Indo-European mythology

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comparative mythology subject mythological tradition reconstructed tradition

Indo-European mythology is the reconstructed body of myths, deities, and cosmological ideas believed to have been shared by the ancient speakers of Proto-Indo-European, from which traditions like Greek, Norse, Vedic, and others are thought to descend.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Indo-European mythology canonical	2
Proto-Indo-European religion	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comparative mythology subject ⓘ mythological tradition ⓘ reconstructed tradition ⓘ
associatedWithScholar	Bruce Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ David W. Anthony NERFINISHED ⓘ Georges Dumézil NERFINISHED ⓘ J. P. Mallory NERFINISHED ⓘ M. L. West NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin L. West NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Proto-Indo-European language speakers ⓘ
centralDeityPrototype	dawn goddess often reconstructed as H₂éwsōs ⓘ divine twins often reconstructed as Diwō Sunú ⓘ sky father god often reconstructed as Dyēus Ph₂tēr ⓘ storm god often linked to Perkʷūnos or Perkʷos ⓘ sun deity often reconstructed as Seh₂ul ⓘ
geographicScope	Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoreConcept	cosmic order versus chaos ⓘ cosmic waters or primordial waters ⓘ dawn goddess ⓘ divine craftsmen or smiths ⓘ earth mother figure ⓘ eschatological or end-of-world scenarios ⓘ fate goddesses or weavers of fate ⓘ fire deity or sacred fire ⓘ heroic dragon-slaying myth ⓘ horse sacrifice ⓘ myths of creation or ordering of the world ⓘ ritual intoxication ⓘ sacred kingship ⓘ sacred twin deities ⓘ sky father deity ⓘ storm god ⓘ sun deity or solar figure ⓘ tripartite social ideology ⓘ underworld realm ⓘ warrior bands ⓘ world tree or cosmic tree ⓘ
hasKeyTheory	trifunctional hypothesis ⓘ
hasMythType	dragon-slaying myth often reconstructed as *Trito myth ⓘ first sacrifice or dismemberment of a primordial being ⓘ horse and chariot myths ⓘ initiation of young warriors ⓘ myths explaining origin of fire ⓘ
influencesUnderstandingOf	Proto-Indo-European religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Indo-European society ⓘ development of later Indo-European religions ⓘ
languageFamilyContext	Indo-European language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructedFrom	archaeological evidence ⓘ comparative linguistics ⓘ comparative mythology ⓘ historical sources ⓘ
sharesOriginWith	Baltic mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Celtic mythology ⓘ Germanic mythology ⓘ Greek mythology ⓘ Hittite mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Iranian mythology ⓘ Norse mythology ⓘ Roman mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Slavic mythology ⓘ Vedic mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInField	Indo-European studies ⓘ comparative religion ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ religious studies ⓘ
timeFrame	prehistoric period before written records of Indo-European peoples ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greek mythology → relatedTo → Indo-European mythology ⓘ

Iranian mythology → partOf → Indo-European mythology ⓘ

Iranian mythology → influencedBy → Indo-European mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Indo-European religion