THE DESTINY OF A KING
de Dumézil, Georges (Tr. Alf Hiltebeitel)
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- 0226169758
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- 9780226169750
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University of Chicago Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0226169758 . The preeminent scholar of comparative studies of Indo-European society, Georges Dumézil theorized that ancient and prehistoric Indo-European culture and literature revolved around three major functions: sovereignty, force, and fertility. This work treats these functions as they are articulated through "first king" legends found in Indian, Iranian, and Celtic epics, particularly the Mahabharata. Dumézil, drawing on an extraordinarily broad range of Indo-European sources from Scandinavia to India and offering an original and provocative analytic method, set a new agenda for studies in comparative oral literature, historical linguistics, comparative mythology, and history of religions. The Destiny of a King examines one of the "little" epics within the Mahabharatathe legend of King Yayati, a distant ancestor of the Pandavas, the heroes of the larger epic. Dumézil compares Yayati's attributes and actions with those of the legendary Celtic king Eochaid Feidlech and also finds striking similarities in the stories surrounding the daughters of these two kings, the Indian Madhavi and the Celtic Medb. When he compares these two traditions with the "first king" legends from Iran, he finds such common themes as the apportionment of the earth and the "sin of the sovereign. " Contents: Yayati and his Sons; Yayati and his Daughter's Sons; Vasu Uparicara; Madhavi; Eochaid Feidlech, His Daughers and his sons; Perspectives. ; 6.89 x 0.81 x 4.18 Inches; 170 pages .
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- Librería
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1315
- Título
- THE DESTINY OF A KING
- Autor
- Dumézil, Georges (Tr. Alf Hiltebeitel)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0226169758
- ISBN 13
- 9780226169750
- Editorial
- University of Chicago Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Chicago & London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1973
- Palabras clave
- 0226169758, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Mythology, Indo-european, Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality, Sovereignty, World Literature, Literature & Fiction
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Paganism; Mythology; Near Eastern Studies; Indology;
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