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Comparative Mythology

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Comparative Mythology

By: Jaan Puhvel
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
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In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-European 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, mythological, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent themes—god and warrior, king and virgin, fire and water—give life to Comparative Mythology as both a general introduction and a detailed reference.

©1987 The Johns Hopkins University Press (P)2024 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences United States World Literature
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The author has pulled off a highly entertaining and deep-dive scholarly survey of the bedrock themes of Indo-European myth and legend. A really unique and irreplaceable book…expertly read by the narrator.

Fantastic work of scholarship

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