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Comparative mythology
Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1
1989
Softback, in good condition
Softback, in good condition
Anthropology | Author's dedication | Folklore, ethnology | Lands, folks, travelogues | Religion | Miscellaneous
302 lk. : ill.
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In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-Euopean origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he reconstructs a shared religious, mytholoigcal, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent thees - god and warrior, king and virgin, fire and water - give life to Comparative Mythology as both a general introduction and a detaled reference.