Author : Jaan Puhvel
Release : 1987
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Comparative Mythology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Comparative Mythology write by Jaan Puhvel. This book was released on 1987. Comparative Mythology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In myth, author Puhvel argues, a human group expresses the thought patterns by which it formulates self-cognition and self-realization, attains self-knowledge and self-confidence, explains its own sources and sometimes tries to chart its destinies. Here, Puhvel unravels the prehistoric 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 prehistorical religious, mythological, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent themes give life to the book as both a general introduction and a detailed reference.--From publisher description.