Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty by Georges Dumézil

Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty

Georges Dumézil

192 pages first pub 1940 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
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In his work the late Georges Dumezil, arguably the most important modern mythologist, demonstrated that every Indo-European religious and social system was structured according to three primary functions: sovereignty, war, and fertility. Mitra-Var...

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