Note 293 — Chapter III · THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LIBIDO. A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF PRIMITIVE HUMAN DISCOVERIES

“What is called the gulya (pudendum) means the yoni (the birthplace) of the God; the fire, which was born there, is called ‘beneficent’” (“Kâtyâyanas Karmapradîpa,” I, 7; translated by Kuhn: “Herabkunft des Feuers,” p. 67). The etymologic connection between bohren—geboren is possible. The Germanic bŏrôn (to bore) is primarily related to the Latin forare and the Greek φαράω = to plow. Possibly it is an Indo-Germanic root bher with the meaning to bear; Sanscrit bhar-; Greek φερ-; Latin fer-; from this Old High German beran, English to bear, Latin fero and fertilis, fordus (pregnant); Greek φορός. Walde (“Latin Etym.,” s. Ferio) traces forare to the root bher-. Compare with this the phallic symbolism of the plough, which we meet later on.