Comparative Mythology by Jaan Puhvel

Comparative Mythology by Jaan Puhvel

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Comparative Mythology by Jaan Puhvel

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.
A judicious evaluation of what has been written about Indo-European mythology over the past forty yearsTimes Literary Supplement

Jaan Puhvel is professor of classis and Indo-European studies at the Uniersvity of California, Los Angeles. Among his books is the mulyi-volume Hittite Etymological Dictionary.

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ISBN 13 9780801839382
ISBN 10 0801839386
Titel Comparative Mythology
Autor Jaan Puhvel
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1989-09-26
Seitenanzahl 320
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