Freitag, 29. November 2019, 15:15 - 16:45 iCal

The Indo‐Iranian Myth of Yamī and Yama's

Primordial Incest and its (Non‐)Indo‐European Origins: From Demonic to Human Sexuality?

Seminarraum 1 des Instituts für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
Universitätscampus, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7, 1090 Wien

Vortrag

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Talk by Dr. Leonid Kulikov | Department of Linguistics, Ghent University

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This talk focuses on the myth of Yamī and her twin‐brother Yama, the first humans, according to Indo‐Iranian (Vedic) tradition, its origin and some aspects of Yamī's behaviour (in particular, her hypersexuality) which betray a number of features of a half‐deity, rather than of a human. On the basis of a linguistic and philological analysis of the dialogue hymn Ṛgveda 10.10, where Yamī attempts to seduce her brother to commit incest, I argue that the mythological status of the twins should be reconsidered.

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Veranstalter

Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde

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Kontakt

Judith Starecek
Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
4277 43502
judith.starecek@univie.ac.at

Erstellt am Freitag, 15. November 2019, 14:10
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 19. November 2019, 09:45