#Georges Dumézil

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Dumézil's book presented and accounted for catalogation, six people injured

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Georges Dumézil – Mitra Varuna (2024)

Hint-Avrupa Uygarlığı ve mitoloji uzmanı Dumézil, ‘Mitra-Varuna’da yönetici tanrı ve kahramanların nasıl hep ikili sunulduklarına ışık tutuyor. Tüm Hint-Avrupa din ve sosyal sistemlerinin üç temel üzerine –egemenlik, savaş ve bereket–inşa edildiği teorisini öne süren Dumézil, ‘Mitra-Varuna’nın nasıl dini ve siyasi egemenliği temsil ettiğini okura sunuyor. Şafak vakti ve Güneş’le ilişkilendirilen…

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Georges Dumezil The Destiny Of The Warrior, 1970 : Bologa : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

“A land that has no more legends,” says the poet, “is condemned to die of cold.” This may well be true. But a people without myths is already dead. The function of that particular class of legends known as myths is to express dramatically the ideology under which a society lives; not only to hold out to its conscience the values it recognizes and the ideals it pursues from generation to generation, but above all to express its very being and structure, the elements, the connections, the balances, the tensions that constitute it; to justify the rules and traditional practices without which everything within a society would disintegrate.

[salixsociety]

Germanic Paganism Resource Masterlist

Notes: - Updates will be beyond infrequent. - Feel free to pop into my ask box requesting resource recommendations at any moment. - Resources do not reflect my personal beliefs or practice. I may include otherwise great resources that include theories and ideologies I do not support (such as the 'sign of the Hammer'), because I make extensive use of cross-referencing, reflection, etc to determine everything I incorporate into my craft. - I will never consciously add resources written by (Neo-)Nazis and the like. If you spot them, feel free to let me know. - You may notice there is a seemingly disproportionate amount of sources also or primarily talking about Scandinavia and Iceland, and even some primarily covering England. This is because continental Germanic paganism has only barely survived the ravages of time, and one can only learn about it if they supplement their knowledge with the more complete pictures of Anglo-Saxon paganism and Norse paganism.

Legend: [No language identifier means the source is English.] [D] - The resource is written (primarily) in Dutch. [G] - The resource is written (primarily) in German. [ON] - The resource is written (primarily) in Old Norse. [OD] - The resource is written (primarily) in Old Dutch. [OG] - The resource is written (primarily) in Old High German. [L] - The resource is written (primarily) in Latin. [F] - The resource is written (primarily) in French. * - I have not read the resource in its entirety. ** - Read with caution. !! - There is more of the resource available/this is one part of multiple.

Historic Texts and References

Tacitus' Agricola and Germania

Tacitus' Annals

The Prose Edda

The Poetic Edda

The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus

Contemporary Books, Essays, Other Media

Myths and symbols in pagan Europe : early Scandinavian and Celtic religions - H.R. Ellis Davidson

Kleinere Altniederdeutsche Denkmälen - Heyne [G]*

Religion and Philosophy in Germany : a Fragment - Heine *

Deutsche Volkskunde - Adolf Bach [G]*

Teutonic Mythology - Grimm

Swedish Legends and Folk Tales - John Lindow

Scandinavian Mythology : an Annotated Bibliography - John Lindow *

Trolls : an Unnatural History - John Lindow

Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas - H.A. Guerber

Northern mythology : comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and The Netherlands - Benjamin Thorpe | VOL 1, VOL 2, VOL 3

From Myth to Fiction : the Saga of Hadingus - Georges Dumézil *

The Stakes of the Warrior - Georges Dumézil **

Gods of the Ancient Norsemen - Georges Dumézil **

Zum Tamfana-Rätsel - Edmund Weber [G]*

De Tijdstippen van de Cultische Jaarfeesten - Boppo Grimmsma [D]**

Nederlansche Volksoverleveringen en Godenleer - Van den Bergh [D, OD]*

Tales and Legends of Tyrol *

Germanic Spirituality - Bil Linzie

Handwörterbuch des Deutschen Auberglaubens - Baechtold-Staubl, Hoffman-Krayer

Goden van de Lage Landen - Gunivortus Goos [D]**

Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples - Dickins *

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe - H.R. Ellis Davidson

Old Norse - Icelandic Literature : a Critical Guide - John Lindow

Vikings : a Very Short Introduction - Richards *

Norse Mythology : a Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals and Beliefs - John Lindow

