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
Hi Caley,
Yes, please send me a copy.
Best,
Dean
On Friday, May 13, 2022, 09:50:44 PM GMT+5:30, Caley Smith
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
The Vrātya bands of youthful warriors (see my “Roots of Hinduism” 2015, p.
134ff.) are connected with wolves/dogs and they go back to Proto-Ind-European
or at least to Proto-Indo-Iranian times: see p. 135 (with more references to
the vrātyas) in the exciting article of David Anthony and Dorcas
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
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
