Publication Date:
2025
abstract:
he chapter centres on the figure of Orpheus and the Vedic bhus.
After recapitulating the phraseological data which support the etymo-
logical connection between these two names and Hittite ḫarpp-mi ‘to
ally with, to join’, I examine a prerogative that Orpheus and the bhus
seem to have in common: the capacity of constructing special objects
that have a “ritual” relevance and/or fashion immortality.
After recapitulating the phraseological data which support the etymo-
logical connection between these two names and Hittite ḫarpp-mi ‘to
ally with, to join’, I examine a prerogative that Orpheus and the bhus
seem to have in common: the capacity of constructing special objects
that have a “ritual” relevance and/or fashion immortality.
Iris type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
Orpheus, etymology, Rbhu, ring-composition, metapoetics
List of contributors:
Massetti, Laura
Book title:
Indo-European Afterlives Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Life beyond Death