In this paper, I explore the possible inherited Indo-European background of Chiron. This mythological figure is characterized by a number of distinctive features, namely: the ‘healing hand’, the activity ‘hunt’, the component ‘wildness’, and the training of young heroes. In the light of a phraseological comparison, Chiron shares all or some of these components with the Vedic god Rudra, and with the Anatolian ‘Sun-god of the hand’.
Mr. Hand: On Gk. Χείρων, Ved. Rudrá- ‘of healing hand’ and Hitt. kiššeraš (D)UTU-uš
MASSETTI, LAURA
2019-01-01
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In this paper, I explore the possible inherited Indo-European background of Chiron. This mythological figure is characterized by a number of distinctive features, namely: the ‘healing hand’, the activity ‘hunt’, the component ‘wildness’, and the training of young heroes. In the light of a phraseological comparison, Chiron shares all or some of these components with the Vedic god Rudra, and with the Anatolian ‘Sun-god of the hand’.File in questo prodotto:
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