From its beginnings, ADF has defined itself in relation to Indo-European pagan traditions. What relevance do you think historical and reconstructed IE traditions from the past have in constructing or reconstructing a Pagan spirituality for the present and future? (minimum 600 words) What ADF is trying to create is a much needed thing in the […]
Category: Indo-European Studies 1
Indo-European Studies 1 is a study of extant research on the ancient Indo-Europeans. The primary goal for this course is to become familiarized with what one means by the concept of Indo-Europeans and to begin to understand how ADF is based on Indo-European studies.
Indo-European Studies 1: Citations
Dume?zil, Georges. Gods of the Ancient Northmen. Berkeley: U of California, 1973. Print. Littleton, C. Scott. The New Comparative Mythology: An Anthropological Assessment of the Theories of Georges Dume?zil. Berkeley: U of California, 1982. Print. Fortson, Benjamin W. Indo-european Language and Culture: An Introduction. Chichester, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Print. Mallory, J. P. In Search of […]
Indo European Studies 1: #4
Choose one other Indo-European culture and compare and contrast it to the culture discussed in question 3 above with respect to each culture’s Indo-European nature. (minimum 300 words) Fortson uses a lot of Greek examples to compare IE culture requirements, so in comparison with the northern traditions, we can find a lot of similar IE […]
Indo-European Studies 1: #3
Choose one Indo-European culture and describe briefly the influences that have shaped it and distinguish it from other Indo-European derived cultures. Examples include migration, contact with other cultures, changes in religion, language, and political factors. Is there any sense in which this culture can be said to have stopped being an Indo-European culture? (minimum 300 […]
Indo-European Studies 1: #2
George Dumezil’s theory of tripartition has been central to many modern approaches to Indo-European studies. Outline Dumezil’s three social functions in general, and as they appear in one particular Indo-European society. Offer your opinion as to whether you believe Dumezil’s claim that tripartition is central to IE cultures. (minimum 300 words) Littleton outlines Dumezil’s tripartition […]
Indo-European Studies 1: #1
Describe several of the factors that define a culture as Indo-European and how those defining factors are useful in understanding that culture. (minimum 300 words) The major factor that links Indo-European cultures together is closely related linguistics, the origins of which are traced back to a common language ancestor spoken in Eurasia around 6,000 years […]
