Comparative mythology
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Author
Publication
1989 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland
Language
English
Word Count
75,500 words, Guess
Page Count
302 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecomparativemytho0000puhv
- ISBN-100801839386
- ISBN-139780801839382
- LibraryThing300472
- Goodreads1185801
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- Library of Congress Control Number86020882
- OCLC Control Number14167890
- Better World Books9780801839382
- Open LibraryOL14983917M
Classifications
- LCCBL311.P84 1989
- LCCBL311 .P84 1987
- DDC291.1/3
Description
In myth, author Puhvel argues, a human group expresses the thought patterns by which it formulates self-cognition and self-realization, attains self-knowledge and self-confidence, explains its own sources and sometimes tries to chart its destinies. Here, Puhvel unravels the prehistoric 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 prehistorical religious, mythological, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent themes give life to the book as both a general introduction and a detailed reference.--From publisher description.
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- Comparative mythology
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