Antwoord op de Vraag, door het Zeeuwse Genootschap de Wetenschappen - te Water [D]*

Verhandelingen over het Westland, ter opheldering der Loo-en, Woerden en Hoven, benevens de natuurdienst der Batavieren en Friezen - Buddingh [D]*

De Goden der Germanen - de Vries [D]*

Norse Revival: Transformations of Germanic Neopaganism - Stefanie von Schnurbein (in the series Studies in Critical Research on Religion which I highly recommend)

Digital Libraries, Dictionaries and the Like

Digitale Bibliotheek voor Nederlandse Letteren [D]*

Digitised Collection of Historic Sources of the WWU in Münster [G, D, OD, OG]*

Oudnederlands Woordenboek [D, OD]*

Ons volksleven : tijdschrift voor taal-, volks- en oudheidkunde. Jaargang 2-12 [D]*

Het Rad - Digitale Bibliotheek voor Germaans Heidendom, Runen, Seidr [D]*

Volkskunde (search results on Delpher) [D]*

Goden van Eigen Bodem - Digitale bibliotheek voor heidens erfgoed van de lage landen [D]*

Godinnen van Nederland en België [D]**!!

Forgotten Gods - Reginheim **

The Rune Poems *

Kronieken van de Westhoek (Flemish Folk History) [D]*

Brabantse Folklore, bulletin van de provinciale dienst voor geschiedkundige en folkloristische opzoekingen [D]*

Project Gutenberg has a wealth of resources about pre-christian Germanic religion*

Mimisbrunnr.info has a wealth of information including starter guides.

Author Recommendations

J.R.W. Sinninghe [D]

John Lindow

Benjamin Thorpe

H.R. Ellis Davidson

The Grimm Brothers

J. Haver [D]

To be continued.

[sillysybilsden]

What are some good resources on Roman polytheism? Books, YouTube Channels, websites, etc. I’ve been feeling drawn to Roman polytheism specifically.

hey there! thank you for asking this question — I'm always happy to share resources on Roman polytheism.

first things first, I will go ahead and link my personal list of resources. there, you will find all of the books, papers and websites I've gone through and have found particularly useful when it comes to learning about Roman culture/polytheism.

I will nonetheless give you some recommendations on resources I would look into if I were to start my path over again!

DISCLAIMER: I am a revivalist. because of this, I will be recommending historical/academical resources. keep in mind that this is just the way I do things, though: every path is valid and you are more than welcome to follow another — no matter whether reconstructionist or modern.

1. "Roman Religion" by Valerie Warrior

this is a great book for those who are starting to approach cultus deorum. it gives you a wonderful introduction, after which you can focus on the aspects of Roman polytheism that intrigue you/draw your attention the most.

2. Nova Roma (Roman Religion section)

now, this website is the second resource I recommend to you. here, you will find plenty of informative articles on Roman polytheism — both the private and the public cults. even though many don't endorse this organisation because of some past allegations, its members are very knowledgeable. keep in mind that they have a reconstructionist approach!

3. "The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden" by Harriet I. Flower

now, this book is exceptional especially if you're looking forward to delving into the private cult — which, in reconstructionist/revivalist approaches, mainly focuses on the domestic deities. you will find a lot of info on Penates, Lares and the like. my very humble and very personal advice is that of starting with this kind of worship, for one very simple reason: since domestic deities are within reach, many Roman polytheists agree on the fact that you do not need to perform a ritus Romanus — Roman ritual — in order to leave an offering/interact with them.

this book can be very dense — both because it is academical and because the font is very small. I personally recommend taking your time going through it. if you need to stop, do so.

4. "Ritus romanus: make an offering to your gods"

this pdf will be ever-so precious whenever/if you will feel ready to include ritus Romanus in your practice. also, it also gives you an introduction on domestic Roman practices — how to set up a shrine, which deities to worship, etc.

BONUS: "Archaic Roman Religion" by George Dumézil and TIMOTHEVS

"Archaic Roman Religion" is a wonderful book when it comes to the history of Roman polytheism. even though many of Dumézil's theories are outdated, it is still very useful when wanting to learn about the differences between Archaic Roman religion, Republican Roman religion and Imperial Roman religion.

