The Paleolithic Continuity Theory says that Indo-European history is much older than is normally assumed and that the Indo-Europeans had spread through Europe...
The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan invites applications for THREE tenure- track positions (pending approval) ‎...
Seems to be a theme... I was sick again this weekend and so got caught up on research. While looking for info on another topic, I came across more mention of...
Hey guys, in researching a more-and-more likely Erasian seasonal calender for my MS. in progress ["Whence the Witches' Sabbat": the working-title], I cracked...
This is very interesting. I have always wanted to make sense out of my mixed Eurasian heritage... PIE is the way for me! 2008/10/18 Wade MacMorrighan...
From The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, edited by J.P. Mallory and D. Q. Adams, 1997, pp. 265-66. HELL-HOUND *kérberos mythical dog of the underworld....
Hi Marilyn, You're welcome. I did my best to find it, but somewhere a scholar humorously remarked that the Hell-Hound's name amounts to "Spot." In some...
since i happened to have it next to me, it was easy for me to look up at least one instance (though certainly not the original): Bruce Lincoln, in "The...
In a message dated 10/24/2008 6:40:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... the Hell-Hound's name amounts to "Spot." It's probably in Bruce Lincoln, The Hellhound....
Hi C.L. and Ceisiwr Serith, It doesn't appear to be from there, but thanks for the research tips. From Lincoln's statement (I also have the book) it seems he...
... Odd, I don't seem to recall there being any Baltic tales about any type of hounds guarding the underworld. Just went through my collection of tales and...
Hi Marija, The footnote refereces to the Albanian material refer to "Mannhardt (1936), 444 = Clemen (1936), 114 and Lambertz (1973), 469." In regard to the...
Well, thank you once again! Oh, and I already have your books too! I got them a couple years ago I think, well, at least a year ago and they are excellent! ...
Hi Marilyn, ... think, well, at least a year ago and they are excellent! I appreciate you saying so. If you'd like to discuss any of the ideas in them, feel...
... Lincoln's paper "The Hellhound" cab be read here: http://tinyurl.com/4z7xmu In place of 'Spot', Lincoln tentatively suggests that the PIE name for the...
Dear members of the List, ... For completeness of information I want to add that some leading Vedic specialists and IE linguists, among whom are F.B.J. Kuiper,...
Found something like what I've been looking for: Once upon a time the ambrosia <amrta> was robbed from the gods by Gar´uda, half giant and half eagle, the...
Origins of Indo-Europeans and the spread of agriculture in Europe: comparison of lexicostatistical and genetic evidence. Author(s):Zili Weng and Robert R....
Hello, This might be of interest to some here. We are pleased to announce the launch of Volume 2 of Mithras Reader - An academic and religious journal of...
I have read that the Indo-Iranian mythology contains figures comparable to the Germanic Einherjar, the heroes of Valhalla. Does anyone know their name and...
Hey guys, I was reading through my copy of Mary Beard's "Religions of Rome, Vol. 1: A History", the other day, when I scanned a section where an ancient author...
... Thanks! I'll have to lkook that up, again--this was all from "memory", off the top of my head. Say, might you (or anyone, really) know of any English...
... Unfortunately I don't know of anything in English. One of the best treatments is by Vladimir Toporov, originally in Russian. I have the Lithuanian...
In a message dated 12/21/2008 1:51:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... reason is quite complex, but I think one of the biggest is that there hasn't really...
... A lot of the texts that people refer to that deal with Roman, Greek, Egyptian etc were translated - there were people who were willing to take the time to...
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