Initials for initiates: Phonic mystagogy, “audiovisuality” and the eschatology of the Gathas
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Publisher:Stockholm University Press
By: Martin Schwartz
Table of contents
Exploring the afterlife in Indo-European traditions
Dwellings undwindling: Towards an Indo-European poetics of perlocutionary sites
Initials for initiates: Phonic mystagogy, “audiovisuality” and the eschatology of the Gathas
Orpheus and the R̥bhus: Fashioning drinks for the afterlife
Indo-European motifs in the Greek underworlds
The god of the night sky as a guide to the afterlife
The love life of the dead: Norse Valkyries from an Indo-European perspective
Tied to the underworld
Indo-European cremations and cosmic fires: A comparative analysis of the funeral and fire rites of Bronze Age Håga, Sweden
Mourning among the speakers of Proto-Indo-European: *k̑eh2d- ‘to fall’ and ‘to mourn’
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PDF ISBN: 978-91-7635-283-0 | E-Pub ISBN: 978-91-7635-285-4 | Hardback ISBN: 978-91-7635-284-7 | Mobi ISBN: 978-91-7635-286-1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/bcw
Publisher: Stockholm University Press
Publication date: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 210