The War of the Gods Pbdirect: The Social Code in Indo-European Mythology

ISBN-13: 9781138843325 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 190 str.

Jarich G. Oosten

Opis

This volume focuses on social and political problems of Indo-European mythology. It explains how the ancient Indo-European gods competed for supreme power and the exclusive possession of the sacred potion of wisdom and immortality.

Spis treści

1. The structural analysis of myth 2. Indo-European cultures as a field of ethnological study 3. The wars of the gods in Scandinavian mythology 4. The cycle of the mead 5. The magic cauldron 6. The severed head 7. The battles of Mag Hired 8. The Roman kings 9. The unworthy king

O autorze

Jarich G. Oosten