena, the Minerva of Greece, was from Ath-En, the fountain of light or wisdom. aetna was Ait-En, a fiery fountain.