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Title: Comparative Mythology by Jaan Puhvel ISBN: 0-8018-3938-6 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
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Summary: Spectacular!
Comment: This is absolutely the best text on Indo-European Comparative Mythology that you will ever find. Dr. Puhvel has a wonderful sense of humor as well as a knack for complicated topics in a manner that is easy for anyone to understand. You can't beat this book for overviews of the traditions of Vedic India, Epic India, Ancient Iran, Epic Iran, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Celtic peoples, Germanic peoples, and Baltic and Slaveic peoples. Add to that essays on the study of myth, an analysis of creation myth in the ancient Near East, a discussion about Indo-Europeans and Indo-Iranians, as well as sections on "God and Warrior," "King and Virgin," "Horse and Ruler," "Fire in Water," and "Twin and Brother," and you just can't find anything that compares to this text. Dr. Puhvel offers suggestions for further reading at the end of every chapter and an excellent bibliography. This is a wonderful book to use as a text in classe! ! s on mythology as well as a great reference work for your personal library. If you love mythology, whether you are a scholar or an aficionado, this is definitely the book for you!
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Title: In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth by J. P. Mallory ISBN: 0500276161 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 1991 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics by Calvert Watkins ISBN: 0195144139 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Archaeology and Language : The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins by Colin Renfrew ISBN: 0521386756 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 26 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots by Calvert Watkins ISBN: 0618082506 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 14 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages by Philip Baldi ISBN: 0809310910 Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: December, 1983 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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