Author: Georges Dumezil; Derek Coltman [translated]
Title: From Myth to Fiction: The Saga of Hadingus
Description: Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1973. Cloth. The first English-translated edition of this mythological study by reputable religious historian Georges Dumezil. The first English translated edition. Originally published as Du mythe au roman.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Georges Dumézil was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society. He is considered one of the major contributors to mythography.In this work, he considers how the early mythology of a people can be creatively transposed into the "history" of their kings, or the source of their fiction. He uses the example of Saga of Hadingus, written by a twelfth-century Danish "historian". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent with shelf wear, heavier to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Keywords: History Mythology Georges Dumezil Mythology None


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