Comparative Mythology (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Comparative Mythology 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 a...
Full description- Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 01 September 1989
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Folklore, Myths & Legends | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780801839382 ISBN 10: 0801839386
- Sales rank: 248,246
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Full description for Comparative Mythology
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.
