The articulation of time: some Indo-European comparisons

Journal article

Abstract:: Viewed anthropologically, time is articulated variously (divisions of year or lifespan, generations, reigns, etc). Divisions correlated with non-temporal domains like society or space form 'primitive classifications'. Evidence for an early Indo-European pentadic scheme is drawn from king-lists (Roman, Iranian, Norse), Avestan cosmogony, eras and daily/annual ritual cycles in India.

Language:: English
Keywords:: classification

yugas

king-lists

varnas

Indo-European comparison

mythic time
Subjects:: Italic literatures,i.e.,Latin

Religions of the Indian subcontinent

Literatures of Germanic languages

Sanskrit

Cognitive anthropology

South Asia

Persian

Prehistoric and primitive religions

History of the ancient world
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Deposit date:: 2009-10-15
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Copyright holder:: Traditional Cosmology Society
Notes:: N.B. The date printed on the article is 2001, but it was actually published in 2005.

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