The Motif of ‘the Ill-Willed Nursing Woman Who is Harmed’ in the Mythologies of Herakles and Krishna
The present paper explores the motif of ‘the ill-willed nursing woman who is harmed’ in the mythological accounts of Hēraklēs and Kṛṣṇa. Core versions are distilled from five Greek and seven Sanskrit texts. As to the former, Hēra is deceived or persuaded in nursing Hēraklēs and when she throws him o...
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IACM, c/o Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
2016
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Comparative mythology
Year: 2016, Volume: 2, Pages: 81-99 |
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