Another possibility is that Minos and his relatives would be "dramatis personae" in a local "astronomical myth". Telephassa (Minos's grandmother) means "far-shining"; Pasiphaë (a daughter of Sun god Helios and Minos's wife) means "all-shining" or "wide-shining"; Phaidra (Minos's daughter with Pasiphaë) means "bright, beaming" - all three containing a tangible Proto-Indo-European root "*bheh2-" 'to glow, shine', which, in Greek, derives φαής "phaés" 'light' and related words. Minos's name would then signify a lunar deity in this context, thus connected to several words for a moon god in Indo-European languages.