false 103621 0 0 178003 0618082506 9780618082506 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172456303m/178003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172456303s/178003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178003.The_American_Heritage_Dictionary_of_Indo_European_Roots 4.43 14 103621 4.42 24 3 2000 398718 0195144139 9780195144130 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174430498m/398718.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174430498s/398718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398718.How_to_Kill_a_Dragon_Aspects_of_Indo_European_Poetics 4.25 8 103621 4.42 24 3 2001 3912569 0395360706 9780395360705 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3912569.The_American_Heritage_Dictionary_of_Indo_European_Roots 5.00 1 103621 4.42 24 3 1985 780501 0395986109 9780395986103 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178287232m/780501.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178287232s/780501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/780501.The_American_Heritage_Dictionary_of_Indo_European_Roots_Second_Edition 5.00 1 103621 4.42 24 3 2000 3527805 0195085957 9780195085952 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3527805.How_to_Kill_a_Dragon_Aspects_of_Indo_European_Poetics 0.0 0 Watkins begins this study with an introduction to the field of comparative Indo-European poetics; he explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European traditions and ideologies of the spoken word. Further, his overview presents case studies on the forms of verbal art, with selected texts drawn from Indic, Iranian, Greek, Latin, Hittite, Armenian, Celtic, and Germanic languages.

In the remainder of the book, Watkins examines in detail the structure of the dragon/serpent- slaying myths, which recur in various guises throughout the Indo-European poetic tradition. He finds the "signature" formula for the myth--the divine hero who slays the serpent or overcomes adversaries--occurs in the same linguistic form in a wide range of sources and over millennia, including Old and Middle Iranian holy books, Greek epic, Celtic and Germanic sagas, down to Armenian oral folk epic of the last century. Watkins argues that this formula is the vehicle for the central theme of a proto-text, and a central part of the symbolic culture of speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language: the relation of humans to their universe, the values and expectations of their society. Therefore, he further argues, poetry was a social necessity for Indo- European society, where the poet could confer on patrons what they and their culture valued above all else: "imperishable fame."]]> 103621 4.42 24 3 1995 3132326 0901282243 9780901282248 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3132326.Indo_European_Origins_of_the_Celtic_Verb 0.0 0 103621 4.42 24 3 1970 2142368 0395378885 9780395378885 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2142368.INDO_EUROPEAN_ROOTS_SUPPL_CL 0.0 0 103621 4.42 24 3 1985 419672 0899254225 9780899254227 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/419672.Studies_in_Memory_of_Warren_Cowgill_1929_1985_Papers_from_the_Fourth_East_Coast_Indo_European_Conference_Cornell_University_June_6_9_1985 0.0 0 103621 4.42 24 3 1988