Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness

Contents......Page 12
ASPECTS OF INDO-EUROPEAN POETICS......Page 16
 I. The Field of Comparative Poetics: Introduction and Background......Page 18
  1. The comparative method in linguistics and poetics......Page 20
  2. Sketch for a history of Indo-European poetics......Page 29
  3. Poetics as grammar: Typology of poetic devices, and some rules of poetic grammar......Page 45
  4. Poetics as repertory: The poetic traditions of the Indo-European world—sources and texts......Page 67
  5. The Indo-European poet: His social function and his art......Page 85
  6. The poet's truth: The power, particularity, and preserveration of the word......Page 102
 II. Case Studies......Page 112
  7. Greece and the art of the word......Page 114
  8. Vedic India and the art of the word......Page 126
  9. Ireland and the art of the syllable......Page 134
  10. Saxa loquuntur: The first age of poetry in Italy—Faliscan and South Picene......Page 143
  11. Most ancient Indo-Europeans......Page 152
  12. The comparison of formulaic sequences......Page 169
  13. An Indo-European stylistic figure......Page 182
  14. A late Indo-European traditional epithet......Page 187
  15. An Indo-European theme and formula: Imperishable fame......Page 190
  16. The hidden track of the cow: Obscure styles in Indo-European......Page 196
 III. The Strophic Style: An Indo-European Poetic Form......Page 212
  17. Some Indo-European prayers: Cato's lustration of the fields......Page 214
  18. Umbria: The Tables of Iguvium......Page 231
  19. Italy and India: The elliptic offering......Page 243
  20. Strophic structures as "rhythmic prose"? Italic......Page 246
  21. Strophic structures in Iranian......Page 249
  22. 'Truth of truth', 'most kavi of kavis', 'throng-lord of throngs': An Indo-Iranian stylistic figure......Page 258
  23. More Strophic structures......Page 264
  24. Early Irish rosc......Page 272
  25. The Aśvamedha or Horse Sacrifice: An Indo-European liturgical form......Page 282
  26. Orphic gold leaves and the great way of the soul: Strophic style, funerary ritual formula, and eschatology......Page 294
HOW TO KILL A DRAGON IN INDO-EUROPEAN: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEORY OF THE FORMULA......Page 310
 IV. The Basic Formula and Its Variants in the Narration of the Myth......Page 312
  27. Preliminaries......Page 314
  28. The root *g[sup(u)]hen-: Vedic han-......Page 321
  29. The root *g[sup(u)]hen-: Avestan jan-......Page 330
  30. The root *g[sup(u)]hen-: Hittite kuen- and the Indo-European theme and formula......Page 338
  31. The slayer slain: A reciprocal formula......Page 341
  32. First variant: The root *udeh-......Page 347
  33. 'Like a reed': The Indo-European background of a Luvian ritual......Page 352
  34. Second variant: the root *terh[sub(2)]-......Page 360
  35. Latin tarentum, the ludi saeculares, and Indo-European eschatology......Page 364
  36. The myth in Greece: Variations on the formula and theme......Page 374
  37. Expansion of the formula: A recursive formulaic figure......Page 387
  38. Herakles, the formulaic hero......Page 391
  39. Hermes, Enualios, and Lukoworgos: The Serpent-slayer and the Man-slayer......Page 400
  40. Nektar and the adversary Death......Page 408
  41. The saga of Iphitos and the hero as monster......Page 415
  42. The name of Meleager......Page 425
  43. The Germanic world......Page 431
  44. Thor's hammer and the mace of Contract......Page 446
 V. Some Indo-European Dragons and Dragon-Slayers......Page 456
  45. Fergus mac Léti and the muirdris......Page 458
  46. Typhoeus and the Illuyankas......Page 465
  47. Python and Ahi Budhnya, the Serpent of the Deep......Page 477
  48. Azi dakāka, Viśvarupa, and Geryon......Page 481
 VI. From Myth to Epic......Page 486
  49. From God to hero: The formulaic network in Greek......Page 488
  50. The best of the Achaeans......Page 500
  51. To be the death of: Transformation of the formula......Page 505
  52. The formula without the word: A note on Euripides and Lysias......Page 510
  53. The basic formula and the announcement of death......Page 516
  54. Further Indo-European comparisons and themes......Page 522
  55. The song of victory in Greek......Page 527
 VII. From Myth to Charm......Page 534
  56. From dragon to worm......Page 536
  57. The charms of Indo-European......Page 542
  58. Indo-European medical doctrine......Page 554
  59. The poet as healer......Page 557
Abbreviations......Page 562
References......Page 567
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Index of passages......Page 603
Index of words......Page 618