Myth, ritual, and the warrior in Roman and Indo-European antiquity /

"This book examines the figure of the returning warrior as depicted in the myths of several ancient and medieval Indo-European cultures. In these cultures, the returning warrior was often portrayed as a figure rendered dysfunctionally destructive or isolationist by the horrors of combat. This m...

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Main Author: Woodard, Roger D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013
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