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Comparative Mythology
Jaan Puhvel
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Description for Comparative Mythology
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801839382
SKU
V9780801839382
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99-20
About Jaan Puhvel
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.
Reviews for Comparative Mythology
A judicious evaluation of what has been written about Indo-European mythology over the past forty years. Times Literary Supplement