Handsome Yeva: An Attempt to Synthesize and Reconstruct Some Prominent Themes of the Proto-Indo-European Myth in Context of the Slavic Jarilo Folklore Cycle
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Folklore & Mythology, Fiction & Literature
| Author: | Stanislaw Sielicki | ISBN: | 9781311217561 |
| Publisher: | Stanislaw Sielicki | Publication: | November 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stanislaw Sielicki |
| ISBN: | 9781311217561 |
| Publisher: | Stanislaw Sielicki |
| Publication: | November 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
In this offered reconstruction of the Slavic myth about Jarilo and Marzanna, a comparative method is used, where lost fragments of one ethnic myth are reconstructed with the use of similar myths that were preserved, relating to Indo-European ethnic mythological traditions. Greco-Roman, Iranian, Indian Vedic, Celtic, Germanic mythical narratives, viewed in context of the common, original Proto-Indo-European tradition, allow us to look at this well-known, but highly fragmented myth from a new, more integral prospective.
In this offered reconstruction of the Slavic myth about Jarilo and Marzanna, a comparative method is used, where lost fragments of one ethnic myth are reconstructed with the use of similar myths that were preserved, relating to Indo-European ethnic mythological traditions. Greco-Roman, Iranian, Indian Vedic, Celtic, Germanic mythical narratives, viewed in context of the common, original Proto-Indo-European tradition, allow us to look at this well-known, but highly fragmented myth from a new, more integral prospective.