TIMOTHEVS, on the other hand, is a YouTube channel that shows you the way the theory of other resources may work in someone's practice. if I'm not wrong, there should be a couple of videos of them leaving an offering to Lares. to those who find it useful to have a visual reference, like myself, such videos are sooooo precious.

and I think this is it! I hope that this recommendations are going to be useful to you! feel free to ask more questions if anything's unclear and I'll be happy to help 🙌🏻💗

[aboutanancientenquiry]

Les Origines de la pensée grecque- The Origins of Greek Thought

Jean-Pierre Vernant - Les Origines de la Pensée Grecque, Presses Universitaires de France (PUF) 1962, republished several times since then. 

" L'ambition [de cet essai] n'était pas de clore le débat par une étude exhaustive mais de le relancer... j'ai tenté de retracer les grandes lignes d'une évolution qui, de la royauté mycénienne à la cité démocratique, et marqué le déclin du mythe et l'avènement de savoirs rationnels. " En quoi consiste le miracle grec ? Quelles sont les innovations ayant marqué ce que nous appelons la pensée grecque et pourquoi se sont-elles produites dans ce monde grec ? Le mérite de Jean-Pierre Vernant est de réaliser une synthèse personnelle et accessible sur un sujet controversé où s'affrontent de nombreux hellénistes. Publié en 1962 dans la collection Mythes et religions, dirigée par Georges Dumézil, l'auteur a lui-même, à l'occasion d'une réédition parue vingt-cinq ans plus tard, réactualisé dans une longue préface certaines de ses interprétations (from the edition of 2013).

Jean-Pierre Vernant's concise, brilliant essay on the origins of Greek thought relates the cultural achievement of the ancient Greeks to their physical and social environment and shows that what they believed in was inseparable from the way they lived. The emergence of rational thought, Vernant claims, is closely linked to the advent of the open-air politics that characterized life in the Greek polis. Vernant points out that when the focus of Mycenaean society gave way to the agora, the change had profound social and cultural implications. "Social experience could become the object of pragmatic thought for the Greeks," he writes, "because in the city-state it lent itself to public debate. The decline of myth dates from the day the first sages brought human order under discussion and sought to define it.... Thus evolved a strictly political thought, separate from religion, with its own vocabulary, concepts, principles, and theoretical aims."

Jean-Pierre Vernant The Origins of Greek Thought, Cornell University Press, 1984

Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007), known with the pseudonym Colonel Berthier as commander of units of the French resistance during WWII, was a French historian and anthropologist specialized in ancient Greece.

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“Several etymologies have been suggested, including "the Swallower”, but without meeting with consensus. Georges Dumézil considers that Κρόνος / Krónos derives from the same Indo-European root as chran in Russian ("whale" or "Leviathan") and, indeed, in Greek mythology, Cronos devours his children (all except Zeus), "as the whale is known to swallow its prey in its enormous mouth. "

ain’t that sounding like DEEPTHROAT?

like gray fox?

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EN LA MUERTE DE JEAN HAUDRY: LOS ESTUDIOS INDOEUROPEOS ESTÁN DE LUTO

Alain de Benoist

Los estudios indoeuropeos están de luto. Nuestro amigo Jean Haudry falleció el 23 de mayo, la víspera de su 89 cumpleaños, a consecuencia de una larga y penosa enfermedad a la que se enfrentaba desde hacía varios años, sin dejar nunca de trabajar hasta el último momento.

Nacido el 28 de mayo de 1934 en Le Perreux-sur-Marne, antiguo alumno de la École Normale Supérieure, agrégé de grammaire (especialidad de 1959) y Doctor en Letras, Jean Haudry se especializó muy pronto en el estudio del sánscrito y otras lenguas indoeuropeas. Profesor de lingüística y sánscrito en la Universidad de Lyon III desde 1966, fue después director de estudios de gramática comparada de las lenguas indoeuropeas en la IV sección de la Escuela Práctica de Altos Estudios (EPHE). En 1982, creó un Instituto de Estudios Indoeuropeos, junto con una revista titulada Études indo-européennes, que continuó sus actividades hasta 1998.

