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The Destiny of a King. (Midway Reprint Series) by Alf Hiltebeitel is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Destiny of a King. (Midway Reprint Series) about?
The preeminent scholar of comparative studies of Indo-European society, Georges Dumézil theorized that ancient and prehistoric Indo-European culture and literature revolved around three major functions: sovereignty, force, and fertility. This work treats these functions as they are articulated through "first king" legends found in Indian, Iranian, and Celtic epics, particularly the Mahabharata. Dumézil, drawing on an extraordinarily broad range of Indo-European sources from Scandinavia to India
Who reads The Destiny of a King. (Midway Reprint Series)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Alf Hiltebeitel
- Publisher
- Chicago, University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1973
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226169750
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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