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The first edition of his book appeared in 1870 and was established immediately as one of the classical works on comparative mythology. It received appreciation and criticism in equal measures due the very controversial nature of the conclusions drawn that were labeled as "momentous" However great scholars like Grimm, max Muller, Breal, Kuhn, Preller,. Welcker, H.H. Wilson fully supported all the imnportant findings of this work which came to be recognised as a masterpiece on aryan mythology. The author argues that the common stock of philosophical material, which supplements the evidence of language for the ultimate affinity of all the aryan nations, has been moulded into an infinite variety of shapes by the writers of Greek and Latin, of Persian and Englishmen, of the ancient and modern Hindus, of Germans and norwegians, icelanders, Danes, Frenchman and spaniards. The author further argues that the myths of the Aryan would have asserted that the epic poems of the aryan nations are simply different versions of one and the same story, and that this story has its origin in the phenomena of the natural world, and the course of the day and the year. He finds cumulative proof of the fact that the mythology fo the Vedic and homeric poets contains the germs, and in most instances more than the germs, of almost all the stories of teutonic, scandinavian in and celtic folklore. The work now being made available again after 120 years of its first publication will surely be a source of delight not only for the serious scholars but also for the general readers interested in the fascinating world of mythology., set of 2 volumes size 14 22 cm. ISBN 81-7020-917-X.
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