 Others have connected the name's etymology to a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European sun goddess, noting the name's connection to the word for "sun" in various Indo-European cultures.In particular, her marriage myth may be connected to a broader Indo-European "marriage drama" of the sun goddess, and she is related to the divine twins, just as many of these goddesses are.Martin L. West has thus proposed that "Helena" ("mistress of sunlight") may be constructed on the PIE suffix "-nā" ("mistress of"), connoting a deity controlling a natural element.