Upcoming events
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Tue05Dec20232:30 pmBlandijn Faculteitszaal
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Tue12Dec20232:00 pmBlandijn room 0.2Show content
In my talk I will discuss some minor deities (demons) of the Indo-Iranian pantheon such as Gandharva(s) and their possible Indo-European parallels outside Indo-Iranian. In particular, I will focus on some features of Njörðr and other Nordic Vanir gods in order to show their structural similarities with the Gandharva(s), foremost, their importance for such issues as sexuality and fertility. Special attention will be paid to the etymology of the names of these gods. I will further demonstrate that this comparison may shed some light on the anthropogonic views of the Proto-Indo-Europeans and to figure out how they envisaged the origin of humankind and the role of (minor) gods in this emergence of humans.
Past events
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Thu18Oct20181:00 pmLeslokaal 1.1 (Rozier 44, 1e verdieping)
Get to know your colleagues: Isabelle de Meyer + Leonid Kulikov: "Greek χρόνος, its origin and cognates: An old etymological puzzle in Indo-European perspective”
Show contentPhD student Isabelle de Meyer will introduce herself and her PhD project to the members of DiaLing. The title of her FWO-project is "Recherches de sémantique et d'étymologie sur gr. ἀραρίσκω « adapter » et les mots apparentés."
Dr. Leonid Kulikov will give a talk on “Greek χρόνος, its origin and cognates: An old etymological puzzle in Indo-European perspective." You can find the abstract for his lecture here.