The Destiny of the Warrior.
by DUMEZIL, Georges, translated from the French by Alf Hiltebeitel
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1970). First American edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), xv & 168 pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered red cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in dust jacket which is quite faded at the spine but otherwise very good.
Contents Include:
Services: The Epic of Tullus Hostilius and the Myths of Indra: Myth and Epic; The "Horatii" and the "Āptya"; Mettius Fuffetius and Namuci; The Warrior Function and its Relations to the other two functions; The Indo-European Heritage.
Fatalities: The Three Sins of the Warrior: Solitude and Liberty; Indra the Sinner; The sins and the Losses of Indra; The Three Sins of Starcatherus; The Three Sins of Heracles; Fatalities of the Warrior Function.
Promotions: Epiphanies, Dumies, Grimaces: The Moments of a Heroic Career; Vr̥trahán, Vereshraǧna, Vahagn; Warriors and Animal Forms; Scenarios and Accessories; Signs Upon the Hero.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1923
- Title
- The Destiny of the Warrior.
- Author
- DUMEZIL, Georges, translated from the French by Alf Hiltebeitel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- (1970)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Georges Dumezil, Heroes, War, Mythology, Indo-European
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe; War; Mythology; Heroes;
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