Who were the Arimaspeans

Journal article

The article links the Greek legends of Arimaspeans stealing the gold of griffins with modern tales of wild men in Mongolia, and examines the folkloric and linguistic parallels between the two sets of legends.

Authors: Heaney, M

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Journal: Folklore
• Volume: 104
• Issue: 1/2
• Pages: 53-66
• Publication date: 1993-01-01
• Edition: Updated Publisher's version
• EISSN: 1469-8315
• ISSN: 0015-587X
• Language: English
• Keywords: wildmen; Mongolia; almas; Aristeas; griffins; Scythian; etymology; Arimaspeans
• Subjects: Archaeology; Anthropology; Persian; Ethnographic practices; Linguistics; Paleontology; Other languages