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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jaan Puhvel |
| ISBN: | 0801834139 9780801834134 0801839386 9780801839382 |
| OCLC Number: | 716684891 |
| Description: | x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | PrefaceIntroductionPart I: DirectionsChapter 1. The Study of MythChapter 2. Creation Myth in the Ancient Near EastChapter 3. The Concepts "Indo-European" and "Indo-Iranian"Part II: TraditionsChapter 4. Vedic IndiaChapter 5. Epic IndiaChapter 6. Ancient IranChapter 7. Epic IranChapter 8. Ancient GreeceChapter 9. Ancient RomeChapter 10. Celtic MythChapter 11. Germanic MythChapter 12. Baltic and Slavic MythPart III: ThemesChapter 13. God and WarriorChapter 14. King and VirginChapter 15. Horse and RulerChapter 16. Fire in WaterChapter 17. Twin and BrotherIndex |
| Responsibility: | Jaan Puhvel. |
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A judicious evaluation of what has been written about Indo-European mythology over the past forty years. Times Literary Supplement
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