Description
The Destiny of a King examines one of the "little" epics within the Mahabharata-the legend of King Yayati, a distant ancestor of the Pandavas, the heroes of the larger epic. Dumezil compares Yayati's attributes and actions with those of the legendary Celtic king Eochaid Feidlech and also finds striking similarities in the stories surrounding the daughters of these two kings, the Indian Madhavi and the Celtic Medb. When he compares these two traditions with the "first king" legends from Iran, he finds such common themes as the apportionment of the earth and the "sin of the sovereign."
Book Information
ISBN 9780226169767
Author Georges Dumezil
Format Paperback
Page Count 164
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Weight(grams) 262g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 153mm * 10mm