Michael Witzel

List of John Benjamins publications for which Michael Witzel plays a role.

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Witzel, Michael 2008 Slaying the Dragon across Eurasia In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, Bengtson, John D. (ed.), pp. 263–286 | Article
Myths relating the slaying of a large reptile by a hero or trickster deity appear in many mythologies across Eurasia and beyond, in Polynesia and the Americas. They are an important part of the creation myths. The killing of the monster liberates the dammed up waters as to make the world fertile… read more