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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Main Author: Andrew Schumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-07-01
Series:Comparative Literature: East & West
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25723618.2022.2104024