From: C. Darwin Goranson
Message: 46642
Date: 2006-12-08
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "C. Darwin Goranson"
> <cdog_squirrel@> wrote:
>
> > I've done a bit of reading on the topic of lycanthropy and such
> > because of my interest in TF, and since I also really enjoy
> > linguistics, I've been trying to compare human-animal myths in
> > Indo-European languages to see if there are any similar features.2000
>
> Please refer to:
>
> Kershaw, Kris. The One-eyed God: Odin and the (Indo-)Germanic
> Männerbünde. Wahshington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man,
> [Journal of the Indo-European Studies Monograph No. 36].Thanks- I'll keep my eyes open for these.
>
> Speidel, Michael. Berserks: A History of Indo-European 'Mad
> Warriors'. Journal of World History, Vol. 13, No. 2, Fall 2002, pp.
> 253-290. Univerity of Hawai'i Press.
>
> Beware of the heavily speculative character of these studies, which
> are mainly based on comparative linguistic and philological
> arguments (no 'hard' proofs!). Yet, some very useful clues can be
> found in them re: the reconstruction of the putative common Indo-
> European anthropological figure of the berserk-like wolf/bear-man,
> the Mad Warrior.
>
> I have both works with me, and I can reproduce some quotations from
> them if requested.
>
> Best,
> Francesco Brighenti