Myth in Indo-European antiquity/

Other Authors: Larson, Gerald James, Littleton, C. Scott, Puhvel, Jaan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974
Series:Publications of the UCSB Institute of Religious Studies
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The study of mythology and comparative mythology / Gerald James Larson
  • "Le Borgne" and "le Manchot": the state of the problem / George Dumézil
  • History and structure in Germanic mythology: some thoughts on Einar Haugenʹs critique of Dumézil / Udo Strutynski
  • Approaches to Germanic mythology / Edgar Polomé
  • The well of Nechtan and "la glorie lumineuse" / Patrick K. Ford
  • Indo-European structure of the Baltic pantheon / Jaan Puhvel
  • The Lithuanian god Velnias / Marija Gimbutas
  • Vrtrahan-Verethragna: India and Iran / Steven E. Greenebaum
  • Dodona, Dodola, and Daedala / David Evans
  • Germanic warg: the outlaw as werwolf / Mary R. Gerstein
  • Runes, mandrakes, and gallows / Jeannine E. Talley
  • Georges Dumézil and the rebirth of the genetic model: an anthropological appreciation / C. Scott Littleton
  • On the relations of Dumézilian comparative Indo-European mythology to the history of religions in general / Matthias Vereno.