Colaborador de varias publicaciones científicas, como el Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de París, fue autor de varias obras importantes que, en diversos aspectos, renovaron por completo el campo de los estudios dedicados a los indoeuropeos. Además de sus dos Que sais-je? (1979) y Les Indo-Européens (1981), dirigidas al gran público culto, cabe citar sobre todo L’emploi des cas en védique (1977), La religion cosmique des Indo-Européens (1987), Judo Moneta: aux sources de la monnaie (2002), La triade pensée, parole, action dans la tradition indo-européenne (2009), Le feu dans la tradition indo-européenne (2016) y Sur les pas des Indo-Européens (2022). Otros textos están pendientes de publicación.

Contra los ataques de algunos periodistas incultos

Como todos los espíritus libres, Jean Haudry tuvo que soportar los ataques de algunos periodistas incultos y comentaristas perezosos a los que no les gustaba hablar de los indoeuropeos, deseando que los europeos de hoy sigan ignorando sus orígenes, y a los que molestaba la seriedad de su obra y su reputación internacional. Como discípulo de Georges Dumézil, Haudry era consciente de que su maestro también había tenido que sufrir los juicios de intenciones de los aduladores. Pero prefirió divertirse con ellos.

Nota: Cortesía de Revue Éléments

Fuente: Adáraga

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Books received - Dumézil, Koyré, Delaporte, Felsch, Febvre, Meillet

Some second-hand books by dead French men bought recently, and Philipp Felsch’s How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold, translated by Daniel Bowles. The second and third books are translations by Alexandre Koyré, and the top book is a copy of Georges Dumézil’s Ouranos-Varuna, an early book from 1934 that was difficult to find.

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« Un pays qui n’a plus de légendes, dit le poète, est condamné à mourir de froid. C’est bien possible. Mais un peuple qui n’aurait pas de mythes serait déjà mort. La fonction de la classe particulière de récits que sont les mythes est en effet d’exprimer dramatiquement l’idéologie dont vit la société, de maintenir devant sa conscience non seulement les valeurs qu’elle reconnaît et les idéaux qu’elle poursuit de génération en génération, mais d’abord son être et sa structure mêmes, les éléments, les liaisons, les équilibres, les tensions qui la constituent, de justifier enfin les règles et les pratiques traditionnelles sans quoi tout en elle se disperserait. »

Georges Dumézil

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Why is #March called that?

The name March derives from the Latin Martius (mensis), derivative of Mars, Martis 'Mars', to whom it was dedicated.

Originally the Latin Mars indicated a divinity linked to agriculture, later identified with the Greek Ares, god of war.

Until 46 BC, when the Roman calendar was still in force in ancient Rome, the year began on March 1st.

In total it lasted 304 days, and there were no months of January and February.

"The calendar and sacred topography, literature and inscriptions, legend for the first centuries and history for the last, provide abundant evidence of the essential relationship between Mars and war. The cycle of the god's festivals is divided into two groups , one of which opens the year (March with some extensions) and the other closes (October) the war season: in spring the Ecurria (Equirria) celebrated with races in the Campus Martius (27 February and 14 March ), the lustration of the weapons at the Quinquatrus (19 March) and that of the trumpets at the Tubilustrium (23 March, 23 May). [...] Until the time of the foundations of Augustus in favor of Mars Ultor, avenger of Caesar and the insignia taken from the Parthians, the sanctuaries of Mars were subjected to an explicitly formulated rule: as a sort of sentinel, the god had his seat not inside the city, where peace was supposed to reign and access to troops was barred armed, but outside the walls, on the edge of Wildnis which was not, although the opposite has been said, its area, but rather the origin of the dangers, and above all of the armed enemy."

📚Georges Dumézil, "The archaic Roman religion"

📌 MAN ALIENATED FROM HIS CREATOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN PAGAN, VIOLENT AND WARFOUNDER.

Perché #marzo si chiama così?

Il nome marzo deriva dal latino Martius (mensis), derivato di Mars, Martis 'Marte', a cui era dedicato. In origine il latino Mars indicava una divinità legata all'agricoltura, identificata poi col greco Ares, dio della guerra.

Fino al 46 a.C., quando nell'antica Roma era ancora vigente il calendario romano, l'anno iniziava il primo marzo. In totale durava 304 giorni, e non c'erano i mesi di gennaio e febbraio.

