Comparative Mythology - Paperback
Comparative Mythology - Paperback
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by Jaan Puhvel (Author)
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.
Author Biography
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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