Comparative Mythology

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jaan Puhvel, Puhvel Jaan
• Edition: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 26.09.1989
• EAN: 9780801839382
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-3938-2
• Pages: 320
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Société; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, Hellenic Languages, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)