Varnas, colours, and functions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11869965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nick Allen (0000-0003-4009-186X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0943-8610 • E-ISSN: 2194-508X |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/0029.163 |
| OpenAlex | W1964600485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The standard Dumezilian view correlates the three functions in Indo-European ideology with the colours white, red and dark (green, blue or black). The theory that the ideology was pentadic, not triadic, prompts a reconsideration, based on the four varnas of Hindu social ideology, the four horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelations, and the four disguises used by Cliges in an Arthurian romance. It is concluded that black correlated with the bottom of the pentadic hierarchy
Art · Biology · Hierarchy · Hinduism · Ideology · Literature · Political science · Politics · Romance · Sociology · White (mutation · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |