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from the Survive the Jive Reading List group.
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the cattle raids of the Veda, associate with Indra, also spring to mind!
IS the neoplatonist and early Vedic view of the One as impersonal preferable to the later Hindu belief in a Supreme Personality? Is the latter merely consolation like the Abrahamic notion of a father god who even has human features?Which of Celsus' arguments are weakest and which strongest?
Volsung wrote: "The cattle raid of Cooley in the legend of Cu Chulainn and the Irish Fianna spring to mind"I expect that will be mentioned somewhere
Just started reading this. was already aware of many of the parallels and concepts within. Very important to recognise the IE attitude toward predatory, pirate like bands of young men who win fame and wealth by raiding settlements of rival peoples.Thoughts on the Homeric and other IE equivalents?
