Studia Mythologica Slavica (Oct 2006)

A Structure for the Gods: The Indo-European Pantheon Reconsidered<br>Struktura za bogove. Ponoven pretres indoevropskega panteona</br>

  • Emily Lyle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v9i0.1732
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9
pp. 163 – 168

Abstract

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This article suggests that we can possibly reach a fuller understanding of the Indo-European pantheon by positing a prehistoric state when a tenfold set of gods had places in a structure of space and time and social organisation. The place of kingship is especially complex but it is suggested that eight of the deities (including two goddesses) can be categorised in terms of three pairs of dualities.