Despite a growing literature pertaining to common Indo-European poetic elements and mythology, vi... more Despite a growing literature pertaining to common Indo-European poetic elements and mythology, virtually nothing has been written about the influence of these elements on the development of the Sinitic poetic tradition. The primary difficulty is a relative lack of data in the formative period of mythological elements, making it difficult to identify proto-myths and analogous themes in the different traditions. In this paper I focus on one area where there is a single clearly identifiable theme in Indo-European myth and a comparatively large amount of data in the Sinitic tradition. I then deal as comprehensively as possible with the various sources from different traditions in order to identify as well as possible the proto-myth, as well as various means by which the myth was changed or forgotten.
The following is, for the purpose of fulfilling remaining requirements at the University of Penns... more The following is, for the purpose of fulfilling remaining requirements at the University of Pennsylvania, divided into two sections:
Despite a growing literature pertaining to common Indo-European poetic elements and mythology, vi... more Despite a growing literature pertaining to common Indo-European poetic elements and mythology, virtually nothing has been written about the influence of these elements on the development of the Sinitic poetic tradition. The primary difficulty is a relative lack of data in the formative period of mythological elements, making it difficult to identify proto-myths and analogous themes in the different traditions. In this paper I focus on one area where there is a single clearly identifiable theme in Indo-European myth and a comparatively large amount of data in the Sinitic tradition. I then deal as comprehensively as possible with the various sources from different traditions in order to identify as well as possible the proto-myth, as well as various means by which the myth was changed or forgotten.
The following is, for the purpose of fulfilling remaining requirements at the University of Penns... more The following is, for the purpose of fulfilling remaining requirements at the University of Pennsylvania, divided into two sections:
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