L’età dell’oro sotto Vr̥tra e la formula indoeuropea ‘terra inarata’

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  • Rosa Ronzitti

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https://doi.org/10.13130/1972-9901/8165

Abstract

In a Rāmāyaṇa passage Vr̥tra is represented as a king of the Golden Age. Virtuous, pious and compassionate, he is killed by a ruthless Indra. The meaning of such an anomalous episode is analyzed in the light of the dumezilian comparative method.

 

KEYWORDS: Sanskrit, Indo-European, Golden Age, cultural reconstruction, Indo-European myth

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2017-03-18

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