A Stellar apparition: the Indo-European Männerbünde in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, Yašt 8 and the Vrātyakānda
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This article examines three comparative case studies looking for common features in hymns dedicated to deities of the Indo-European Männerbünde, and in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, Yašt 8 to Tištriia and the Vrātyakānda of the Atharvaveda in particular. The first case study is the examination of their descriptions and epiphanies as stars, the second is the comparative study of the dragon-slaying myths of Apollo and Tištriia and its political implication and the last explores an enthronement motif present both in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo and the Vrātyakānda, not studied so far.
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