MYTH IN INDO-EUROPEAN ANTIQUITY

by Larson, Gerald James & Co-edited by C. Scott Littleton & Jaan Puhvel

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University of California Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. . Top corner is bumped. DJ is soiled and lightly edgeworn. One small tear to back of DJ (2 cm). Discoloration to DJ. ; A collection of essays focuses on comparative mythology and represents an effort to examine problems in Indo-European mythology. It focuses on the issues growing out of the so-called "new comparative mythology" and represents an effort to examine problems in Indo-European mythology from the interdisciplinary perspective, taking as a clue the studies of Georges Dumézil. Contributors to this volume include Georges Dumézil, David Evans, Patrick K. Ford, Mary R. Gerstein, Marija Gimbutas, Steven E. Greenebaum, C. Scott Littleton, Edgar Polomé, Jaan Puhvel, Udo Strutynski, Jeannine E. Talley and Matthias Vereno. ; Publications of the UCSB Institute of Religious Studies; 197 pages .