A Hittite Seasonal Myth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8933716 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Theodor H Gaster (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 339-343 |
| Publication date | 1973-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1973.9716527 |
| OpenAlex | W1974058701 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
DURING the past few decades a considerable number of Ancient Near Eastern mythological texts have been brought to light by archaeological excavations. Thus far they have been treated mainly from the philological angle. Nevertheless they contain much that should be of interest to students of folklore, and this will perhaps justify the present attempt to interpret at least one of them from that point of view. The text with which we are concerned (unfortunately incomplete) is inscribed, in two mutually complementary copies, on clay tablets unearthed at Boghazkoy, site of Hattusas, the capital city of the Hittites.1 The tablets date to the latter half of the second millenium B.C., though the story related on them may, of course, be traditional and therefore even older
Ancient history · Hittite language · Mythology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Classics · History · Linguistics and language evolution
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2023 (42) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |