Thor’s Return of the Giant Geirrod’s Red-Hot Missile Seen in a Cosmic Context

Discussion of the specific episode is preceded by a brief presentation of current theory concerning Indo-European myth in its cosmological framework to provide context. In the cosmological view sketched by Michael Witzel in The Origins of the World’s Mythologies, the hero/young god must engage in a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emily Lyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2019-06-01
Series:Temenos
Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/83428