The Grand Unifying Architecture of the Archaic Pantheon: A 45-Name Taxonomy of the PIE *-mó- Nominal Template

This paper establishes the complete macro-framework for the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) double-suffix engine (Root + *-mó- + Agent Suffix). Building upon individual case reconstructions, we present a unified taxonomy demonstrating that early Indo-European speakers utilized this specific nominal template as a universal, bi-gender assembly line to construct an elite corpus of approximately 30 to 45 foundational names, epithets, and landscape titles. By maintaining the core Caland-associated characteristic marker *-mó- and toggling the final individualizing agent suffix, this template spans three distinct, interlocking tiers of the archaic Aegean worldview: Macro-Cosmic Deities, Liturgical Epithets, and Micro-Geographic Hydronyms. This global framework provides a comprehensive, mathematically regular alternative to the Pre-Greek substrate consensus, completely mapping the foundational structural layer of archaic mythography.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-10-31
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23836151
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Linguistics and language evolution
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The Grand Unifying Architecture of the Archaic Pantheon: A 45-Name Taxonomy of the PIE *-mó- Nominal Template

Brandon Eli Cornelison
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Linguistics and language evolution
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The Grand Unifying Architecture of the Archaic Pantheon: A 45-Name Taxonomy of the PIE *-mó- Nominal Template

Brandon Eli Cornelison
preprint en

Abstract

This paper establishes the complete macro-framework for the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) double-suffix engine (Root + *-mó- + Agent Suffix). Building upon individual case reconstructions, we present a unified taxonomy demonstrating that early Indo-European speakers utilized this specific nominal template as a universal, bi-gender assembly line to construct an elite corpus of approximately 30 to 45 foundational names, epithets, and landscape titles. By maintaining the core Caland-associated characteristic marker *-mó- and toggling the final individualizing agent suffix, this template spans three distinct, interlocking tiers of the archaic Aegean worldview: Macro-Cosmic Deities, Liturgical Epithets, and Micro-Geographic Hydronyms. This global framework provides a comprehensive, mathematically regular alternative to the Pre-Greek substrate consensus, completely mapping the foundational structural layer of archaic mythography.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Linguistics and language evolution
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The Grand Unifying Architecture of the Archaic Pantheon: A 45-Name Taxonomy of the PIE *-mó- Nominal Template — Brandon Eli Cornelison · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS