Ǝrəxša’s self-sacrifice: Tradition or Innovation?
Ǝrəxša’s self-sacrifice: Tradition or Innovation?
Author(s): Antonio PanainoSubject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Military history, Ancient World
Published by: Instytut Historii UwS
Keywords: Iranian mythology; Tištar Yašt; Avestan cycle; Ǝrəxša; Āraš; the archer; the self-sacrifice
Summary/Abstract: The reconstruction the heroic cycle of Ǝrəxša is one of the main targets of our investigations. The present cycle cannot be studied just as an isolated fragment of an archaic epos, but that it must be framed into a larger theme, that of the bow and the arrow, which among the Indo-European tribes of the East, mostly Indo-Iranians and Hittites, assumed a remarkable importance.
Journal: Historia i Świat
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 15-42
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English