Cúchulainn's women and some Indo-European comparisons
The paper explores parallels between the careers of Cúchulainn, Arjuna and Odysseus. At some point each of these Indo-European epic heroes undertakes a journey involving encounters with a series of females. The sets of encounters are comparable and relate to the pentadic theory of Indo-European ideo...
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description | The paper explores parallels between the careers of Cúchulainn, Arjuna and Odysseus. At some point each of these Indo-European epic heroes undertakes a journey involving encounters with a series of females. The sets of encounters are comparable and relate to the pentadic theory of Indo-European ideology. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:867a9136-1010-463e-8caa-516b7bc779152022-03-26T22:04:13ZCúchulainn's women and some Indo-European comparisonsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:867a9136-1010-463e-8caa-516b7bc77915SanskritCelticHistory of the ancient worldSocial anthropologyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetNavan Research Group2000Allen, NThe paper explores parallels between the careers of Cúchulainn, Arjuna and Odysseus. At some point each of these Indo-European epic heroes undertakes a journey involving encounters with a series of females. The sets of encounters are comparable and relate to the pentadic theory of Indo-European ideology. |
spellingShingle | Sanskrit Celtic History of the ancient world Social anthropology Allen, N Cúchulainn's women and some Indo-European comparisons |
title | Cúchulainn's women and some Indo-European comparisons |
title_full | Cúchulainn's women and some Indo-European comparisons |
title_fullStr | Cúchulainn's women and some Indo-European comparisons |
title_full_unstemmed | Cúchulainn's women and some Indo-European comparisons |
title_short | Cúchulainn's women and some Indo-European comparisons |
title_sort | cuchulainn s women and some indo european comparisons |
topic | Sanskrit Celtic History of the ancient world Social anthropology |
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