Jaan Puhvel: Comparative Mythology

Vertailevan mytologiatutkimuksen esitys. The Johns Hopkins University Press 1987/1989. Pehmeäkantinen. 302 sivua. Kuin uusi.

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 Mythologyas both a general introduction and a detaled reference.

Review

A judicious evaluation of what has been written about Indo-European mythology over the past forty years.
?Times Literary Supplement

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.