Myth, ritual, and society in Mycenaean Anatolia : identifying Asian influences / Roger D. Woodard.

Author/creator Woodard, Roger D. author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxiv, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents A Mycenaean ritual and its cult language -- Mycenaean and Vedic sacrificial posts -- Mycenaean leaders in the context of Indo-European and Indo-Iranian society and ritual -- Potnia of the labyrinth, initiation of the king, and the triple sacrifice -- Mitannian and Anatolian triads -- Nart Saga, Indo-Iranian twins, and Dioscurias -- Golden fleeces
Abstract "Despite the Mycenaean Linear B script having been deciphered some seventy years ago, much has remained uncertain regarding the ritual ideology of Mycenaean society. This book explores this problem by investigating a new range of sources from the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Woodard, Roger D. Myth, ritual, and society in Mycenaean Anatolia Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025 9781009424479
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