Comparative Mythology

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.

Author: Jaan Puhvel
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 08/01/1989
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.89h x 5.84w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780801839382

About the Author

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.