Gods of the Ancient Northmen, Georges Dumezil's essays on Germanic mythology, edited by Einar Haugen and published by the University of California Press in 1973, sets out Dumezil's trifunctional reading of the Aesir-Vanir war as a merger of sovereignty and war with fertility and wealth. Its strength is that it is the primary scholarly source for that specific reading, from the theorist himself in peer-edited English translation. Its limit is that this record is not confirmed to discuss Valhalla's 432,000 einherjar or any comparison to Hindu cosmic time cycles, a separate and unconfirmed claim this record does not extend to.
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Tier one: the theorist's own essays on Germanic mythology, peer edited and published in English translation by the University of California Press, the primary scholarly source for the trifunctional reading it presents. This record is not confirmed to extend to any claim about Valhalla's einherjar count or a Hindu cosmic cycle comparison, a separate and unconfirmed claim beyond this source's own scope. NotesEnglish-language collection of Georges Dumezil's essays on Germanic mythology (French original, Les dieux des Germains, 1959), edited with an introduction by Einar Haugen. Chapter One, "The Gods: Aesir and Vanir," gives Dumezil's trifunctional reading of the Aesir-Vanir war as a merger of the sovereignty/war functions with the fertility/wealth function. Use for that reading of the Aesir-Vanir war; NOT confirmed to discuss Valhalla's 432,000 einherjar or any comparison to Hindu cosmic time cycles, a separate and unconfirmed claim.
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AuthorGeorges Dumezil, edited by Einar Haugen
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publication Year1973
Source Typeacademic monograph
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