"Il calendario e la topografia sacra, la letteratura e le iscrizioni, la leggenda per i primi secoli e la storia per gli ultimi, forniscono copiosissime prove del rapporto essenziale fra Marte e la guerra. Il ciclo delle feste del dio si divide in due gruppi, di cui uno apre l'anno (mese di Marzo con alcuni prolungamenti) e l'altro chiude (mese di Ottobre) la stagione guerresca: in primavera gli Ecurria (Equirria) celebrati con le corse nel Campo Marzio (27 Febbraio e 14 Marzo), la lustrazione delle armi ai Quinquatrus (19 Marzo) e quella delle trombe al Tubilustrium (23 Marzo, 23 Maggio). [...] Fino al tempo delle fondazioni di Augusto in favore di Marte Ultore, vendicatore di Cesare e delle insegne prese dai Parti, i santuari di Marte furono sottoposti a una regola, esplicitamente formulata: come una sorta di sentinella, il dio ebbe la sua sede non all'interno della città, in cui doveva regnare la pace ed era precluso l'accesso alle truppe armate, ma fuori della cinta, sul limitare della Wildnis che non era, sebbene sia stato detto il contrario, il suo ambito, bensì la provenienza dei pericoli, e innanzitutto del nemico in armi."

📚Georges Dumézil, "La religione romana arcaica"

📌 L'UOMO ALIENATO DAL SUO CREATORE, È DA SEMPRE PAGANO, VIOLENTO E GUERRAFONDAIO.

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Didier Eribon – Dumézil ile Konuşmalar (2023)

Georges Dumézil, 20. yüzyılın en önemli Hint-Avrupa uygarlığı ve mitoloji uzmanlarındandır. ‘Dumézil’le Konuşmalar’, çalışmalarını nasıl ürettiğine ve geliştirdiğine dair okura ışık tutuyor. Anılarını anlatmaktan mümkün mertebe kaçınan Dumézil, sonunda kendi hikâyesini, kariyerini ve entelektüel yaşamını anlatıyor. Böylece 20. yüzyıl Fransası’nın düşünce yaşamına dair okura önemli veriler…

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Duguin los venera por igual. Acoge en el revoltijo de su panteón a Lenin, a Mussolini, a Hitler, a Leni Riefenstahl, a Maiakovski, a Julius Evola, a Jung, a Mishima, a Groddeck, a Jünger, al maestro Eckhart, a Andreas Baader, a Wagner, a Lao-Tsé, a Che Guevara, a Sri Aurobindo, a Rosa Luxemburgo, a Georges Dumézil y a Guy Debord.

Enmanuel Carrère. Limònov.

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Il semble que c’est bien la différenciation d’une classe de guerriers, avec son statut « moral » particulier, unie par une sorte d’alliance souple à une classe également différenciée de prêtres, qui a été l’originalité, la nouveauté des Indo-Européens et, le cheval et le char aidant, la raison et le moyen de leur expansion : les inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et cunéiformes nous ont transmis le souvenir de la terreur que causaient aux vieilles civilisations ces spécialistes de la guerre, aussi hardis et impitoyables que, trois mille ans plus tard dans le Nouveau Monde, les conquistadores ont pu le paraître aux chefs et aux peuples des empires qu’ils écrasaient. Elles les désignent d’un nom – marianni – qu’en effet employaient les Indo-Iraniens : les márya, où S. Wikander a su reconnaître en 1938 les membres de Männerbünde du même type que ceux que O. Höfler venait d’étudier chez les Germains.

Georges Dumézil, Mythes et dieux Indo-Européens

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Think I'm kidding? See the latest video

Cheremisin and Zaporozhchenko (1999), following the methodology of Georges Dumézil, attempt to trace parallels in Germanic mythology (Odin and the mead of poetry, the eagle stealing golden apples of eternal youth). They hypothesize that all these stories, Germanic, Scythian, and Greek, reflect a Proto-Indo-European belief about the monsters guarding the entrance to the otherworld, who engage in battles with the birds conveying the souls of the newly dead to the otherworld and returning with a variety of precious gifts symbolizing new life.

The Arimaspi Since antiquity, the tales of the Arimaspi have graced the annals of lore. A clandestine tribe of one-eyed beings, Gryphon hunters, unyielding in their will. Once held in awe and respect, their existence is s shrouded in whispers and speculation. The Arimaspi manipulate Fate itself, steering the world to dark and unknown ends.

Z&A out here plumbing the Scythian Hyperborean One-Eyed stuff is smack dab in my mythological and sychronistic wheelhouse and I am not kidding