A thorough historiographic review - along with an engaging dispute - of the linking of wolves and male warrior bands in Indo-European scholarship appears in the recent co-authored book by Carlo Ginzburg and Bruce Lincoln: *Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective *(UChicago Press, 2020).
Take care, Eric On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 8:45 PM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Caley, > > Yes, please send me a copy. > > Best, > > Dean > > On Friday, May 13, 2022, 09:50:44 PM GMT+5:30, Caley Smith < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Dean, > > While "wolf warriors" are news to me (the wolf is a negative sign of > anxiety or danger), if you look at Diwakar Acharya's "How to Behave Like a > Bull," the paper argues that the emulation (and I personally would say > *impersonation*) of Indra as an unruly bull was an ancient Vedic practice, > elements of which survive in the Pāśupatasūtras. I am happy to send a pdf > of this excellent paper. > > Best, > Caley > > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 12:11 PM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I was watching a video about berserkers inspired by the new movie *The > Northman* and they mentioned that not only were there Viking bear > warriors but there were also wolf warriors as shown in the movie. The video > said that these wolf warriors are widely found among many of the early > Indo-Europeans including in the Vedas. > > Can anyone point me to sources about Vedic wolf warriors? > > Best, > > Dean > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > -- Eric Gurevitch South Asian Languages and Civilizations and Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science University of Chicago [email protected]
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