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.
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Fri11Dec20203:30 pmMS-Teams
Giuseppe Samo: Movement and Locality in the Cartography of Germanic: a quantitative study with dependency structures (via MS-Teams)
Show contentGiuseppe Samo (Beijing): "Movement and Locality in the Cartography of Germanic: a quantitative study with dependency structures".
Abstract: here
De vergadering zal via MS-Teams plaatsvinden: link te vinden in nieuwsbrief
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