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Comparative Mythology (POD)

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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.

""A judicious evaluation of what has been written about Indo-European mythology over the past forty years.""

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