Comparative mythology

Author(s)

• Puhvel, Jaan

Bibliographic Information

Comparative mythology

Jaan Puhvel

（Johns Hopkins paperbacks）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part I: Directions Chapter 1. The Study of Myth Chapter 2. Creation Myth in the Ancient Near East Chapter 3. The Concepts "Indo-European" and "Indo-Iranian" Part II: Traditions Chapter 4. Vedic India Chapter 5. Epic India Chapter 6. Ancient Iran Chapter 7. Epic Iran Chapter 8. Ancient Greece Chapter 9. Ancient Rome Chapter 10. Celtic Myth Chapter 11. Germanic Myth Chapter 12. Baltic and Slavic Myth Part III: Themes Chapter 13. God and Warrior Chapter 14. King and Virgin Chapter 15. Horse and Ruler Chapter 16. Fire in Water Chapter 17. Twin and Brother Index

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Details

• NCID: BA09809161
• ISBN:
  • 0801839386
• LCCN: 86020882
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore
• Pages/Volumes: x, 302 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL311
  • DC19 : 291.1/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mythology
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00385168