Description

Objet d' tude fascinant mais difficile d'appr hension, le mythe d finit les visions du monde et les identit's des soci t's anciennes. Pr sentant une analyse compar e de nombreux th mes mythologiques, comme le dieu de l'orage, le jeune h ros, le chaos, le combat contre le monstre, la royaut , le jugement final, l'organisation du cosmos, et la fondation du royaume, cet ouvrage novateur, et d'une vertigineuse rudition, interroge l'existence possible d'une aire culturelle mythologique-- mythopo tique --indo-m diterran enne.

Religious and historical myths defined the worldviews and identities of ancient societies and form a fascinating, but difficult, object of study. In presenting a comparative analysis of several interrelated ancient mythical themes, such as the storm god, the young hero, chaos, combat with monsters, kingship, final judgment, organization of the cosmos, and the foundation of kingship, this thorough and groundbreaking study explores the possibility of a mythological--or "mythopoeic"--Indo-Mediterranean cultural space.