A01=Jaan Puhvel
Author_Jaan Puhvel
Category=JBGB
comparative mythology Indo European myths mythological traditions ancient religions historical linguistics archaeology cultural heritage religious symbolism myth analysis gods and heroes epic narratives rituals and beliefs India mythology
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Product details
- ISBN 9780801839382
- Weight: 431g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Sep 1989
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
