Some Intercultural Roots of Purāṇic Mythological Cycle around Nārāyaṇa
ABSTRACTIn this paper, I use the structural analysis of myth proposed by C. Lévi-Strauss to show that there is a structural similarity between two mythological cycles of dying(sleeping)-and-rising god: around Ba’al and around Nārāyaṇa. On the one hand, the West Semitic myth of Ba’al and the Purāṇic...
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Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2022-07-01
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Series: | Comparative Literature: East & West |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25723618.2022.2104024 |