Re: [tied] Reference

From: kim_choon_soe Message: 19312
Date: 2003-02-27

> You may try books by Dumézil (if you can read French), articles by
Edgar Polomé and relevant entries in Mallory & Adams's
_Encyclopaedia of Indo-European Culture_. I have to warn you,
however, that myths are harder to reconstruct with any confidence
than features of the IE languages. Indeed, the borderline between
comparative mythology and mythmaking is dangerously thin.

Thanks again, and yes, I do realise that reconstructing mythologies
is much harder.

I can _sort of_ read French, but does anybody know if there are any
English translations of Dumézil books?

Mark

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